Bangkok--18 Jan--AIT
Dr. Parish Nalavade, an alumnus of Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has been honored for his doctoral work, which he concluded at AIT. Dr. Parish was awarded the third prize in the inaugural edition of the “Giuseppe Pellizzi International Best PhD Prize” during the twenty-third annual meeting of the Club of Bologna held on 11 November 2012.
The award is granted for the finest doctoral thesis on agricultural mechanics published during the past two years. The doctoral thesis titled “Modeling of Soil and Powered-Disc Interactions for Development of a Powered-Disc Harrow” was guided by Dr. Peeyush Soni, Assistant Professor, AIT’s School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD).
Dr. Parish Prakash Nalavade completed his Master’s (2007) and Doctoral degrees from AIT (2010). He is currently serving as Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
The Club of Bologna was founded in 1989 by FederUnacoma, and it brings together global experts in agricultural mechanization. This year the Club deliberated on robotics applied to agriculture and life-cycles of agricultural machinery and equipment.
Details about the Prize are available at this link: http://www.clubofbologna.org/prize_thesis.php
Photo caption: From left: Prof. Luigi Bodria, President, Club of Bologna; Mr. Massimo Goldoni, President, FederUnacoma; Mr. Marco Pezzini, General Secretary, FederUnacoma; and Dr. Parish Nalavade.