Panjab University's NSS volunteer gets best author award

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 26

Sartaj Singh, an NSS volunteer of Panjab University, Chandigarh, and a student of the Political Science Department, has been selected as the best author in the Pradhan Mantri Yuva Scheme, started to encourage young authors to write about the freedom fighters of their country.

Singh said a total of 75 young writers from across the country had been selected for this scheme. He had been writing for the past several years and had won over 70 essay writing competitions at the national and international level organised by various colleges and universities of India.

Sartaj Singh has presented research papers in more than 40 national and international seminars. His six research papers have been published in different journals. Till now, he has participated in over 25 workshops.

Panjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Raj Kumar congratulated Singh on his achievement.