October 30, 2026, Jigme Namgyel Engineering College (JNEC), Royal University of Bhutan, received the Special Recognition Award for Supply Chain Education Development at the Supply Chain Asia Awards 2026, held at the Conrad Bangkok, Thailand. Presented before nearly 400 CEOs, global supply chain innovators, and regional industry leaders, the award recognizes JNEC’s sustained contributions to developing a skilled supply chain and procurement workforce for Bhutan and the wider region. In today’s fast-evolving technological landscape, procurement and supply chain management have moved beyond back-office functions to become drivers of national strategy, economic resilience, and sustainable development.

Jigme Namgyel Engineering College (JNEC) proudly marked a significant milestone as its students showcased their research prowess at the prestigious CoMSO 2024—an International Conference on Modelling, Simulation, and Optimisation hosted by the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar, India.
Among the many achievements, the paper titled “Optimum PV Design and Reconfiguration of Rubessa Solar Farm using Comparative Genetic Algorithms ~ A Solution to PV Systems Operating Under Partial Shading Conditions” by Lhendup Thinley Dorji and Chencho Dorji received the Best Paper Award in its technical session.