Indian-American gets excellent teaching award

Rupa Iyer, an Indian-American Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies at the University of Houston’s College of Technology, has been presented the “Distinguished Leadership in Teaching Excellence Award”.

It is the highest award given in teaching and the only one given in this category by the varsity. “My journey from being an international graduate teaching assistant  to having the privilege and honour to lead the biotech programme at UH has been extremely humbling and rewarding,” Iyer said.

The award is given to a previous recipient of the varsity’s ‘Teaching Excellence Award’, presented to a person who has ten or more years of teaching experience and has made sustained and significant contributions to education.