PEC feted for special publication

Chandigarh, February 28

Punjab Engineering College (PEC) has been feted for the special publication, “Indian-origin Academicians Abroad”. The award was presented by Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan during the National Science and Technology Communication Awards to mark National Science Day today. A database of Indian academicians abroad was also released.

“Indian-origin Academicians Abroad’ has been created by Professor Rajesh Bhatia and his team at the institute. “This platform will help scientists living in India and aboard to come to a single platform,” said Prof Dheeraj Sanghi, Director, PEC.

“This database will help academicians, students, policy planners and other stakeholders to collaborate with foreign university experts. It’s a huge information base of about 23,472 Indian academicians and research scholars,” said Bhatia. — TNS