Dr Saumya Saxena wins Research Impact and Engagement Award
College Postdoctoral Associate Dr Saumya Saxena has received a Vice-Chancellor鈥檚 Research Impact and Engagement Early Career Award.
Saumya is a at the University of Cambridge. A legal historian interested family law, religion, and gender politics in India, Saumya advised the twenty-first Law Commission of India on reform of family law and worked with the Verma Commission on amendments to law relating to rape in India.
Now in their fourth year, the Vice-Chancellor鈥檚 Research Impact and Engagement Awards recognise impressive and inspirational students, academics and professional members of staff from across the University of Cambridge. They strongly reflect the University's mission to engage the public, tackle real-world problems and improve people鈥檚 lives. Each winner receives a 拢1,000 grant to be used for the development and delivery of engagement/impact activity or relevant training.
Professor Stephen Toope, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, said: 鈥淭his year鈥檚 nominations recognise impressive and inspirational individuals, and strongly reflect our mission to engage the public, tackle real-world problems and improve people鈥檚 lives. The award scheme focuses attention on the increasingly important role that institutions such as ours have to play in restoring faith in experts.鈥
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