The President of India Pranab Mukherjee will present the Visitor's Awards for Central Universities in the categories of "Best University", "Innovation" and "Research" for the year 2015 at a function to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on February 4, 2015.
The President of India is the Visitor for all Central Universities.
This function will coincide with the third conference of the Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities scheduled to be held during February 4-5, 2015.
The Visitor's Award for the "Best University" will be awarded to the University of Hyderabad.
The Visitor's Award for "Innovation" will be given to Prof. Vijay K. Chaudhary and Dr. Amita Gupta of the University of Delhi who have invented "TB Confirm", a rapid diagnostic test for Tuberculosis.
The Visitor's Award for "Research" will be presented to the 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 a trophy while the winners of the Visitors' Awards for "Innovation" and "Research" will receive citations and cash awards of Rs. 1 lakh each.
The President had announced the institution of these awards at the Vice-Chancellors' conference last year with the aim of promoting healthy competition amongst the Central Universities and motivating them to adopt the best practices from across the world.
For selecting the winners, online applications were invited from all Central Universities for each category. A selection committee chose the winners of the awards. (INN)
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