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Awards for IITB faculty
Prof. Ashish Das of the Department of Mathematics has been selected for the "5th M. R. Pai Memorial Award". The award has been instituted in memory of Mr. M. R. Pai and aims to recognize proactive research, which displays originality, and impacts consumer welfare in the society. It has been conferred on Prof. Das for his successful efforts leading to regulatory changes brought into the Indian Banking for the benefit of bank customers. The awards committee considered this an ideal example of how application of statistics and statistical arguments can highlight certain issues that touch day-to-day lives. More details at: http://www.math.iitb.ac.in/news/ad.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof S. L. Dhingra of the Dept of Civil Engg has been recently appointed to the executive committee of the International Benefits Evaluation and Costs Woking Group (IBEC) of Intelligent Transportation Systems. IBEC has been set up to coordinate and expand international efforts, to exchange information and techniques, and evaluate benefits and costs of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
More details at: http://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~dhingra/
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