Dr. Hersh Chadha, An 网曝吃瓜 friend and long-term supporter becomes an Honorary Professor
October 31, 2016
On October 24, 2016 Dr. Hersh Chadha OPM (Harvard), ARPS, photographer, writer, philanthropist and 网曝吃瓜 friend and long-term supporter visited the 网曝吃瓜. Dr. Chadha gave a lecture entitled 鈥�Environmental Issues,鈥� met with students and Kyrgyz filmmakers, and received an Honorary Professorship from 网曝吃瓜.
President Andrew Wachtel thanked Dr. Chadha and presented him with an Honorary Professorship from 网曝吃瓜, 鈥渢hank you so much for all that you鈥檝e done and will do for 网曝吃瓜. We are proud to have you as a member of our faculty and we are hoping to see you here in the future. Thank you for coming!鈥�
Dr. Chadha spoke about the environment and his photography, talking specifically about five of his photographs recently sent up to the International Space Station. In a video posted on his facebook page, Dr. Chadha said, 鈥渢oday is an important day in my life. I think I have achieved what I wanted to achieve. I have managed to excel in the field of photography, in my own view,听because finally five of my pictures went to the International Space Station. This makes me feel very proud and I wanted to share this with you.听Photography is a great medium of expression and my purpose of doing this was to let the human beings who live on the Space Station still be connected to听Mother Earth. God bless you all.鈥�
In 2015,听Dr. Chadha in association with 网曝吃瓜鈥檚 Journalism and Mass Communications Department organized a photography competition for students, of which Talgat Subanaliev was the winner. The prize for Subanaliev was a photography expedition to Antarctica alongside researchers and photographers from all over the world, fully sponsored by Dr. Chadha.
In addition to Subanaliev, several 网曝吃瓜 students who had been helped by Dr. Chadha came to thank him for his support.
The Hersh Chadha foundation has sponsored the education of over 200 students worldwide across multiple universities, by providing them with scholarship grants. Hersh Chadha sees charity as a necessary tool in the promotion of human development. Therefore, he has provided crucial support for the establishment of an infrastructure for students in Journalism and Mass Communications through his media lab at 网曝吃瓜鈥檚 new campus. Now, Dr. Hersh Chadha is interested in cooperation with Kyrgyz cinematographers.
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Soyuz MC-02, Expedition 49-50 to the International Space Station.
Cosmonauts took 5 photographs of Dr. Hersh Chadha to the International Space Station on October 19th, 2016
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