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HOUSTON, TX – Renu Khator, Chancellor of the University of Houston System and President of the University of Houston, received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award. She is one of 13 recipients of the award, which was given out in New Delhi by Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India. “I take great pride in being an Indian-American and feel that I have been blessed by the richness of both cultures,” Khator said. “I am particularly proud of my Indian heritage and grateful...
HOUSTON, TX – Renu Khator, Chancellor of the University of Houston System and President of the University of Houston, received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award. She is one of 13 recipients of the award, which was given out in New Delhi by Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India. “I take great pride in being an Indian-American and feel that I have been blessed by the richness of both cultures,” Khator said. “I am particularly proud of my Indian heritage and grateful...
for the values that I was able to inherit from my motherland.” The award is given to a non-resident Indian, person of Indian origin or an organization or institution established and run by the non-resident Indians or persons of Indian origin, who has made significant contribution: Khator took the dual position of chancellor and president at UH in 2008, becoming the system’s first woman chancellor, the University’s first foreign-born president.
Under Khator’s leadership, UH has experienced record-breaking research funding, enrollment and private support and was given Tier One University status by the Carnegie Foundation. Khator holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kanpur and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in political science from Purdue University. She is a noted scholar in the field of global environmental policy and has published numerous books and articles on the subject.
Under Khator’s leadership, UH has experienced record-breaking research funding, enrollment and private support and was given Tier One University status by the Carnegie Foundation. Khator holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kanpur and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in political science from Purdue University. She is a noted scholar in the field of global environmental policy and has published numerous books and articles on the subject.
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