Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Dr Jancy James selected for Prof MV Pylee Award

Dr Jancy James, the first woman Vice Chancellor of Kerala selected for the Prof MV Pylee Award for the Distinguished Academician of India.
  • The award is given for excellence in teaching and research and contribution to academic community. It carries an amount of 1 lakh rupees and a citation.
About Dr Jancy James:
  • She is an established author, literary critic, researcher and translator.
  • She is the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University and founderVice Chancellor of Central University of Kerala.
  • She served as member of Kendra Sahitya Akademi and as the National President of the Comparative Literature Association of India.
  • She is a post-doctoral Commonwealth Fellow in University of Warwick, UK.
About Prof MV Pylee Award: The award was instituted by Cochin University of Science and Technology in the name of MV Pylee. He is an Indian scholar, educationist and management guru and widely regarded as the father of management education in Kerala.

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