Visitor's Awards 2021 for Innovation to Prof. Venktesh Singh, Head, Dept. of Physics, CUSB

#cusb #rashtrapatibhawan #droupadimurmu In a major leap towards its motto of ‘Academic Excellence’ and maintaining its NAAC A++ Grade stature, the Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) bagged another remarkable achievement in its kitty. Public Relation Officer (PRO) Md. Mudassir Alam said that Prof. Venktesh Singh, Head, Dept. of Physics has been conferred with prestigious Visitor’s Award for Innovation 2021 for his valuable contribution in the field of research at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Prof. Singh was honoured with a Citation and a Cheque of Rs. 2,50,000/- by Hon’ble President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu in a glittering ceremony attended by the Union Minister of Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, senior bureaucrats of various ministers, academicians and other dignitaries. Prof. Venktesh Singh has been congratulated by the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Kameshwar Nath Singh, Registrar Col. Rajiv Kumar Singh and the entire CUSB fraternity for bringing laurels for the University. CUSB VC Prof. K. N. Singh, expressing his happiness, said that this is one of the rare and valuable achievements, and I appreciate Prof. Venktesh Singh for making us proud at the national level. I hope this award would also encourage the other faculty members of the University for making a mark at the national and international level with their quality research. This would be a big contribution towards nation building, opined the Vice-Chancellor. After receiving the award, a delighted Prof. Venktesh Singh said, “we should always focus on solving the local and national scientific problems along with the international scientific community for the benefits of the society and nation”. Providing details Prof. Venktesh Singh said that his area of study was ‘design and development of particle detectors’. The Visitor’s Award was awarded for developing indigenous Charge Pick-up Panels for Resistive Plate Chamber Detectors using Silicon Fiber Sheet for International Mega Science Project, India – based Neutrino Observatory (NIO). These panels are basic sensing elements of the prestigious Mega Project India-based NIO and are similar or better in performance compared to the imported panels. In addition, the indigenous panels are cost effective, locally available, fire resistant and the performance does not get affected by humidity, whereas imported panels are a fire hazard in the confined environment of NIO. This is a very innovative and important contribution to the experimental Nuclear and Astro particle Physics, said Prof. Singh. It should be noted that the President of India as the Visitor of the Central Universities, annually confers Visitor’s Awards in the field of innovation and research. The award is intended to promote healthy competition amongst Central Universities and to motivate them to adopt best practices from around the world in pursuit of excellence.