ALIGARH April 10: The Aligarh Muslim University Vice Chancellor Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis has been conferred up on the Blessed Mother Teresa Lifetime Achievement Award by the Mother Teresa International Award Committee, Kolkata for the year 2010 in a grand function held at the Science City Auditorium, Kolkata. The award was given to Prof. Azis by the Governor of West Bengal, Shri M. K. Narayanan in the presence of the Governor of Bihar, Shri Devanand Konwar and a galaxy of distinguished personalities.
The award has also been given to Shri Subroto Mukherji, Shri Devanand Konwar, Governor of Bihar, Chairman of University Grants Commission Prof. Sukhadeo Thorat, former Captain of Indian Cricket Team Ajit Wadekar, former Captain of Indian Hockey Team Gurbakhsh Singh, former distinguished tennis player Joydeep Mukherjee and former football player Tulsidas Balaram.
The award committee comprised of former Governor of West Bengal and former Chief Justice of Calcutta, Justice Shyamal Sen, Financial Director of Archdiocese of Calcutta, Rev. Fr. Peter Arulraj, Chairman Sahyog Foundation Mr. Ram Jawhrani, Chairman of the Award Committee, Mr. Anthony Arun Biswas and Mr. Ramesh Prasad, General Secretary. The committee has selected Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis for the award in recognition of his invaluable services in the fields of education and for championing the cause of deprived social classes.
The Blessed Mother Teresa Lifetime Achievement Awards have been previously conferred on several distinguished persons who have excelled in the fields of Education, Culture, Music, Social Work, Sports, Industry, Media, Medicine and Politics. Some of the eminent recipients of this prestigious award were Sri Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mrs. Hillary Clinton, Sri Rajiv Gandhi, Smt. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sri Girija Prasad Koirala, former Prime Minister of Nepal, Sri Subrata Roy, Chairman, Sahara Group, Sri Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, Sri Laloo Prasad Yadav, Sri Oscar Fernandes, Sri Ram Jethmalani and others.
The Mother Teresa Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to eminent personalities in India and abroad who have practically served the humanity in their own capacity in their respective areas with a sense of service above self.
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