The venue for the special event is situated at Department of Civil Engineering and the celebrations were held on 5 September 2023. The program started with a tribute to the late Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, one of the most recognized and influential Indian thinkers in academia, say sources from IIT Roorkee.

Occasion

The tone of the occasion was set high by felicitating faculty members with “Outstanding Teaching and Research Awards for the year 2023″ in UG and PG categories for their outstanding performance in teaching, followed by reading of citations by Heads of departments and presentation of Professor Bal Krishna Outstanding Teacher Award of the Department of Mathematics and Ramkumar prize for Outstanding Teaching & Research in PG category.

(1) Under (UG) Category

· Prof. Naveen Kumar Navani, Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering

· Prof. K.S. Hari Prasad, Department of Civil Engineering

· Prof. Ravi Sharma, Department of Earth Sciences

(2) Under (PG) Category

· Prof. Pradip K. Maji, Department of Polymer & Process Engineering

· Prof. Vipul Rastogi, Department of Physics

· Prof. Sanjeev Kumar has been selected for the Prof. Bal Krishna ‘Outstanding Teacher Award (2023) of the    Department of Mathematics

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· Prof. Ranjana Pathania, Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, has been selected for the Ramkumar Prize for Outstanding Teaching & Research (2023).

A good teacher goes beyond the mere transmission of knowledge; they inspire, encourage, and ignite curiosity in the minds of their students, said Director of IIT Roorkee.

Furthermore, Director of IIT Roorkee extended his heartfelt congratulations to the award winners, acknowledging their outstanding contributions in positively transforming the lives of a significant number of students.

Winners

Expressing his thoughts on the occasion of Teacher’s Day, Prof. Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Dean of Faculty Affairs, IIT Roorkee, said, “I would like to congratulate the winners and teachers who are giving their best efforts to the students with their experiences.

I am also grateful to all these awardees who came forward and shared their views and made this event a great success, said Prof Ashwani Kumar of IIT Roorkee.

Since its establishment in 1847, the Institute has played a vital role in providing the country with technical human resources and know-how.

The Institute ranks amongst the best technological institutions in the world and has contributed to all sectors of technological development.

It has also been considered a trend-setter in the area of education and research in the field of science, technology, and engineering.

The Institute had celebrated its Sesquicentennial in October 1996 and now completed more than 175 years of its existence.

It was converted to IIT on September 21, 2001 by an Ordinance issued by the Government of India declared it as the nation’s seventh Indian Institute of Technology, an “Institution of National Importance”.

The vision of IIT Roorkee is to attain global level of excellence in education and to create a sustainable and equitable society through innovative research in science and technology.

The National Education Policy (NEP 2020) has identified research as a corequisite for outstanding education and development in our country. The establishment of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation by the Government of India was a step in this direction, said the Cabinet while making an announcement. A total of nearly Rs 6,000 crore has been sanctioned for the initiative for 3 calendar years, 2025, 2026, and 2027 as a new central sector scheme.”.

This initiative will benefit nearly 1.8 crore students, faculty, researchers and scientists of all disciplines. The top quality journals will also be accessible to tier 2 and tier 3 cities with an objective to encourage core as well as interdisciplinary research in the country.

As many as 30 international journal publishers have been included in One Nation One Subscription. Now, each of the nearly 13,000 e-journals will be accessible to more than 6,300 government Higher Education Institutions and central government R&D institutions, it said.

The journals will be made available through a national subscription coordinated by the Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET), an autonomous inter-university centre of the of the University Grants Commission (UGC) in an entirely digital process, it informed.

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The education ministry and other ministries having higher education institutions (HEIs) and research and research and development (R&D) institutions will be conducting Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaigns regarding the initiative and the methods to access the ONOS.

Further, the state government will be directed to carry out campaigns at their level for maximizing usage of the facility by students, faculty and researchers of all government institutions.

Conclusion

One of the most significant initiatives made to transform the landscape of research and education in India is the One Nation One Subscription initiative, which will provide access to over 13,000 e-journals across 6,300 institutions to empower researchers, faculty, and students to engage in high-quality, interdisciplinary research. Built on a strong foundation of the National Education Policy and with a deep investment of Rs 6,000 crore, this effort promises to elevate India’s global academic and research standing into the remotest tier-2 and tier-3 cities.