The Governor of Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul conferred Governor’s Award for Best Research Publication in Science and Technology to six researchers from State Government universities in a function at Raj Bhawan on Thursday.
Speaking on the occasion he said that universities are places where knowledge is created. “The Vice Chancellors should encourage students and research scholars to carry out original and high standard research.
The research work should be such that it can be referred to by other people. Good research improves ranking of universities,’’ he said.
The awardees were selected by a three member committee constituted under the chairmanship of the then VC of Doon University, V K Jain. The committee evaluated the research works of 17 entries received for the awards.
The members of the committee were VC of Uttarakhand Residential University H S Dhami and VC of Sri Dev Suman University, U S Rawat. The awards were presented to Rita Goyal , N G Sahu, Veena Pandey, Vipin Kumar, Anoop Kumar Singh and Hridayesh.