The President's Visitor awards for 2016 have been awarded to Tezpur University for 'Best University', Prof Rakesh Bhatnagar from JNU for 'Innovation' and the Molecular Parasitology Group of JNU for Research'.
The awards will be given during the week-long 'Festival of Innovations' hosted from March 12-19 by the Rashtrapatri Bhavan in collaboration with the National Innovation Foundation (NIF).
The festival will open with the inauguration of an exhibition of innovations on March 12 by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Other highlights include a keynote address by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, presentation of Gandhian Young Technological Innovation award, exhibition of posters on outstanding achievements by National Innovation Clubs and outstanding Technology Business Incubators.
The festival will also include round-table sessions on subjects like inclusive innovation, leveraging science, technology and innovation, education for inclusive innovation development among others. The key recommendations of the round-table discussions will be presented to the President.
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