Dr. Pooran Mal Yadav, Head of the Sociology Department at MLSU, has been selected for the prestigious Nelson Mandela International Award. He will be given the award in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Prof Yadav has been selected for making notable academic contribution in the field of social service. Prof Yadav has been instrumental in bringing out awareness on atrocities in the scheduled caste and scheduled tribes and also taking steps on bringing about a change.

Similarly, he has made attempts via the academic route on aligning the poor, females, members of backward class and lesser empowered people with the mainstream.

Prof Yadav will be given the award on 30-June.