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Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, formerly Agra University, is an Autonomous University located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. The university is named after Bhimrao Ambedkar, Indian scholar, social reformer, and the architect of the Indian Constitution. Institute of Engineering and Technology The Institute of Engineering and Technology Khandari, Agra (I.E.T. Khandari, Agra), situated at the Khandari campus in the city of Agra, was established in 1998 and is the engineering institute of the university. Institute of Social Sciences The Institute of Social Sciences (ISS), Agra is situated at Paliwal campus in university premises. Notable alumni *Charan Singh, former Prime Minister of India *Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India *Mulayam Singh Yadav, former CM * Santosh Gangwar, Chairperson, Committee on public undertakings *Dronamraju Krishna Rao, geneticist * Ganesh Prasad Pandey, organic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate *Hirdaya Behari Mathur, physical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Uttar Pradesh
The following is the list of governors of Uttar Pradesh. The list also includes governors of the United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as Independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed Uttar Pradesh on 24 January 1950, and is headed by the governor of Uttar Pradesh. Governors of United Provinces (1921–1950) List of governors of Uttar Pradesh (1950–present) See also * Uttar Pradesh * (1732–1857) – Nawabs of Awadh * (1834–1836) – Governors of Agra * (1836–1877) – Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces * (1856–1877) – Chief Commissioners of Oudh * (1877–1902) – Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh * (1902–1921) – Lieutenant Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh * (1921–1937) – Governors of the United Provinces of British India * (1937–1950) – Governors of the United Provinces * Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirdaya Behari Mathur
Hirdaya Behari Mathur (1928–1980) was an Indian physical chemist and the director of Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment, Kanpur. He was known for his studies on radioactive isotopes and solid state diffusion of metals. Mathur was a fellow of Sigma Xi and an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and the Indian Academy of Sciences. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1973, for his contributions to chemical sciences. Biography H. B. Mathur, born on 17 May 1928, graduated in chemistry from Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University (formerly known as Agra University) in 1946 and passed his master's degree from University of Delhi in 1948. Moving to the US, he secured a PhD in physical chemistry from University of California, Berkeley in 1954. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramakant Yadav (neurologist)
Ramakant Yadav (born 11 September 1968) is a professor of Neurology and Yash Bharti Award winner who is working at Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai. Education and career He completed his M.B.B.S. in 1992 and M.D. (Medicine) in 1998 from Sarojini Naidu Medical College, Agra of Agra University (Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University), Agra. Later he joined Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow and got D.M. (Neurology) degree in 2006. He became a fellow of Indian Association of Clinical Medicine in 2008. He joined U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences, now known as Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai as an Assistant Professor in 2006 and now working as a Professor there. In 2016 he was awarded Yash Bharti Award, the highest civilian award of the state (Uttar Pradesh). In 2020, he became Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. In May 2021 he became vice-chancellor of Uttar Pradesh University of Medica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shafiqur Rahman Barq
Shafiqur Rahman Barq (born 11 July 1930) is an Indian politician belonging to the Samajwadi Party. He has been elected to Lok Sabha at various times from Moradabad as Samajwadi Party candidate and Sambhal, most recently in 2019. Career He has been three times Member of Parliament as Samajwadi Party candidate and in 2008 he joined Bahujan Samaj Party and won the 2009 Loksabha election from Sambhal. He again joined Samajwadi Party in Feb 2014 and contested 2014 Loksabha election from Sambhal constituency and lost the election. He came into news after taking the oath as a member of Lok Sabha when he declared that Vande Mataram is against Islam and Muslims cannot follow it. He received widespread criticism for defending the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and equating it with India's own freedom struggle. Positions held Shafiqur Rahman Barq has been elected 4 times as MLA and 5 times as Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aziz Qureshi
Aziz Qureshi (born 24 April 1941) is an Indian politician and a senior Indian National Congress leader of mixed Arab-Pathan Muslim ethnoreligious and Urdu-speaking linguistic background from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. He had previously served as 15th Governor of Mizoram from January to March 2015. In addition, he also previously served as the Governor of Uttarakhand from 2012 to 2015 and was also appointed Governor of Uttar Pradesh (additional charge) for a month in 2014, before Ram Naik Ram Naik (born 16 April 1934) is a veteran Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, served as the 27th Governor of Uttar Pradesh. Political career Ram Naik was a member of the 13th Lok Sabha and was Minister of Oil and Natural Gas in ... took over his position. Later, he was appointed chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy on 24 January 2020 by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, after leaving the state governorships post. In 1973, he served as a cabinet minister in Madhya Prad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajendra Yadav
Rajendra Yadav (28 August 1929 – 28 October 2013) was a Hindi fiction writer, and a pioneer of the 'Nayi Kahani' movement of Hindi literature. He edited the literary magazine ''HANS'', which was founded by Munshi Premchand in 1930 but ceased publication in 1953 – Yadav relaunched it on 31st July 1986, (Premchand's Birthday). His wife Manu Bhandari was a notable Hindi writer and novelist. Biography Rajendra Yadav was born in Agra, Uttar Pradesh on 28 August 1929. He received his early education at Agra, and later also studied at Mawana, Meerut. He graduated in 1949, and later completed his MA in Hindi at Agra University in 1951. His first novel was ''Pret Bolte Hain'' (''Ghosts Speak''), published in 1951 and later retitled as ''Sara Akash'' (''The Infinite Cosmos'') in the 1960s. It was the first Hindi novel to try to shock orthodox Indian cultural traditions. It was adapted into a movie of the same title, ''Sara Akash'', by Basu Chatterjee in 1969 and which along with M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopal Krishna (astronomer)
Gopal Krishna (born 12 March 1948) is an Indian radio astronomer and a senior professor at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics. Known for his studies on Radio galaxies and quasars, Krishna is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies viz. Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, India and Indian National Science Academy. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to physical sciences in 1993. Biography Born on 12 March 1948 in the National Capital Region of Delhi, Gopal Krishna completed his graduate studies at Agra University in 1966 before joining BARC Training School at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. After a short stint, he moved to Tata Institute of Fundamental Research at their newly established Radio Astronomy G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virendra Singh (physicist)
Virendra Singh (born 8 June 1938) is an Indian theoretical physicist and a former C. V. Raman chair professor and director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). Known for his research in high energy physics, Singh is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies - Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Sciences, India as well as The World Academy of Sciences. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to Physical Sciences in 1973. Biography Early life and education Born in Bijnor in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Singh completed his schooling at Dev Nagri Inter College, Meerut in 1951 and passed the intermediate course from Meerut College of Agra University in 1953. After earning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shyam Sunder Kapoor
Shyam Sunder Kapoor (born 14 June 1938) is an Indian nuclear physicist and a former director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Known for his research on fission and heavy-ion physics, Kapoor is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies – Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy and National Academy of Sciences, India – as well as the Institute of Physics. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to Physical Sciences in 1983. Biography S. S. Kapoor, born on 14 June 1938, earned an MSc from Agra University in physics in 1958 before starting his career in 1959 at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (then known as Atomic Energy Establishment). While on service, he pursued his doctoral studies mentored by Raja Ramanna, who would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Om Dutt Gulati
Om Datt Gulati (1927–2012) was an Indian pharmacologist and the Dean of the Department of pharmacology at Baroda Medical College. Known for his researches in autonomic pharmacology, he was also a professor at Pramukhswami Medical College, Anand and an honorary fellow of the Indian Pharmaceutical Society. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1971. He received B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian medical award, in 1981. Biography Om Datt Gulati, born on 31 January 1927, graduated in medicine from the University of Madras and after earning an MD in pharmacology from Agra University, moved to the University of Colorado Boulder from where he secured an MS. Returning to India, he joined Baroda Medical College where he spent whole of his regul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manapurathu Verghese George
Manapurathu Verghese George (3 October 1928 - 9 December 2019) was an Indian photochemist and an Emeritus professor of the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST). He was known for establishing the Photochemistry Research Unit at NIIST and his studies on the mechanism of organic reactions. He is a recipient of the 1992 TWAS Award and an elected fellow of The World Academy of Sciences, the Indian National Science Academy and the Indian Academy of Sciences. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1973, for his contributions to chemical sciences. Biography M. V. George, born on 3 October 1928 in the south Indian state of Kerala, graduated in chemistry from Madras University in 1948 and moved to Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University (then known as Agra Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javed Agrewala
Javed Naim Agrewala (born 14 May 1961) is an Indian immunologist, the prof. at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar and the chief scientist and professor at the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh. Known for his research on Tuberculosis, Agrewala is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies viz. National Academy of Sciences, India, Indian National Science Academy and Indian Academy of Sciences. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 2005. He is also a recipient of the National Bioscience Award for Career Development of the Department of Biotechnology. Biography Javed N. Agrewala, born on 14 May 1961 in Agra in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, graduated in science from Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
