VC felicitates Ishya, Surjeet for securing awards during 102nd ISC

Excelsior Correspondent

Ishya Devi and Surjeet Singh Shan posing for photograph with VC JU Prof RD Sharma.
Ishya Devi and Surjeet Singh Shan posing for photograph with VC JU Prof RD Sharma.

JAMMU, Jan 14: Vice Chancellor of University of Jammu Prof RD Sharma, facilitated Ishya Devi and Surjeet Singh Shan, both from Department of Geology,  University of Jammu for clinching two of the prestigious awards of ISCA in Earth System Science Section at 102nd Indian Science Congress (ISC) held at Mumbai recently.
Ishya Devi, a research scholar in Geology Department was awarded the most prestigious ISCA Young Scientist award for the Year 2014-15 in Earth System Science Section. She won it on her research work on “Genesis of carbonate hosted Pb-Zn mineralization in Reasi J&K” and became the first ISCA Young Scientist Awardee in Earth System Science Section from J&K.
Another award of the best poster presentation in Earth System Sciences Sections was also clinched by the Geology Department of University of Jammu. Surjeet Singh Shan presented his paper on “Gem characterization and genesis of moonstone from Lokai-Indarwa of Great Mica Belt, Jharkhand” and won the Best Paper Presentation Award. Both the awardee are doing PhD under the supervision of Prof PK Srivastava.