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Conferred Distinguished Visiting Professorship at Tsinghua University Beijing

Professor Kumar was conferred a Distinguished Visiting Professorship by Tsinghua University, Beijing in a in a simple ceremony on May 17, 2017 in recognition of his academic contribution to the body of knowledge relevant for railway maintenance technology. The installation ceremony also included an open seminar to the Faulty and students.

Indian Institute of Technologys BHU Alumni Award for Uday Kumar

Professor Kumar was conferred the IIT BHU Distinguished Alumni Award for the year 2017-18 for his outstanding contributions to research and education. The awards was conferred at a glittering function held in New Delhi, 20th May 2017

Honorary professorship recognition for Uday Kumar

Professor Kumar was bestowed upon the title of Honorary Professorship by Amity International Business School , Amity University, India for his contribution to management sciences with special reference to maintenance management in a ceremony on Feb 8, 2017.

MFS scholarship became thesis in India

Helena Sjöberg has studied the Master Programme in Architectural Engineering at Luleå University of Technology. She chose to go to India for her thesis to examine which gender roles that exist in the Indian culture and how these affect the participation of women in the local planning process. During her thesis she discovered that there still is a clear division between men and women regarding what their responsibilities are and that this division can hinder women from participating in the development of villages.

In the media: Hope rekindle for Jamalpur railway workshop after Aayog NITI's team visit

Professor Uday Kumar, Director, Lulea Railway Research Centre, Lulea University of Technology S E -971 87, Lulea, Sweden told UNI, "NITI Aayog is also trying to invent such "mechanical devices'' in the Indian Railways to predict the coming technical faults/problems in the movement of the passengers and freight trains about two to five hours before the actual technical problems appear on surface at the time of train movements.

Recieved multiple research awards

Within two weeks, Uday Kumar, professor in Operation- and Maintenance Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, received double honors for his research work. During the same period, he was also elected as one of the new members of Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien.

India's ambassador visited Luleå University of Technology

Visit of Mrs Banashri Bose Harrison, Ambassador of India to Sweden and Latvia to LTU on 12 March 2015. The ambassador was received at the University by the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Erik Höglund, and Örjan Johansson, Lennart Elfgren, Uday Kumar and Pär Weihed.

Internationally successful researcher awarded

Nordea Norrland Foundation established in 2006 a scientific prize to researchers at Luleå University of Technology. The price still assigned a prominent scientist with good development potentional and whose research contributes to growth and development. The researcher must also be a good role model for the university.

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 11 October 2019
By:IT
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