Prez Murmu to confer National Teachers’ Award on AKTU faculty

Lucknow: A senior assistant professor Farheen Bano of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University’s (AKTU) faculty of architecture and planning will be among the select teachers from the country who will be awarded by President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday.
Like every year, the president will be conferring the National Teachers’ Award 2023 to 75 selected awardees at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on Teachers’ Day.
“I feel honoured that I have been selected for such a prestigious award. It was my 60:40 teaching technique that included 60% of teaching by taking students on field visits and through live projects while 40% via theory earned me the award,” said Bano.
She dedicated this success and award to her husband Mohd Tahseen, and dean Prof Vandana Sehgal and department head Ritu Gulati.
Bano is an accomplished architect, building performance analyst and environmental design educator with over 15 years of experience. She holds a Master of Architecture degree from IIT Roorkee and a PhD in environmental design from AKTU. Her expertise lies in architectural design and sustainability.
“Bano plays a crucial role in educating and mentoring aspiring architects. With a strong focus on research, Bano’s interests revolve around climate-responsive architecture, sustainable design, energy-efficient buildings, energy modeling and simulation, and building economics,” said an AKTU official.
He said her research findings have been published in reputable journals and as an accredited professional of the Indian Green Building Council, she actively promotes environmentally conscious approaches to architecture.
Bano has received International Best Researcher in Architecture Award from the Rula Awards: Research Peace Awards and the Outstanding Teacher Award from the International Institute of Organised Research.
Apart from this, academic institutes in the city will be felicitating its teachers at the institute level on Teachers’ Day. Around 100 teachers will be felicitated at Khwaja Moinnuding Chisti Language University and six at AKTU. Lucknow University’s chemistry department will be hosting a ceremony to felicitate its teachers.