Varanasi, October 4, 2012: Banaras Hindu University vice-chancellor and noted molecular biology scientist, Dr Lalji Singh has been selected for the MV Pylee Award for the best teacher instituted by the Cochin
University of Science and Technology (Cusat).
The award carries a
purse of Rs.2 lakh, citation and a plaque. It is given every three years for
university teachers who excel in their profession. A jury headed by Ramachandran
Thekkedath, vice-chancellor of Cusat, has selected Dr. Singh for the coveted
award.
A Padmashree recipient, Dr. Singh is a Bhatnagar Fellow of CSIR at the Centre for Cellular
and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad .
He had spent 13 years at the Institute
of Animal Genetics at University of Edinburgh before joining CCMB.
An official release
said that Dr. Singh established the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and
Diagnostics at Hyderabad
under the Department of Biotechnology. Based on the studies of Dr. Singh and
his colleagues on wildlife conservation, the Union government set up a
laboratory for the conservation of endangered species at Hyderabad .
Founder of Genome
Foundation, Dr. Singh had established clinical research facility in
collaboration with NIMS on the CCMB annexe II campus.
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