Saturday, January 12, 2019

VIT founder bestowed with lifetime award

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:12.01.2019

G Viswanathan, founder and chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology, has been bestowed with the Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar – Lifetime Award for teaching, research and institution building.

The award ceremony took place at the 3rd Global National Teachers’ Congress held at MIT World Peace University, Kothrud, Pune, on January 6.

A citation, signed by Anil Kakodkar, renowned atomic energy scientist and RA Mashelkar, founding patron of NTC,and other eminent academicians was presented to Viswanathan during the ceremony.

The event was supported by Maharashtra state government, All India Council for Technical Education and UNESCO Chair for Human Rights among others.

NTC, founded in 2016, to inspire teaching community across streams.

Over 5,000 teachers participated in the said event with the theme -- 'Leap-Frogging to Future Ready Higher Education'.

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