After giving best award among students and teachers, now Uttarakhand Governor Dr KK Paul has decided to give the Governor’s award for best research done in State universities in Uttarakhand.
Three excellent researchers will be given this award. A committee led Dr Mangla Rai, Vice Chancellor of GB Pant University, has assessed research published in 2014 and chosen the awardees. The members of this committee were Kumaon university’s VC Prof H.S.Dhami, Doon University’s VC Prof VK Jain and GB Pant University VC Dr Mangla Rai. Twenty one research papers were received despite wide publicity for the award .
Mohd S.Anwar from G.B.Pant University has been selected as the best researcher. His work is about conservation of biodiversity. On 16th June, 2015, he obtained an American patent for this work of his. On Sept 24, he will be honoured with an award of `20,000/ at the VCs meeting to be held at Raj Bhawan. The second and third positions have been accorded to Dr.Uma Singh of GB Pant Un-iversity and Dr Vinod Kumar of Kumaon University respectively. They will be awarded `15,000 and `10,000 respectively.
It is hoped that with the Governor’s initiative in this direction, original research and educational development will be encouraged in the State, and new dimensions will open up in the field of teaching and research standards .