PTC Honors Jussawalla with Named Award
HONOLULU (April 16) – Meheroo Jussawalla, East-West Center senior fellow emerita, was recently honored by the Honolulu-based Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC). The international non-government group has created a new award in her name, the Meheroo Jussawalla Research Paper Prize.
Jussawalla is internationally-known for her contributions to the field of the economics of telecommunications. She has published 15 books, including a recent autobiography titled On Six Dollars to America, a Tale of Adventure, Courage and Reward, and has garnered several national and international awards for her work. Late last year she received the 2006 Technology Industry Award from the State of Hawaii and the Mayor’s Award of Recognition from the City of Honolulu for being named a 2006 Top 50 High Tech Leader.
Richard Taylor, Palmer Chair in Telecommunications Studies at the Pennsylvania State University, says of Jussawalla, “Meheroo has been a mentor, colleague, editor, co-author, and adviser for many of us working in telecommunications research. We are greatly pleased that PTC is honoring her.”
Jussawalla has taught and lectured in the United States, Germany and India, her native country. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from India’s Osmania University. Jussawalla sits on the editorial and boards of directors of several industry publications and organizations.
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Dr. Meheroo Jusawalla is a senior fellow emerita at the East-West Center. She can be reached at (808) 944-7329 or via email at jussawam@EastWestCenter.org
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