Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 3: Indian Institute Management (IIM) Jammu presented Research, Teaching, Academic and Employee Excellence awards to the faculty, officers, and staff of the Institute on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof B S Sahay, Director, IIM Jammu, said that IIM Jammu has always been the frontrunner and valued the contribution of its workforce. “On this occasion, I take the opportunity to attribute the fast-paced growth of our Institute to our employees (faculty, officers, and staff) who have relentlessly contributed to the growth and progress of the Institute on all fronts including the recent 36th rank in the NIRF Rankings 2022 in the management category,” he said.
The Research Excellence Award 2021-2022 was given to Dr Vaseem Akram, Prof Jabir Ali, Dr Ateeque Shaikh and the research incentives were given to Dr Sujeet Kumar Singh, Dr Nitin Upadhyay, Dr Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Dr Kulwinder Kaur, Dr Prateek Jain, Dr Mahesh Gadekar, Dr Sarabjeet Singh, Dr Baljeet Singh, Dr Muqbil Burhan, Dr Abhishek Srivastava, Dr Nageshwar Reddy and Late Prof Manoj Kumar.
The Academic Excellence Award for the year 2021-2022 was given to Prof Jabir Ali, Dr Baljeet Singh and Dr Muqbil Burhan for all the faculty who were graded outstanding on a scale of 4.5 and above. The Excellence in Teaching award for the year 2021-2022 was given to Dr Ateeque Shaikh, Dr Prateek Jain, Dr Baljeet Singh and Dr Sarabjeet Singh,
The award for Employee Excellence for the year 2021-2022 was given to Cmdr Kesavan Baskkaran (R), Shailesh K Lohiya, CA Rajat Jain, Arup Bhattacharya, Jayaprakash Sivaswamy, i Shashank Mishra, Roshan K Mishra, and Sakshi Jamwal. Letter of Appreciation, Shields, and Cheques were handed over to all the employees by Prof B S Sahay on this occasion.
The event saw the active participation of the faculty, staff, their family members, and students at the Institute along with the cultural performances put forward by the students at the Institute to commemorate the birth anniversary of the great stalwarts of the Indian freedom revolution.