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Extraordinary Achievement in Education Leadership Award 2022-23

Shri Prakash Mani Tripathi

Dr. Tripathi receives award from EducationWorld editor Dilip Thakore

well-known educationist, political scientist, writer “Throughout my 40 years in higher education, my prime
and orator, Prof. Shri Prakash Mani Tripathi is a objective has been to ensure that students receive holistic
A higher education veteran with over 40 years’ teach- education that prepares them not only for workplaces, but
ing, administrative and leadership experience. In his long also for success in life. At IGNTU my mission is to empower
and distinguished career in Indian higher education, Prof. students, especially tribal youth, with contemporary higher
Tripathi, an alumnus of Allahabad University, Prayagraj, education to prepare them for employment and leader-
has served as professor and head of the political science ship positions in an increasingly multicultural globalising
faculty, dean of the faculty of arts, and chief proctor of world. Simultaneously, IGNTU is also cognizant of the need
the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University (Uttar to preserve and enrich the cultural heritage of India’s tribal
Pradesh), and has published 28 books and 76 research pa- communities,” says Tripathi.
pers in reputed journals. In 2019, he was appointed vice During his career of distinguished service in India’s
chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, higher education system, Prof. Tripathi has been conferred
Amarkantak (IGNTU), a Central university established in numerous awards including the Sri Nihal Singh Yadav Na-
2008. tional Award 2014 of the Indian Political Science Associa-
Since taking charge of IGNTU three years ago, Prof. tion for outstanding contribution to study of ancient India
Tripathi has successfully introduced several teaching- politics, and the Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Award
learning innovations, higher education management best 2020 of the Uttar Pradesh government for his contribution
practices and concluded multi-lateral academic and re- to Hindi literature. He also serves as a member of the Hindi
search collaborations with national and international uni- Advisory Committee, Department of Defence Production,
versities to enable provision of high-quality tertiary educa- Government of India.
tion and research opportunities to youth from historically For his sustained commitment to upgrade teaching-
neglected tribal communities across the country. Sited learning standards in the country’s public higher educa-
in Amarkantak, a tribals-dominated region of Madhya tion institutions and determination to provide traditional
Pradesh, IGNTU’s 13 faculties offer high-quality undergrad knowledge as well as contemporary tertiary education and
and postgraduate degree programmes to 3,912 students. research opportunities to youth of India’s tribal commu-
In the EducationWorld India Higher Education Rankings nities, the Editors and Board of Directors of Educ ation-
2022-23, IGNTU is ranked among India’s Top 50 public W orld are proud to present the EW Extraordinary Educa-
multidisciplinary universities and #1 in Madhya Pradesh tion Leadership Award 2022-23 to Prof. Shri Prakash Mani
(pop.73 million). Tripathi.

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