IIT-BHU prof wins VG Patel Memorial Award

Varanasi: Pradeep Kumar Mishra, professor, department of chemical engineering and technology, IIT-BHU, has been conferred the VG Patel Memorial Award for ‘Entrepreneurship Trainer/ Educator/Mentor 2020’ by Gujarat governor Acharya Devvrat at a virtual event organized by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad.
EDII lost its founder Padma Shri VG Patel in 2019.To commemorate Dr Patel’s great work, the institute has started an annual lecture and award series.
Delivering the lecture, Devvrat said: “Today, people are aware about the implications of chemical based farming, on soil, water, environment and health, and are looking for options that do not threaten any of these aspects.”
Giving example of his 200 acre farm in Kurukshetra, he highlighted how he has been generating results, using natural farming. EDI director Sunil Shukla stressed on the importance of bringing in entrepreneurship as a catalyst to spurring agriculture in the country.