An Endowment Fund was created with an amount of Rupees Fifty Thousand, donated by Professor Anil Kumar, FNA, FASc, FNASc, Humbolt Fellow, former Director, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune and currently J.C. Bose National Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy. Professor Kumar an internationally eminent scientist, in his brief address in the event organised to announce the Endowment Fund, stated that, two young students- a male and a female, shall be awarded annually on the occasion of the National Science Day every year for the Best Poster on their Research Work in the fields of Science an amount of Rupees Two Thousand Five Hundred, each. Earlier Professor Alak K Buragohain, Vice Chancellor of the University extended a warm welcome to Professor Anil Kumar and placed on record the sincere gratitude of the University for this gracious act of Professor Kumar towards encouraging research in Science.
