Source: www.ddinews.gov.in
UNITED STATES, June 2010: An Indian American is among the teachers nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama as a recipient of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. The award is presented annually to the best pre-college-level Science and Mathematics teachers from across the country.
Radhika Plakkot is among 103 Math and Science teachers who have been selected for this prestigious award. Plakkot, who teaches Biology at the Huntingtown High School, Calvert County in Maryland, is the only Indian American in the group of teachers. “Today we honor some of the best of these teachers and thank them for their dedication. They are inspirations not just to their students, but to the nation and the world,” said Obama.