UoH wins first Visitor's Award for Best Central University

The University of Hyderabad (UoH) has won the first 'Visitor's Award' for the best Central University in the country.
University of Hyderabad Vice Chancellor E Haribabu received the award from President Pranab Mukherjee on February 4 at a function held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Haribabu said here today.
The President, who is also 'Visitor' to all Central Universities, had announced that these awards were instituted at the Vice Chancellors' conference last year to promote healthy competition among central universities and motivate them to adopt best practices from across the world, he said.
The award is given across three categories of Best Central University', 'research' and 'innovation'.

To select winners, online applications were invited from all central universities for each category, he said.