Dr. Renu Saksena, a well-known academician of the Doon valley, has bagged the first prize in an All-India essay competition held by the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA),New Delhi.
The topic of the essay contest was “Uttarakhand Aapda – Praakritik evam Prashashnik aayaam” (The natural and administrative aspects of the natural calamity in Uttarakhand.) Dr.Saksena is Associate Professor in Political Science in MKP (PG) College,Dehradun, where she has been teaching for the past twenty five years.
She told The Pioneer that the topic of the contest inspired her greatly and she penned a 5000 word essay based on all that she had seen and heard about the disaster . She will receive the award of Rs 5000 at New Delhi on October 18.