Assam Don Bosco University receives Engaged University of the Year award

GUWAHATI: Assam Don Bosco University won the “Engaged University of the Year 2020 Asia Pacific (Entrepreneurship and Engagement Excellence) Award” on January 10, 2020. This prestigious international award is conferred by the Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial & Engaged Universities (ACEEU), Science Park, Netherlands, a press release said.

The award recognizes the University’s monumental work in community engagement and social service – higher education making a change in the lives of people around the University campus. Don Bosco University won the award against stiff competition from the final shortlisted institutions across the Asia-Pacific region, including Swinburne University of Technology (Australia), Fuzhou University (China), Melbourne Polytechnic (Australia), Singapore University of Technology (Singapore), University of the Sunshine Coast (Australia) and Australian Catholic University (Australia).

Pro-Vice Chancellor of Assam Don Bosco University, Fr (Dr) Joseph Nellanatt received the award, on behalf of the University, at a gala ceremony held in Kochi, Kerala on January 10, 2020.

The Vice Chancellor, Fr (Dr) Stephen Mavely, saw in the award “a validation of the University’s engagement in ‘Service Learning’ – a unique feature of Don Bosco University that integrates academic inputs, relevant community-centred activities followed and preceded by structured reflection in an intertwined partnership. It combines a learning process that results in academic, civic and personal development while, at the same time, tackling the challenges affecting the wider society”.

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