{"id":10318,"date":"2025-04-29T10:59:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/?post_type=blog_post&#038;p=10318"},"modified":"2025-05-05T05:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T05:51:27","slug":"dubai-medical-university-announces-dr-shifan-khandays-nomination-for-the-unesco-king-hamad-bin-isa-al-khalifa-prize-for-the-use-of-ict-in-education","status":"publish","type":"blog_post","link":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/blog-post\/dubai-medical-university-announces-dr-shifan-khandays-nomination-for-the-unesco-king-hamad-bin-isa-al-khalifa-prize-for-the-use-of-ict-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Medical University Announces Dr. Shifan Khanday\u2019s Nomination for the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dubai Medical University is proud to announce that Dr.  Shifan Khanday, Associate Dean of Research(Acting) and Head of the AI and Smart  Education Unit, has been officially nominated by the UAE National Commission  for the prestigious UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of  Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Education).<br><br>\n  The UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize, established  in 2005 and funded by the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain, honors two  global laureates each year for outstanding achievements in the application of  ICT to improve teaching, learning, and education performance. Laureates are  selected by the Director-General of UNESCO based on the recommendation of an  independent international jury of experts, and eac receives a monetary award  of USD 25,000 along with a diploma during the award ceremony at UNESCO  Headquarters in Paris.<br><br>\n  Vice Chancellor Academic\u2019s Prof Sherief Khalifa commented  that Dr Shifans &nbsp;nomination not only affirms her personal dedication to  educational innovation but also reflects Dubai Medical University\u2019s ongoing  commitment to excellence, leadership, and transformation in the field of  digital and AI-powered education.<br><br>\n  We extend our heartfelt&nbsp;congratulations&nbsp;to Dr.  Shifan Khanday for this significant achievement. Her work continues to inspire  a new generation of learners and educators, driving forward Dubai Medical  University\u2019s mission to shape the future of education through innovation.<br><br>\n  The final announcement of the UNESCO Prize laureates will be  made later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/unesco_comne.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/unesco_comne.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/unesco_comne-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/unesco_comne-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/unesco_comne-530x663.jpg 530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai Medical University is proud to announce that Dr. Shifan Khanday, Associate Dean of Research(Acting) and Head of the AI and Smart Education Unit, has been officially nominated by the UAE National Commission for the prestigious UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Education). The <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"blog-category":[56],"class_list":["post-10318","blog_post","type-blog_post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blog-category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_post\/10318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog_post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10318"},{"taxonomy":"blog-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog-category?post=10318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}