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Honorary doctorate for Pallam Raju |
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The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad, has conferred an honorary doctorate on Minister Of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju for his “outstanding achieve¬ments and contribution towards technology and academic excel¬lence”.
Andhra Pradesh Governor Narayan Dutt Tiwari, who is also the chancellor of the university, confered the doctorate at a ceremo¬ny held in Hyderabad on April 2.
Pallam Raju said he felt “privileged” to be honoured by one of India’s premier technological institutes.
The JNTU is the first technological university of India created by legislation of the Andhra Pradesh assembly in 1972. It has been accorded Grade ‘A’ status by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council.
“JNTU has produced highly professional and competitive engineers, arming them with appropriate skills for the rapid pace of industrialization in the country,” a Defence Ministry state¬ment said.
Headed by Vice Chancellor K. Rajagopal, the university offers many programmes leading to post-graduate degrees and lays emphasis on R&D activities.
Pallam Raju, 46, is an electronics and communications engi¬neering graduate from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, and an MBA from Templeton University, Philadelphia.
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