In a first, University of Hyderabad professor wins visitor's award

Hyderabad: Professor Pramod K. Nayar, head of department of english at the school of humanities at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) has won the Visitor’s Award for the Best Research in the category of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences for the year 2018.

President of India Ramnath Kovind presented the Visitor’s Award for Research to Professor Pramod K. Nayar on Wednesday during a meeting of vice-chancellors of central universities at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. 

This is the first time that a faculty from the UoH has won this prestigious research award since its inception in the year 2015. The award carries a citation and prize money of Rs 1 lakh.