The University of Hyderabad (UoH), one of India’s Institute of Eminence, has announced the selection of its Ph.D. scholars for fellowship under the May 2021 lateral entry channel of the prestigious Prime Minister’s Research Fellows (PMRF) scheme. The following 13 (thirteen) Ph.D. students are the selected Research Fellows.
| Student Name | School | Supervisor | Significance of the research |
Ms. Akurathi Jaya Naga Sri |
School of Mathematics and Statistics | Dr. S Anjana | Modelling and analysis of lifetime data with covariate measurement error |
Ms. Sumi Rana |
School of Life Sciences | Dr. M. Muthamilarasan | Targeted editing of phytic acid biosynthetic pathway genes in the nutri-cereal, Setaria italica for enhanced bioavailability of grain micronutrients |
Ms. Km. Tanishka |
School of Life Sciences | Prof. Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharyya | Role of PfSrs2 in meiotic homologous recombination and it’s significance in development of multi-drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum |
Ms. Amrita Arpita Padhy |
School of Life Sciences | Dr. Parul Mishra | Employing engineered ubiquitin to investigate modulators of deubiquitinases |
Mr. Jakkula Pranay |
School of Life Sciences | Dr. Insaf Ahmed Qureshi | Structural characterization of compounds inhibiting glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from leishmanial parasite |
Mr. Nitin Chaudhary |
School of Physics | Dr. N. Sri Ram Gopal | Applications and fundamental studies of ultrafast laser patterning on different surfaces |
Ms. Priya Mishra |
School of Physics | Prof. Rukmani Mohanta | Neutrino phenomenology with modular symmetry in the seesaw model |
Ms. Papia Panda
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School of Physics | Prof. Rukmani Mohanta | Understanding the invisible sector- “neutrinos” via various possible models beyond the standard model |
Ms. Archana S |
School of Physics | Prof. Surajit Dhara | Topological defect mediated assembly and driven transport of colloidal particles in liquid crystals |
Mr. Prasenjit Jana |
School of Physics | Dr. N. Sri Ram Gopal
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Unraveling ultrafast energy dynamics with mid-infrared probes in 2D materials and biophysical polymer systems |
Mr. Somnath Das |
School of Physics | Prof P. K. Suresh | Investigation of quantum gravity through CMB |
Mr. Sangoji Dheeraj |
School of Chemistry | Dr. T. Saravanan | Photo-biocatalytic asymmetric C(sp3)-H functionalization: Class II aldolases catalysed enantioselective
α-alkylation and α-amination of ketones |
Ms. Fathima Ali K |
School of Engineering Sciences and Technology | Prof. Vadali V. S. S. Srikanth. | Novel graphenaceous nanocomposites as cathode materials and
solid-state electrolyte membranes for efficient Al-ion batteries |
The National Coordination Committee (NCC) of the PMRF scheme made the selection of the above students. Each fellow under the PMRF scheme will receive a starting monthly fellowship of Rs. 70,000/-, which may increase to a maximum monthly fellowship of Rs. 80,000/- towards the end of Ph.D., provided the performance during the initial years of Ph.D. is satisfactory. Apart from this, each fellow would be eligible for an Rs. 2 Lakhs research grant per year. UoH was allotted 18 PMRF fellowships (14 lateral entry channel and 4 direct entry channel fellowships) for 2021. Against the 14 lateral entry channel fellowships, 13 were selected by the NCC of the PMRF scheme. UoH thanks the Ministry of Education and the NCC of the PMRF scheme for the same. UoH now has 32 PMRF fellows. Their details can be found at https://uohyd.ac.in/pmrf-uoh/.
Prof. B. J. Rao (Honorable Vice-Chancellor, UoH), Prof. N. Siva Kumar (Chairman, Internal Expert Committee (IEC), UoH), All the members of IEC, Prof. Vadali V. S. S. Srikanth (PMRF co-ordinator at UoH and Convenor, IEC), and the entire University fraternity heartily congratulate the selected PMRF Fellows. We all hope that the awardees bring laurels to the University by their high achievements in research.