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2011-2012
Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowships
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| Sl. No. | Name, Designation and Institution | Area of Study | U.S. Host Institution | Duration of Grant and Start Date |
| 1 |
Dr.
Sandhya Srikant Visweswariah Professor Department of Molecular Reproduction Development and Genetics Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, Karnataka |
Biochemistry:
Cell Biology (The importance of cyclic nucleotide signaling in the biology and pathogenesis of M. tuberculosis) |
Weil
Cornell Medical College
New
York, NY
|
5
months
September 2011 |
| 2 |
Dr.
Prajval Shastri Associate Professor Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bengaluru Karnataka |
Astrophysics
(Active Galaxies: Radio-loudness and the Fanaroff-Riley Divide) |
Stanford
University
Stanford,
CA
|
8
months
January 2012 |
| 3 |
Dr.
Nabendu Sekhar Chatterjee Scientist D National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases Kolkata, West Bengal |
Biochemistry
(Cellular and molecular mechanisms of intestinal transport of water-soluble vitamins during enteric infection: Impact of malnutrition on diarrhea) |
University
of California
Irvine,
CA
|
8
months
September 2011 |
| 4 |
Dr.
Ashok Chaudhury Professor and Chairman Department of Bio and Nano Technology Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology Hisar Haryana |
Molecular
Biology - Biotechnology
(Molecular Characterization of Circadian Clock Associated Transcription Factors in Rice) |
North
Carolina State University
Raleigh,
NC
|
8
months
August 2011 |
| 5 |
Dr.
Goutam Dev Mukherjee Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, West Bengal |
Physics
(Hydrogen and its isotopes at ultra high pressures) |
Harvard
University
Cambridge,
MA
|
5
months
September 2011 |
| 6 |
Dr.
Satyabrata Patnaik Associate Professor School of Physical Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi |
Energy
(Synthesis and characterization of nano-scale magneto-electric devices) |
University
of Wisconsin
Madison,
WI
|
8
months
June 2011 |
| 7 |
Dr.
Arindam Bhattacharyya Assistant Professor Department of Zoology University of Calcutta Kolkata, West Bengal |
Cancer
Immunology
(Mitochondrial dysfunction autophagy cross talk in cancer) |
Georgetown
University
Washington,
DC
|
3
months
July 2011 |
| 8 |
Dr.
Anitha Bhaskara Kurup Associate Professor School of Social Sciences National Institute of Advanced Studies Indian Institute of Science Campus Bengaluru, Karnataka |
Education
(Loss of Trained Scientific Women Power: Experiences in India and the United States of America) |
University
of California
Davis,
CA
|
8
months
September 2011 |
| 9 |
Dr.
Prasanta Kumar Das Associate Professor Department of English and Foreign Languages Tezpur University Tezpur, Assam |
Book
History
(The American Baptist Missionaries and the Coming of the Book in Assam) |
Harvard
University
Cambridge,
MA
|
8
months
October 2011 |
| 10 |
Dr.
Veena Uday Joshi Associate Professor Department of Geography University of Pune Pune, Maharashtra |
Geomorphology
(Evaluation of geomorphic and anthropogenic effects on the development of badlands) |
University
of Denver
Denver,
CO
|
5
months
August 2011 |
| 11 |
Dr.
Suryanarayanan Trichur Subramanian Director Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology Ramkrishna Mission Vivekananda College Campus Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
Biology-
Mycology
(Suitability of cellulases from fungal endophytes for production of ´´greener´´ biofuels) |
Ohio
State University
Columbus,
OH
|
6
months
September 2011 |
| 12 |
Dr.
Pallab Chaudhuri Senior Scientist Division of Bacteriology and Mycology Indian Veterinary Research Institute Izatnagar, Bareilly Uttar Pradesh |
Animal
Biotechnology
(Development of LPS defective gene knock-out mutant of Brucella abortus and the evaluation of its virulence and antigenic potential as vaccine candidate) |
University
of Wisconsin
Madison,
WI
|
5
months
January 2012 |
| 13 |
Dr.
Rajesh Jasvantrai Patel Assistant Professor Department of Physics Bhavnagar University Bhavnagar, Gujarat |
Soft
Condensed Matter and Magnetic fluids
(Magnetically Driven Colloidal Superstructures and their Dynamics) |
University
of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,
PA
|
8
months
January 2012 |
| 14 |
Dr.
Srinivasa Siva Rama Krishnarao Taduri Head Indian Statistical Institute Bengaluru, Karnataka |
Mathematics
(Banach-Stone theorems and algebraic reflexivity) |
Southern
Illinois University
Edwardsville,
IL
|
8
months
September 2011 |
| 15 |
Dr.
Pratap Kumar Pati Head Department of Biotechnology Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar, Punjab |
Plant
Biotechnology
(Polyadenylation of stored messenger RNA during seed germination) |
University
of Kentucky
Lexington,
KY
|
8
months
August 2011 |
| 16 |
Dr.
Gouranga Kar Principal Scientist Directorate of Water Management Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
Agriculture
(Assessment of Agricultural productivity under Regional Climate Change and the development of GIS based decision rules for climate change adaptations through alternative crop and water management) |
Michigan
State University
East
Lansing, MI
|
7
months
August 2011 |
| 17 |
Dr.
Birinchi Kumar Das Professor Department of Chemistry Guahati University Guwahati, Assam |
Chemistry
(Catalytic Conversion of Renewable Raw Materials to Value-Added Products) |
Georgia
Institute of Technology
Atlanta,
GA
|
8
months
September 2011 |
| 18 |
Dr.
Dalbir Singh Sogi Associate Professor Department of Food Science and Technology Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar, Punjab |
Food Technology (Functional properties of mango cultivars marketed in the United States) |
Michigan
State University
East
Lansing, MI
|
8
months
January 2012 |
| 19 |
Dr.
Santoshi Halder Senior Lecturer Department of Education University of Calcutta Kolkata, West Bengal |
Special
Education
(Investigating the influence of socio-cultural barriers on the rehabilitation of the women with physical disabilities) |
Indiana
University
Bloomington,
IN
|
8
months
August 2011 |
| 20 |
Dr.
Siddarth Singh Associate Professor Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies Faculty of Arts Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
Buddhist
Studies
(A Study of Social Engagement of Contemporary American Buddhists) |
University
of Colorado
Boulder,
CO
|
8
months
August 2011 |
| 21 |
Dr.
Sushil Kumar Gupta Professor School of Studies in Chemistry Jiwaji University Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh |
Chemical
Science -Inorganic Chemistry
(Structural Diversity and Metallomics of Schiff Base Complexes with d- f-Block Metals) |
Howard
University
Washington
D.C
|
8
months
September 2011 |
| 22 |
Dr.
Chandra Babu Ranganathan Professor Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
Agriculture
(Translational genomics for drought resistance improvement in crop plants) |
Cornell
University
Ithaca,
NY
|
8
months
December 2011 |
| 23 |
Dr.
Anup Saikia Reader Department of Geography Gauhati University Guwahati, Assam |
Geographical
Information Systems
(Multi-temporal vegetation health assessment of India and lessons from the United States) |
Indiana
University
Bloomington,
IN
|
8
months
September 2011 |
| 24 |
Dr.
Bibhas Chandra Giri Associate Professor Department of Mathematics Jadavpur University Kolkata, West Bengal |
Mathematics
-Operations Research
(Managing disruption risks in Supply Chain) |
Louisiana
State University
Baton
Rouge, LA
|
8
months
February 2012 |