UCT is delighted that one of its academics, Prof Keertan Dedha, is the 2014 recipient of the Oppenheimer Fellowship, the Oppenheimer Trust’s premier award with a monetary value of R1,5 million.

Aimed to  encourage and acknowledge excellence in scholarship in all its forms, the Award is granted to scholars of the highest calibre who are engaged in cutting-edge, internationally significant work that has particular application to the advancement of knowledge, teaching, research and development in South Africa. Candidates from all disciplines compete annually for it.

Please see attached press release from the Trust. Prof Dheda may be contacted at 021 406 6509 / 084 557 7754.