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| Shehjar selects Prof Mattoo as ‘Kashmir person of the year’ | | |
New Delhi, Jan o6- The former vice chancellor of University of Jammu, Prof Amitabh Mattoo has been selected as the ‘Kashmiri Person of the Year’ by Shehjar's Editorial Board in recognition of his considerable achievements towards the improvement and well being of others and earning a good name and favorable recognition for him and the Kashmiri people. The award carries a Plaque of Honor and a Certificate.
Professor Mattoo, born in Srinagar on June 26, 1962, is one of India's leading thinkers and writers on international relations .He is also one of the few Indian academics in the field of international relations who has actually had an impact on foreign and domestic policy. Nuclear policy, India-US relations, Indo-Pak ties and Kashmir are a few of the fields in which his contributions are well recognized.
Professor Mattoo's has written books on India's nuclear policy and Indo-Pak relations as well as many articles on Kashmir. He also serves on the Governing Council of Pugwash, the Nobel Prize winning NGO, and is a Director of the Indo-Afghanistan Foundation (established by the Governments of India and Afghanistan).
During his tenure as VC, the University of Jammu emerged as a centre of academic and extracurricular excellence. Mattoo's leadership gave the University a fresh profile, with the institution entering into academic collaboration with a number of top international institutions. The quality of research and teaching improved tremendously and increasingly academicians from the University of Jammu were being called to articulate the Indian perspectives on various issues in prestigious institutions in India and abroad.
Shehjar, which is a reputed and globally read monthly magazine about Kashmir and Kashmiris, also covers activities of the Kashmiri Community Diaspora. Shehjar presents a true representation of Kashmir, taking a balanced view from its history and present circumstances and aims to create a vision for its peaceful and all encompassing future.
Shehjar has been undertaking its journey of life humbly, with a pure journalistic mission.
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