Indian professor honoured in U.S.

WASHINGTON, MAY 1. The University of California, Berkeley, has conferred on an Indian, Professor, Nilabh Shastri, and two other professors its highest award for teaching, placing them among an elite group of instructors.

Prof. Shastri teaches molecular and cell biology. The others are Germans Prof. Claire Kramsch and Prof. Eleanor Swift. They received the award at a formal ceremony.

Since 1959, when the award was first given, only 191 of the 4,000 professors who have taught at the University of California, have received it.

The ceremony also included a slide presentation of each professor's teaching methods and ideology, as well as testimonials from present and former students.

Prof. Shastri, was quoted by a campus newspaper as having said he was surprised that anyone would pay him money to do what he loved most.

He tried to get to know all the students in his classes and ``make sure they understand the material. One-to-one talking is more effective than showing people a bunch of multimedia presentations,'' he said.

- UNI

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