The Chairman of the University Grants Commission, Prof Sukhadeo Thorat, was conferred with
the prestigious, Mother Teresa Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2010. The award
ceremony was held on 10th April in Kolkata.
The Award, instituted in 2000-01, by the Mother Teresa International and Millennium Awards
Committee under the banner of the city-based All-India Minority and Weaker Sections’ Council,
has some notable winners including, late Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu , US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton and late Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi (posthumously). Mother Teresa
International awards are presented to eminent personalities who have excelled in the fields of
education, science, culture, music, sports, social work, medicine, industry and politics, both at
home and abroad.
Prof. Thorat, is an eminent author of several publications (21) on agricultural development, rural
poverty, institutional and economic growth, problems of marginalized groups, economics of
caste system, caste discrimination and poverty, human development, human rights issues,
thoughts of Ambedkar, and slums. As Chairman, UGC, he has been instrumental in introducing
several academic and administrative reforms in the higher education system during the ongoing
XI Plan. He has combined academic activity with social activism and created awareness about
the marginalized section in the Indian society.
In recognition of his contribution in the field of Literature & Education, Prof. Thorat was
awarded the Padma Shree in 2008.
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