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Harmohinder Singh Bedi
Harmohinder Singh Bedi (born 12 March 1950) is an Indian academician, Academic administration, academic administrator and noted author. Since 4 July 2018, he has been serving as the Chancellor (education), Chancellor of the Central University of Himachal Pradesh. Before joining Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Bedi had served as Professor Emeritus at Punjabi University, Patiala and as Professor and Head of Department of Hindi, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. In 2022, Govt of India conferred Bedi the Padma Shri award, the third highest civilian award of India, for his distinguished service in the field of literature and education. The award is in recognition of his service as a "Punjabi Hindi Author and Academician with over 30 books to his credit". Awards *"Hindi Sevi Samman": Honored by the president of India on behalf of Hindi Sahitya Academy for contribution to Hindi Literature (2015) *National Award of Poetry Book "GarmLoha" from Govt. of India *Shiromani Hindi Sahi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academician
An academician is a full member of an artistic, literary, engineering, or scientific academy. In many countries, it is an honorific title used to denote a full member of an academy that has a strong influence on national scientific life. In systems such as the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, the title grants privileges and administrative responsibilities for funding allocation and research priorities. History Historically, the meaning for the title of ''Academician'' follows the traditions of the two most successful early scientific societies: either the Royal Society, where it was an honorary recognition by an independent body of peer reviewers and was meant to distinguish a person, while giving relatively little formal power, or the model of the French Academy of Sciences, which was much closer integrated with the government, provided with more state funding as an organization, and where the title of ''Academician'' implied in a lot more rights when it came to decision maki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |