Prof Prem Vrat, Chairman, governing board of IIT (ISM) was awarded LEAD, Indian Observer Post on the occasion of LEAD Global Conclave 2021 held at New Delhi on Thursday.
The award also known as The Great Indian Teachers award is in recognition of his over five decades of distinguished career in the field of technical education.
Recipient of several awards, Dr Vrat has to his credit guiding 47 PhD scholars, 118 M.Tech and 65 B.Tech major projects besides 502 research papers published in reputed international journals.
Besides, the IIT-ISM chairman, others who were given away the award include
Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi , Dr. K Kasturirangan, Dr. RA Mashelkar , Prof KK Agrawal- Chairman NBA, Prof Ranbir Singh.
Founder director NALSAR and founder VC NLU. Dr. Pankaj Mittal Secretary General of AIU presided over the ceremony, former Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Justice Rakesh Tiwari was the Chief Guest on this occasion.