India's International Fellows
The government of India has taken several initiatives towards the international exposure of scientists working in India in addition to providing lucrative incentives to bring back the eminent scientists to the country vis-a-vis implementation of several International Fellowship Programmes / Schemes.
These International Fellowships include:
i) Fellowships for attracting highly skilled, outstanding researchers and scientists of Indian origin working abroad by providing them an attractive avenue to pursue their R&D interests in Indian Institutions.
ii) Fellowships providing opportunities to the best and brightest Indian students/ researchers / scientists to go abroad and gain exposure to world class research facilities and peers in leading institutions, thereby helping to build long-term R&D linkages and collaborations.
iii) Besides these, Indian scientists regularly apply for other international fellowships and their contributions are significant in the international arena.
These efforts have helped develop a pool of talents who are helping in the furtherance of excellence in science in the country. This Section provides information regarding the scholars honoured with these International Fellowships, the year of award, their affiliations and their area of work. It includes information regarding scholars like Ramanujan Fellows, Ramalingaswami Fellows, Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance Fellows, Fulbrighters, Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Fellows, Indo-Australia Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCR) and so on...
India International Talents
Awardee | Fellowship Name | Year | Affiliation | Specialisation |
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Divyapriya Govindaraj | Fulbright Fellow | 2019 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai; Virginia Tech, Blacksburg | Development of Advanced Treatment Processes for the Removal of Antibiotic and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria from Wastewater Systems |
Viswajyothi Keezhpattillam | Fulbright Fellow | 2019 | Kerala Agricultural University (KAU), Thiruvananthapuram; Brigham Young University | Molecular Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Analysis of Galerucine Leaf Beetles |
Mohamed Asik Rajmohamed | SERB Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship | 2019 | Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli | |
Haritha Polagari | SERB Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship | 2019 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras | |
Aparna Ramchary | SERB Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship | 2019 | Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR-CLRI), Chennai | |
Parul | Fulbright Fellow | 2019 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee; Louisiana State University, Shreveport | Doped Perovskite Nanocrystals for Enhanced Stabilities in LED Applications |
Nishant Singh | SERB Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship | 2019 | Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR), Lucknow | |
Eklovya Jain | Fulbright Fellow | 2019 | Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia | NA |
Vivek Singh Grewal | Fulbright Fellow | 2019 | J-PAL at IFMR, Raipur; University of Arizona, Tucson | NA |
Durga Sankar Vavilapalli | Fulbright Fellow | 2019 | Anna University, Chennai; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | Fabrication of Brownmillerite Structured Multiferroic-Based Solar Cell |