Mr. Uttam Shrestha
(pictured above, left), an AIT alumnusfrom Nepal, was recently awarded the Nepal Bidhya Bhusan Padak-Kha
(Nepal Academic Excellency Award – B) at the World Literacy Day and
National Education Day, organized by Nepalese Ministry of Education on
8 September 2008.
The award was presented by the President of Federal Republic of Nepal.
The prestigious honor is awarded to a select group of professionals who
had achieved academic excellence in their postgraduate-level studies,
either from a program in Nepal’s university system or abroad.
Mr. Shrestha graduated from AIT in August 2006 with outstanding
academic distinction, carrying with him a CGPA of 4.00/4.00 and
excellent achievements in his research work, which focused on
regional disparities in Nepal as part of his master's in the Regional
and Rural Development Planning Field of Study, School of Environment,
Resources and Development (SERD).
