The 3rd Golden Rudraksha awards 2020 were announced at a ceremony on Wednesday. The awards are aimed at recognising the unsung heroes who keep on doing their work with full sincerity and commitment.
This year, a total of three awards were presented. The first two in the series were the “Golden Rudraksha Award 2020, which were given to one teaching and one non-teaching employee of Shoolini University. The third one was eUniv Star Performer 2020. These awards were based on 360 degree feedback from students, management, and peers.
Dr. Pankaj Kumar Chauhan, Associate Professor from the School of Bioengineering and Food Technology, won the Golden Rudraksha employee of the year. He joined Shoolini University in March 2012 and also working as Training and Placement coordinator for the department.
Mrs. Amrita Thapa, Front desk officer won the award for best Non-teaching employee of the year. A Masters in Economics and currently pursuing her Ph.D in Economics from Shoolini University Mrs Thapa joined the Shoolini in May 2019.
Dr. Nitin Kumar from Engineering grabbed the eUniv star performer 2020 award. eUniv Star Performer was selected on the last academic session’s consolidated eUniv analytics report along with a thorough quality check performed on faculty’s video lectures. This year, being an online education dominant year, this new award was introduced.
Chancellor Prof. PK Khosla, President Mrs. Saroj Khosla along with Pro-Chancellor Vishal Anand was present in the award ceremony and awarded the winners and congratulated them. On the occasion, Chancellor Prof. PK Khosla said that these awards encourage the employees to work with dedication and determination throughout the year.
Under the Teaching category, Dr. Somesh Sharma from Foodtech was the first runner up and Mr. Hemant Sharma from CSE won the second runner up trophy. From the non-teaching category Mrs. Kaushalya Gautam, Section Officer Registrar’s Office won the first runner up award and Mrs Anshul, Office Executive won the second runner-up position.
The top five finalists under Golden Rudraksh Teaching Category were Mr. Hemant Sharma (CSE),Dr. Neeraj Gandotra (Maths/ CSE),Dr. Namita Gandotra (CSE),Dr. Pankaj Kumar Chauhan (Foodtech), Dr. Somesh Sharma (Foodtech) and top-five finalists under Golden Rudraksha Non-teaching were Mrs. Amrita Thapa ( Front Desk Officer), Ms. Kaushalya Gautam (Registrar’s Office),Mr. Satish Kumar (Management),Ms. Neelam Thakur (Library) and Ms. Anshul (Dean Academic’s Office).
The top five finalists from e Univ were, Dr. Kesari (Management),Dr. Pradeep Kumar (Biotech), Dr. Nitin Kumar (Engineering), Dr. Somesh Sharma (Foodtech), Mr. Sushil Kumar (Engineering).
