Apart from State-level, late laxman Singh Gaud Memorial Awards will be given at division-level also. Increase of Rs 25,000 will be effected in each award.
This was announced by Higher Education Minister laxmikant Sharma at a function where these awards were conferred to higher education principals, professors and students here on Tuesday.
For year 2010-11, Sharma gave away Rs one lakh award to one principal each of government colleges’ art, commerce and science faculties and Rs 75,000 each to 4 teachers of arts, commerce, science and home science faculties.
Similarly, awards worth Rs 50,000 each were given to 3 post graduate students of art, commerce and science faculties and 4 students of arts, commerce, science and home science faculties at graduation level. Second prize of Rs 30,000 and citation was given to one student at the graduation level.
The Higher Education Minister said that Madhya Pradesh will be developed as number one state in education sector.
He said that over 90 new colleges have been opened to disseminate higher education in remote areas of the state. Shri Sharma said Sanskrit, Hindi, Agriculture, Music, Veterinary Universities and Sanchi Indic and Buddhist Studies Universities and private universities have been opened in the state.
He informed that constant efforts are also being made for development of technical education.
Shri Sharma described late laxman Singh Gaud as an able MlA and excellent Education Minister.
MlA Malini laxman Singh Gaud said that late laxman Singh Gaud’s works will always be remembered.
She said that apart from education, Gaud also did outstanding work in social and religious fields.
Commissioner Higher Education VS Niranjan informed about innovations in higher education sector. Madhya Pradesh Hindi Granth Akacemi’s Director Govind Sharma threw light on nature of awards.
Principal Shriram Parihar of Makhanlal Chaturvedi Government College Khandwa was conferred award in arts faculty, Principal AK Mudgal of Government College Aron in Guna district and Principal UC Jain of Government MlB Girls College Bhopal (Currently Regional Additional Director, Bhopal division).
Among teachers, first prizes were conferred to Bhavna Shrivastava of MlB college Bhopal in arts faculty, Aparna Bhardwaj of Government Madhav Science College Ujjain in science faculty, Sushma Sharma of Government College Moti Tabela, Indore in home science faculty and laxman Parwal of Swami Vivekananda Government Commerce College Ratlam in Commerce Faculty. In post graduate students’ section, first prizes were given to Anand Nandeshwar of Government Hamidia College, Bhopal in arts faculty, Rajaram Rawate of JS Government Post-graduate College, Betul in science faculty and Renu Shukla of Mohanlal Hargovind Das Home Science College, Jabalpur in home science faculty. At graduation level,
first prize was given to Monica Thakur of Government Madhav College, Ujjain in science faculty, Sarita Rajoria of Government SMS College, Shivpuri in arts faculty, Hamza Ata of Government Hamidia College, Bhopal in commerce faculty and Poorva Chaturvedi of Government Kamla Nehru Girls College, Balaghat in home science faculty and second prize was given to Puja Verman of Mohanlal Hargovind Das Government Home Science College Jabalpur in home science faculty.