Hyderabad: The Visitor’s Award in the ‘Best University’ category was bagged by the University of Hyderabad. President of India Pranab Mukherjee will present the award at a function to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on February 4. The award ceremony will coincide with the 3rd Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities.
The Best University winner will receive a citation and a trophy. Winners of other categories Innovation and Research will receive citations and cash awards of Rs 1 lakh each.
President Pranab Mukherjee will present the award at a function to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on February 4, 2015. This function will coincide with the third Conference of Vice Chancellors of Central Universities scheduled to be held from February 4-5, 2015.
Visitor's Award for 'Innovation' will be given to Prof. Vijay K. Chaudhary and Dr. Amita Gupta of University of Delhi who have invented 'TB Confirm', a rapid diagnostic test for Tuberculosis.
The Visitor's Award for 'Research' will be presented to Cosmology and Astrophysics Research Group, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia for path breaking research carried out in the field of Astrophysics and Cosmology.
For selecting the winners, online applications were invited from all Central Universities for each category. A Selection Committee comprising of Smt. Omita Paul, Secretary to the President as Chairperson and Secretary, Department of Higher Education, MHRD; Secretary, Department of Science & Technology; Chairman, UGC; Chairperson and Vice Chairpersons of National Innovation Foundation; Director-General, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and Director IIT Delhi as members chose the winners of the Awards.
