Dr. Dinesh Verma to be honored with President's Leadership Award at Edwin A. Stevens So...( HOBOKEN N.J. -- The Edwin A. Steven...)

HOBOKEN, N.J. -- The Edwin A. Stevens Society of Stevens Institute of Technology will this year honor the Dean of Stevens School of Systems and Enterprises, Dr. Dinesh Verma, with the Presidents Leadership Award at its annual Gala, to be held at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park, N.J., Nov. 10, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Attendance at the black-tie event is by invitation only.

The Presidents Leadership Award is presented to a distinguished individual who has rendered exceptional service to Stevens Institute of Technology and for his/her significant achievements and dedication to his/her field. The recipient will have demonstrated eminent commitment to advancing the students at the Institute through his/her engineering or scientific expertise and achievements. The award is given to an individual who demonstrates, by example, a commitment to advancing Stevens global standing in the educational and research community and has personally reached beyond campus to build alliances that raise the publics appreciation for the resources needed to enhance the mission at Stevens Institute of Technology.

Dr. Dinesh Verma is the founding Dean of the School of Systems and Enterprises and a Professor of Systems Engineering.

In 2007, Stevens launched the new School of Systems and Enterprises to focus on interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary academics and research, rooted in systems thinking. The founding of the school was the result of the tremendous success of the Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, founded in 2000, which grew rapidly to be the largest program of its kind in America. Verma served as founding director of the System Design & Operational Effectiveness program within the department, which has achieved a constituency of partners throughout the world in academia, industry and government, helping to advance the Stevens brand as the outstanding provider of high-level training in enterprise systems for aerospace, defense and oth
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