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Goverdhan Mehta, a well known researcher in Chemical Sciences & former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad (UoH), has been conferred with Federal Republic of Germany’s prestigious `Cross of the Order of Merit’.
Mehta was the VC during 1994-98 of the UoH, which is among the top 10 Universities in the country. However, the campus got caught recently in the unsavoury events following the suicide of Ph.D student, Rohit Vemula and the political fall out.
Achim Fabig, the German Consul General in Chennai, conferred the ‘Bundesverdienstkreuz’ (the Cross of the Order of Merit) to Goverdhan Mehta. Instituted in 1951 it is the only honour that may be awarded in all fields of endeavour and is the highest tribute the Federal Republic of Germany can pay to individuals for achievements in political, economic, social or intellectual realm and for all kinds of outstanding services to the nation in the field of social, charitable or philanthropic work.
Goverdhan Mehta is at present the National Research Professor and Lilly-Jubilant Chair Professor at the University of Hyderabad. He served as the Director of the IISc, Bengaluru (1998-2005) and was also President of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA).
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and has been conferred with `Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’ by the President of France.
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