The California Institute of Technology, in California, USA has awarded BHU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Sudhir K Jain the Distinctive Alumni Award for the year 2022.
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) publishes a list of its distinguished alumni each year, the institute’s highest honor, in recognition of their personal and professional achievements that have led to remarkable impact in a field, community, or society. Prof. dr. Jain received his postgraduate degree in 1980 and his PhD in Earthquake Engineering from Caltech in 1983.
The Institute, in a report published on its website, described Prof. Jain as a successful university administrator and an earthquake safety activist. Prof. dr. Sudhir K Jain is recognized for his life-saving impact as India’s foremost earthquake engineer, for his research, advocacy and establishment of engineering training programs and of seismic building codes, and for his leadership in higher education, first at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar ( IITGN) and then at Banaras Hindu University, the report said.
The report commends the contribution of Prof. Jain as founder and director of IIT Gandhinagar and as a faculty member of IIT Kanpur. His extensive studies after major earthquakes have had a significant impact on Indian building practices through his development of seismic codes and the first major continuing education program for professional engineers, the report adds.
“Prof. Sudhir K Jain, the 28th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, is a world renowned scientist in the field of Earthquake Engineering. He has been a member of numerous national and international bodies such as the US National Academy of Engineering, International Association for Earthquake Engineering, Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering etc. A Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian awards of India), Prof. Jain also received many prestigious awards.
Recently, Sudhir Kumar Jain, Director of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
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