February 8, 2012 admin

Dr. Khandpur awarded Honorary Fellowship for his outstanding work

CHANDIGARH, FEBRUARY 8: Dr. R. S. Khandpur, Director General, Pushpa Gujral Science City, Kapurthala was awarded Honorary Fellowship by Punjab Science Academy in the 15th Science Congress held at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar on 7th February, 2012. This award has been conferred on him in recognition of his outstanding contribution in the field of Electronic Instrumentation.
Dr. Khandpur is a Former Director General of Centres for Electronic Design Technology, Ministry of Information Technology, Govt. of India, and Founder Director of C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Mohali). Prior to that, he was Head of Medical Instrumentation Division in CSIO, Chandigarh.
He has steered the development of the Science City, Kapurthala from scratch and has made it an international level science centre for popularization of science in the society and developing scientific temper among the masses.
 

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