Nitte PhD scholar bags the prestigious Newton - Bhabha PhD placement Fellowship

Nitte PhD scholar bags the prestigious Newton - Bhabha PhD placement Fellowship

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Jan 08, 2022: Mr Prithvisagar K S, a PhD scholar working under the guidance of Dr Krishna Kumar B, Division of Infectious Diseases, at Nitte University Centre for Science Education & Research (NUCSER) has been awarded a short-term PhD placement fund to carry out a part of his doctoral research at University of Plymouth, UK under the Newton Bhabha Funds Program jointly supported by Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy in the UK and ­Ministry of Science and Technology in India, along with the British Council in India, the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).

 

The fellowship covers the cost towards travel and accommodation besides a stipend for the scholar. Mr Prithvisagar will be working on the mechanisms of infections caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus, an important human pathogen.  He is one of the twenty one awardees across the country.