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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brajesh Kumar Kaushik | Fulbright Fellow | 2020 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Roorkee; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond | Energy-efficient Spintronics-based Artificial Intelligence Systems |
| Sajan Singh | SERB Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship | 2019 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi | |
| Goldy Yadav | Fulbright Fellow | 2019 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda | Neural Correlates of Interlimb Transfer of Newly Learned Skilled Movements |
| Mohan Sharma | Fulbright Fellow | 2019 | Government Model S.M. Senior Secondary School, Himachal Pradesh; University of North Carolina, Wilmington | NA |
| Shyama Sasikumar | Fulbright Fellow | 2019 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad; Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem | 3D Printing of an In Vitro Biomimetic Liver Model |
| John Joseph | Fulbright Fellow | 2019 | Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Kochi; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston | Infection-Responsive Hydrogel System for the Treatment of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis |
| Asif Kalindar Shaikh | Fulbright Fellow | 2019 | R. A. Podar College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai; Texas A&M University, College Station | Study of Group Growth, Asymptotic, and Geometric Properties of Finitely Generated Self-Similar Groups and Their Schreier Graphs |
| Juhi Gupta | Fulbright Fellow | 2019 | Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi; J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla | Metagenomics and Cultural Approaches to Study the Role of Bacteria in Degradation of Recalcitrant Organic Pollutants from Landfill Site |
| Souptick Chanda | Fulbright Fellow | 2019 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati; Technology Implementation Research Center, Boston | Biomechanical Assessment of Polymeric Fixation Plate for Subtrochanteric Femoral Fractures |
| Rupel Nargunam | Fulbright Fellow | 2019 | BSA Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai; Temple University, Philadelphia | Fractal Framework to Improve the Efficiency of Gold Futures Market in India |