PU (Syndicate) congratulates PU alumnus Rajiv Paratap Rudy on joining Union MoS

Chandigarh, November 22, 2014: Panjab University Syndicate has congratulated PU alumnus, Rajiv Pratap Rudy on joining the Union Government as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports.

PU Syndicate also congratulated Krishan Gauba, B.S Bhoop, Prof Jaspal Kaur Kaang, Dr. Anurag Kuhad, Dr Neelima Dhingra and Dr. R.P.S. Josh for various achievements and honours.

Addressing the PU Syndicate, PU Vice Chancellor  Arun Kumar Grover said  that Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) funded by United Nations Development Programme, Food and Agriculture Organisation has sanctioned an International Collaborative Project to PU.

Only two other International Institutions namely International Crops Research Institute (ICRISAT), Hyderabad and International Centre for Agriculture Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), Morocco has been chosen for the prestigious international project. The Department of Botany, PU would act as a Lead Centre for the project and would work in collaboration with ICRISAT, Hyderabad and ICARDA, Morocco.

Krishan Gauba, Dean Faculty of Medical Sciences, PU and Head, Oral Health Sciences Centre, PGIMER, has received an award of Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences (FNAMS) on October 18, 2014 at Rishikesh (Uttrakhand) for the significant contribution in the field of Dentistry. He has also received B.R. Vacher Oration Award from the

Indian Society of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry (ISPPD) on October 15, 2014 at Lucknow.

B.S Bhoop, Chairperson, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Fellow, PU has been selected for a very prestigious Bharti Vidyapeeth Best Pharmacy Teacher Award 2014. The award will be bestowed upon him by the Association of Pharmacy Teachers of India (APTI) on November 28, 2014 at Pune.

National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) has elected Dr. Anurag Kuhad, Assistant Professor in Pharmacology of University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, as Member of the NAMS (India) in the year 2014, in recognition of his significant contribution for the advancement of Medical Sciences.

Neelima Dhingra of the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences has been selected for international Best Research Paper Award entitled ‘Cytotoxicity of 17a-Azasteroids Towards Liver and Neuroblastoma Cancer Cell Lines’ at the 2nd International Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Conference in Singapore (27-28 October, 2014).

Jaspal Kaur Kaang, Chairperson, Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies has been conferred ‘Award of Honour’ by Chief Khalsa Diwan, Sikh Educational Charitable Society, Amritsar for humble services in the field of education and in sikh studies at the 65th International Sikh Educational Conference at Taran Taran on November 16, 2014.

Dr. R.P.S. Josh, Fellow, Panjab University has been selected for ‘Bharat Gaurav Award’ along with Certificate of Excellence by the India International Friendship Society, New Delhi, which will be bestowed upon him on November 24.

(SK Vyas/Jalandhar)

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