University of Hyderabad has been selected for the Visitor’s Award for the Best University and President of India Pranab Mukherjee will present the award at a function to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on February 4.
The President of India, who is the Visitor of all the Central Universities in the country, presents Visitor’s Awards for Central Universities in the categories of ‘Best University’, ‘Innovation’ and ‘Research’. The function will coincide with the third conference of Vice Chancellors of Central Universities scheduled to be held from February 4 to 5, according to a message posted on the President’s Facebook page.
The 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.
The ‘Best University’ will receive a Citation and Trophy while winners of Visitors’ Award for ‘Innovation’ and ‘Research’ will receive a Citation and cash award of Rs. 1 lakh. The President had announced institution of these awards at the Vice Chancellors’ Conference last year with the aim of promoting healthy competition amongst Central Universities and motivating them to adopt best practices from across the world.
For selecting the winners, online applications were invited from all Central Universities for each category.
