Prof Chem Nayar, Emeritus Professor, Curtin University and Managing Director, Regen Power has been named as the Erudite Scholar at the Division of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT).
The Erudite Program of the Higher Education Council, Government of Kerala, India brings in distinguished scholars from abroad to the campuses of Kerala State Universities to interact with faculty and students in order to promote excellence in graduate research. The Erudite Programme aims at providing the teachers and students an opportunity to interact with eminent academicians including Nobel laureates. Professor Nayar is the first person from Australia to participate in this program. He will be working in close association with Prof. C. A. Babu, Professor & Head of the Division of Electrical Engineering at CUSAT who initiated the steps to get the approval for the Erudite program by the Kerala State Higher Education Council.