Published: December 2018 (7 years ago) in issue Nº 352-353
Keywords: Awards, Auro Ratna Award, Overman Foundation, Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Centre for Research in Indian Culture (CIC) / Bhavishyate
References: Aster Patel
Dr. Aster Patel receives Auro Ratna Award
Aster Patel receiving Auro Ratna reward
Dr. Aster Patel was awarded the Auro Ratna Award of the Overman Foundation on November 25, 2018, in a ceremony in the Hall of Harmony, Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Pondicherry. Aster came to live in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in the 1940s as a child. In the early 1970s, she joined Auroville, and later became one of the members of the Governing Board of the Auroville Foundation. Her work and efforts, particularly in the area encouraging Indian studies, have contributed invariably in the journey of Auroville in many ways, and she continues to contribute today.