Guru     Nanak    Dev University, Amritsar     received    the   most prestigious      Maulana       Abul Kalam   Azad    Trophy    for the year 2001-02
for  the    best
performance
in         sports 
amongst    the 
Universities in
the     country. 
This  is  for  a 
record    17th  
time   that  the 
University has
bagged     this 
award,  emer-
ging   as    the 
Best    Sports
University   in
the   Country.
The President
of  India,   Dr. 
A.  P.  J.          Abdul       Kalam presented        this          coveted trophy     to      Dr.    S.P. Singh, Vice-  Chancellor,       in       the investiture    ceremony   held   at 
Ashoka      Hall,       Rashtrapati Bhawan      on         29th August 2003.    The     citation   read on 

 this      occasion      says: "Guru
 Nanak   Dev    University   has
 the  rare distinction of  having

 received        the        Maulana
 Abul   Kalam Azad  Trophy on 17 occasions out  of  26 years
 of  the  University’s inception.
 The   Vice- Chancellor,       the
 teachers    and students of the 
 University     deserve       high
  appreciation        for       their

  endeavour".   Maulana Abul
  Kalam Azad  Trophy, named
  after    the    first    Education  
  Minister     of     India,    was
                  instituted          in
                 1956-57  and is a 
                  running      trophy 
                  awarded   to  the
                  University
                  showing         all- 
                  round           best 
                  performance    in 
                  sports. The UGC 
                  has       identified 
                 Guru  Nanak Dev 
                 University  as  the 
                 "Centre            of 
                  Excellence       in 
   Sports                    Sciences" 
   in      the   year   2001.    The
   University   has       so      far
   produced                          24
   Arjuna       Awardees        in
    various   sports    disciplines.

      New Campus for UGC

         
          she      Commission       has
         constituted    a     committee 
 under the Chairmanship of Prof. V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai, the Vice Chairman, UGC, Prof. Sureshwar Sharma and Prof. Briz-Kishore, Commission Members and Dr. Dev Swarup, Deputy Secretary to co-ordinate and review the progress of the project for the construction of new UGC building complex. An amount of Rs. 30 crore has been allocated in the budget for the construction of new campus.

    UNESCO National Literacy 
             Mission-Award for 
        H.N.Bahuguna Garhwal 
           University, Srinagar.
            he     Department  of Adult
           Education and Extension of the H.N.Garhwal   University   has been      awarded    the prestigious NLM-UNESCO Award 2003 for its   outstanding  contribution in the field    of   Literacy   and      Adult Education.    Shri  Manohar Joshi, Hon’ble   Speaker  of Lok Sabha presented     the   award to Dr. N. Natarajan, Vice Chancellor on 8th September,    2003    at a function held   at   Vigyan   Bhawan,  New Delhi.