{"id":1198,"date":"2023-11-25T23:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T22:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2023-11-25T23:11:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T22:11:01","slug":"prof-yash-raj-shrestha-receives-the-best-teacher-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/prof-yash-raj-shrestha-receives-the-best-teacher-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Yash Raj Shrestha Receives the Best Teacher Award!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/files\/2023\/11\/Prof.-Yash-Best-Teacher-Award-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/files\/2023\/11\/Prof.-Yash-Best-Teacher-Award-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/files\/2023\/11\/Prof.-Yash-Best-Teacher-Award-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/files\/2023\/11\/Prof.-Yash-Best-Teacher-Award-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/files\/2023\/11\/Prof.-Yash-Best-Teacher-Award-1536x804.png 1536w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/files\/2023\/11\/Prof.-Yash-Best-Teacher-Award.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>In a heartening recognition of commitment to education, Prof. Yash Raj Shrestha receives the Best Teacher Award 2023! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The best thing for a teacher is being recognised by students. This award holds a truly special place in my heart.\u00a0Teaching is something that I have always loved and it is an incredible feeling to be recognised and appreciated by the very students for whom I dedicate my time and energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As I reflect on my own educational background, I am constantly reminded of the profound impact an engaging learning environment can have on the lives of students. Perhaps this act of nurturing curiosity and fostering a learning space will always need human teachers, despite many rapid AI developments in educational technology sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m grateful to the many outstanding educators that I&#8217;ve been fortunate to have as teachers and mentors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAU4-cYBlKF1ML6ar84jorXwWzQryYRTB98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vivianna Fang He<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAFZ7hkB2gaPypidg17dsz0oc0mQSOCYF4s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phanish Puranam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAFyaiABRl6Onjoq2tAz49zh8Hq2BCTXCoE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shiko Ben-Menahem<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAGC7IMBHa_T-TIy9wXsDZDgJypDw-NipBo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georg von Krogh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAABpLD_QB1LsAPtNoDX06cWOCIF_dMBbWxBM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stefan Feuerriegel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAACSUTkB_4dRW3S3P3sL-_c0wmyPkpNrqQQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stefan Haefliger,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAAJCO0BiLdmcAyFdUYx5dX1BW4oLm6NU1Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sebastian Sp\u00e4th<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAKjqMQBRaI-X3EWzathmEaI5adCdJhGp3o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patrick Haack,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAJAyfUBQotBT-UBYkVz6qAOryZCLkBFWXM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Zeynep Erden<\/a>\u00a0\ud83d\ude4f \u2013 my teaching approach is just an amalgamation of everything I&#8217;ve learnt and still learning from them. \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Special thanks also goes to my teaching assistants\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAABm2TjUBEIgr-8ENMX-Csp3Uyi6fSzztpnY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amirsiavosh Bashardoust<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAB_oZsEBNM1YN7j8oacacrPbE77JAk_7J84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YinYin Lim<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAACRBHmkBJ3G1yFW2loZ9r8NqN4mSymIan90\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yuanjun Feng<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAADRx_JYBhI5NnABLWje1XEIZAJCUvIaVo0U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Henri Jamet<\/a>\u00a0who have dedicated their efforts and brain power in maintaining the quality of our teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Shout out and appreciation also to our guest speakers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAA7d04UBApQVnS3Qb788WsEl1sZpLmkB9jA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Janina Vinklere<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAAfpdABFOS95n7FZu7JL7ijKYc4iWXo8k4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Claudiu Musat<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAElMM0BAL0gDU4kSPzgZ8Jnaaz43c8KFsg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Eloy Sasot<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAznbuEB1GzYgmdj_y_yW7osxgD4fmFzejs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Omid Maghazei<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAANR0rgBNvr1nW7UKR0ZnyUCDoC1ZQjYeHE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Varun Karamshetty<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAA5CSLoBYALzLGIYhXM4gVlYU1hnh07KQ9o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Patrick Tinguely<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAABO75ucBQ2gwqKRuTs506-ueNCTOCy-m7G8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Syang Zhou<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAEoN_kBbDnkgfD5NskFPdtnzye4gWdpVLM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Dr. Milan Kumar<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAcwrLkBlT7khVpfq9wIyHxQKkfgiTgaTgo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Ralf Buechsenschuss<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAMlw28BExGQ48RwRUjBnQAH16_gQ5r2yhI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Ruben Merz<\/a>,\u00a0Cristina Kadar, PhD who have generously shared their expertise and experience with our students. Our students love them !!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m also grateful to the passionate and engaging students I get to teach (and learn from) at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/heclausanne\/\">HEC Lausanne &#8211; The Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne<\/a>, current and past. It has been a true pleasure to be part of your journey! Thank you for making it all so fulfilling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations as well to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAAAISKIBdG9H9hKAVDWleV9FUYJzbfUFMW8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christine Legner<\/a>\u00a0and all other fellow recipients!<\/p>\n<cite>Yash Raj Shrestha<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a heartening recognition of commitment to education, Prof. Yash Raj Shrestha receives the Best Teacher Award 2023!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002616,"featured_media":1199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8],"class_list":{"0":"post-1198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-in-campus","8":"tag-hec-lausanne"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002616"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1198"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1679,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions\/1679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/aail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}