Central University of Orissa PhD scholar Rakesh Paul was awarded with ‘Best Paper Presentation Award’ in the students’ category at a national conference organised by the Civil Engineering Department of the BRCM College of Engineering and Technology, Bahal in Haryana.
He received the award from Rajasthan BITS Pillani senior Professor Dr Rajeev Gupta.
Paul’s paper was selected out of 57 papers presented in the conference on Recent Advancements in Civil and Environmental Engineering (RACEE), which was held on November 28 and 29, 20156.
He was working under the guidance of Assistant Professor in the Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources department, Dr Kakoli Banerjee.
This work was highly appreciated by Vice-Chancellor Prof Sachidananda Mohanty and Chairperson of the conference and Senior Scientist Dr Anup Kumar.
The research work is based on soil resource mapping and its nutrient status in two blocks of Koraput district, using GIS technology.