Kashi Utkarsh, a student run social organization of the Institute of Technology, has once again shown that if we wish, we all can make a difference.

The KU team, organised tutions for 12 slum children. Four of these children were selected to the Navodaya School. The team is happy at having been able to help these children get quality education and hopes to have better results next year.

The students at Navodaya are provided with boarding and lodging facilities. The school also takes care of various other student needs like school dresses and books. Food is also provided by the school. All the expenses incurred are bourne by the Government.

We at ITBHU.org salute their work and wish them all the best in their quest.

Spherics, Inc., a developer of bioadhesive-based oral drug delivery systems, announced the appointment of Avinash Nangia, Ph.D. as Vice President of Research and Development.

Dr. Nangia holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and a M.S. degree in Pharmaceutics at the Institute of Technology, BHU, India and a B.S. degree in Pharmacy at the University of Delhi, India.

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An Indian-American computer scientist has been named the new provost of Buffalo University in New York.

Satish Tripathi, 53, is credited with the rapid expansion of the engineering school at the University of California , Riverside. He is currently dean of Bourns College of Engineering at the Riverside campus and will take over as UB's chief academic officer on July 1, according to a UB statement.

Dr. Tripathi graduated top of his class from Banaras Hindu University in India in 1968. In addition to a doctorate in computer science that he earned from the University of Toronto in 1979, he holds three master’s degrees -- one in computer science from the University of Toronto (1976) and two in statistics from the University of Alberta (1974) and Banaras Hindu University (1970).

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