PAU student bags PM’s fellowship

Rajwinder Kaur, a student of the Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has been honoured with the prestigious Prime Minister Fellowship by the Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India, in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and a private partner Satyam Agrochem (India), for her doctoral research.

During her doctoral research programme, Kaur would work on “Evaluation of liquid formulation of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria to improve soil health, nutrient acquisition and yield of wheat” under the supervision of Dr Jupinder Kaur, Microbiologist, PAU.

Dr Satbir Singh Gosal, Vice Chancellor, PAU; Dr MIS Gill, Dean, Postgraduate Studies; Dr AS Dhatt, Director of Research; Dr Kiran Bains, Dean, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities; and Dr (Mrs) Urmila Gupta, Head, Department of Microbiology, congratulated the student and her guide for this achievement and wished them success in all future endeavours.