PAU ALUMNUS DR RATTAN LAL NAMED OHIO UNIVERSITY’S DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR

LUDHIANA, APRIL 25:



In recognition of teaching, research and service, Ohio State University, USA, has bestowed the highest faculty honor on Dr Rattan Lal, an alumnus of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) and a soil scientist at College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), Ohio Varsity, by designating him as a 'Distinguished University Professor.' The recognition was given by Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee and Provost Joseph Alutto.



\"Dr. Rattan Lal has raised the stature of this institution with work that is world-renowned and of enduring significance. Emanating from a laboratory in Columbus, his insights have reduced hunger on the other side of the globe. He is the epitome of a Distinguished University Professor. Like the soil he studies, he is essential,\" Gee said.



\"It is so fitting that the university is honoring Rattan Lal,\" said Bobby Moser, Vice- President for agricultural administration and Dean of CFAES. \"He is recognized around the world -- including by presidents -- as a leader in his discipline. He is walking the path of Norman Borlaug, making a difference in the lives of many.\"



PAU Vice-Chancellor, Dr Manjit Singh Kang, congratulated Dr Lal and said "It is a well deserved honour. We are delighted and proud of you and your achievements." Having been bestowed with this honour, he has brought laurels to PAU in the international arena, added he.



Referring to his long association with PAU since 1959, Dr Lal remarked, \"You have to believe that what you are doing is beneficial." Grew up on a small farm in Punjab, India, helping the family produce such crops as wheat and rice, said he and added that a visit to Punjab Agricultural University (which was established with aid from Ohio State) to observe visiting American professors teach agriculture resulted in an undergraduate soil science degree in 1963.



A Director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center at Ohio State\'s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), Prof. Lal is a recipient of many prestigious awards such as 2009 M. S. Swaminathan Award for his leadership role in agricultural research; 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Certificate from IPCC, the 2005 Borlaug Award, and the 2004 Environmental Quality Research Award from the American Society of Agronomy and has also been awarded honorary doctorate from Punjab Agricultural University, India (2001).
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