Post by Admin on Apr 15, 2019 10:21:10 GMT
OBE for Derby professor (04 April 2019)
Professor Daljit Singh Virk of Bangor University has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Honour of OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire).
HRH Prince Charles pinned the medal onto Dr Virk in an investiture in Buckingham Palace on Thursday,April 4.
The award recognises the impact of Dr Virk’s scientific contributions as geneticist and plant breeder as well as his leading role in establishing the Sikh faith Akaal Primary School, in Derby in 2015. The free school was established under the Academies Act and is housed at Grange Avenue in Sunnyhill.
www.sikhnet.com/news/obe-derby-professor
Professor Daljit Singh Virk of Bangor University has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Honour of OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire).
HRH Prince Charles pinned the medal onto Dr Virk in an investiture in Buckingham Palace on Thursday,April 4.
The award recognises the impact of Dr Virk’s scientific contributions as geneticist and plant breeder as well as his leading role in establishing the Sikh faith Akaal Primary School, in Derby in 2015. The free school was established under the Academies Act and is housed at Grange Avenue in Sunnyhill.
www.sikhnet.com/news/obe-derby-professor