Prof. B B Pandey who hails from Bhojpur district of Bihar has received distinguished IIT Kharagpur alumnus award from PM Manmohan Singh for his contribution to innovation in transport infrastructure development.
He is currently advisor (sponsored research and industrial consultancy) at IIT (Kharagpur). The award was presented to him on August 22 during the diamond jubilee convocation of the prestigious institute.Incidentally, this was the time, when many students at IIT Kahragpur refused to take degrees from PM Manmohan Singh on Lokpal Issues.
A student of B N College, Patna, the septuagenarian has developed low cost technology for maintenance-free roads for villages and design guidelines for concrete and asphalt roads in India. He has also developed state-of-the-art equipment for testing of roads and highways.
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