<p>Shri <span lang="EN-IN">Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Hon'ble Minister of Education, Government of India </span><span lang="EN-IN">inaugurates the National Education Day (NED) programme and confers IIT Bombay Research Excellence Awards</span></p><p><span lang="EN-IN">The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay commemorated the birth anniversary of India’s First Education Minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on November 11 by observing National Education Day (Rashtriya Shiksha Diwas).</span></p><p>On this occasion, IIT Bombay had organised a programme with Shri Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Hon'ble Minister of Education, Government of India as the Chief Guest on November 10, 2020. The Minister inaugurated the National Education Day programme (online) at 11am. Dr. K. Kasturirangan, Former Chairman, ISRO and Chairman of the committee for drafting the New Education Policy was the Guest of Honor for the occasion.</p><p>The Director Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri gave away the IIT Bombay Research Excellence Awards 2019 in the esteemed presence of the Chief Guest and Guest of Honor. The IIT Bombay Research Excellence Awards were instituted since the last several years to recognize the R&D efforts of IIT Bombay faculty. The awards include:</p><p><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-IN">1. </span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">Research Publication Award (5 awards) given t</span><span lang="EN-IN">o recognize original research results in peer reviewed publications and/or other forms such as exhibits (e.g., design, film).</span> </p><p><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-IN">2. </span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">Research dissemination award (3 awards)</span><span lang="EN-IN"> given to recognize outstanding efforts to disseminate research through monographs/ books/ review chapters/ review papers.</span> </p><p><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-IN">3. </span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">Early research achiever award (3 awards)</span><span lang="EN-IN"> - awarded to young researchers who have already shown their potential for producing outstanding original work.</span></p><p><span lang="EN-IN"><span lang="EN-IN">Inaugurating the National Education day programme, Dr. Nishank in his address, said “Through ‘Study in India, Stay in India and Internationalization of Education', we are committed to establishing India as a global hub of education. To ensure high quality of education, it is also necessary that we move forward with cooperation, coordination and agreement with the leading universities of the world. This has been incorporated in NEP 2020 by inviting Top 100 World Universities to set up campus in India.”</span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-IN"><span lang="EN-IN">The Director of IIT Bombay Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri said, “National Education Policy 2020 formulated by the Education Ministry is very comprehensive in its scope and through a proper assimilation we expect a big boost in the quality of education for all students in India. At IIT Bombay, we look forward to leveraging the key spirits embodied in this policy document in making our offerings more expansive, substantive and socially relevant. As we celebrate the National Education Day, we reaffirm our commitments to providing quality education and excellence in research.”</span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-IN"><span lang="EN-IN"><span lang="EN-IN">The Chief Guest conferred Professor Krithi Ramamritham Award for creative research-2019 </span><span lang="EN-IN">to Prof. Jayakrishnan Nair, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay for his significant research contributions in "Uncertainty management in the smart, renewable-rich power grid", and to Prof. Varun Bhalerao, Department of Physics, IIT Bombay, for his significant research contributions in "Electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave sources". The award carries a citation and a cash incentive of Rs. 1,00,000/- each and it is given from endowment grant given by Prof. Jayant R. Harista, IISc, Bangaluru.</span></span></span> </p><p><span lang="EN-IN">Guest of Honour Dr. K Kasturirangan, in his address said, "National Education Policy 2020 represents an integrated yet flexible approach to education; dulying taking cognizance of the interconnectedness of the various phases of education in mind, and how the same will enable continuity, coherence and processes to ultimately realize an end-to-end educational road-map for the country."</span> </p><p><span lang="EN-IN">The inauguration was followed by a workshop on National Education Policy 2020. The workshop included talks by Prof. B. N. Jagatap, IIT Bombay, Dr. Jaitirth ‘Jerry’ Rao, entrepreneur, Founder of VBHC and HFFC and Prof. Dhruba J. Saikia, TIFR, ex-VC, Cotton College State University.</span></p><p><span lang="EN-IN">Research Publication Awards:</span> </p><p>(Sr.No, Awardee, Department/Centre: Theme Title)</p><p><span lang="EN-IN">1. </span><span lang="EN-IN">Prof. Maheswaran Shanmugam, Department of Chemistry: Influence of diamagnetic ion on slow relaxation of magnetization of lanthanide ion</span></p><p><span lang="EN-IN">2. </span><span lang="EN-IN">Prof. Nutan Limaye, Department of Computer Science and Engineering: Exploring the Frontiers of Algebraic Computations</span></p><p><span lang="EN-IN">3. </span><span lang="EN-IN">Prof. Rajneesh Bharadwaj, Department of Mechanical Engineering: Complex fluid droplets on engineered surfaces</span></p><p><span lang="EN-IN">4. </span><span lang="EN-IN">Prof. Soumyo Mukherji* and Prof. Suparna Mukherji%, *Biosciences and Bioengineering & % Environmental Science and Engineering: Synthesis and Immobilization of Silver Nanoparticles, and their Application in Water Disinfection</span></p><p><span lang="EN-IN">5. </span><span lang="EN-IN">Prof. Subhankar Karmakar, Environmental Science and Engineering Department: Precipitation extremes and urban flood management</span></p><p><span lang="EN-IN">Research Dissemination Awards</span></p><p>(Sr.No, Awardee, Department/Centre: Theme Title)<span lang="EN-IN"> </span></p><p><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-IN">1. </span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">Prof. Hetu C. Sheth, Department of Earth Sciences: Monograph: A Photographic Atlas of Flood Basalt Volcanism; Springer, New York (2018), 363</span></p><p><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-IN">2. </span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">Prof. Parinda Vasa, Department of Physics: Strong light-matter interaction in quantum emitter/metal hybrid nanostructures; ACS Photonics 5(1) (2018), pp. 2-23</span></p><p><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-IN">3. </span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">Prof. Raghavan B. Sunoj, Department of Chemistry: Mechanistic Insights on Cooperative Catalysis through Computational Quantum Chemical Methods; ACS Catalysis. 5, (2015) 480?503</span></p><p><span lang="EN-IN">Research Achiever Awards</span></p><p>(Sr.No, Awardee, Department/Centre) </p><p><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-IN">1. </span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">Prof. Pradip P. Kalbar, Centre for Urban Science and </span></p><p><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-IN">2. </span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN">Prof. Shobhna Kapoor, Department of Chemistry</span></p><p><span lang="EN-IN"> <span lang="EN-IN">Prof. Varun Bhalerao, Department of Physics</span></span></p>