IFFCO Managing Director Dr U S Awasthi was felicitated on the occasion of the 158th birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna awardee Madan Mohan Malviya. The award was given by Mahamana Malaviya Mission.
He was felicitated by the award of ‘Distinguished Alumni’ of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Awasthi, who currently heads IFFCO as its MD and CEO has been a graduate from the IIT BHU which he completed in the sixties.
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi which was founded in 1919, was designated as Indian Institute of Technology in 2012. Besides Awasthi, it has churned out many who’s who from its campus including Manoj Sinha, a colleague of Prime Minister Modi.