Winston-Salem Archives

Anchal Sharma

Ms. Anchal Sharma is a Ph.D. candidate at IIT Delhi. Her research encompasses tactile perception of objects in the visually challenged. Drawn towards innovations exercising imagination, scientific thinking, and strong user empathy, she has mentored and participated in diverse social innovation projects and won two awards by IISc, Bangalore and IIT-Delhi with her team. She has led and been a speaker in events propagating innovation including those by AIM, NITI AYOG.

She completed her M.Des. in Industrial design (from SPA, New Delhi) and interned at GVIC, PepsiCo, India. She was acknowledged for her thesis work for integrating cultural spatial forms in a unique product using principles of light and shadows to educate children about unity. The project was sponsored by the Design Clinic Scheme by GoI and NID and was featured as a finalist in Toycathon 2021 and TISDC 2018. During her B.Arch. she emerged as a 2nd ranker both for her thesis work on ‘a school for experiential learning’ and overall 5-year academic performance.

In her Fulbright-Nehru project, she will analyse how to better convey three-dimensionality in two-dimensional tactile stimuli. Although layered and complex, she believes with continual deep-work and problem-solving acumen, this work can profoundly advance and contribute towards accessible STEM education for those without vision.

She believes in a multi-faceted growth and commends the perseverance sports can bring to life. She has played Throwball at National level and won silver medal (Badminton) at college level. Being perceptive towards life, she exercises self-expression through art, writing, and short videos.

Vikram Vishal

Dr. Vikram Vishal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences and an associate faculty in the Interdisciplinary Programme in Climate Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai. He leads the ‘Computational and Experimental Geomechanics’ group at IIT Bombay. Dr. Vishal worked at IIT Roorkee over 2013-16, during which he pursued the Fulbright-Nehru postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. Dr. Vishal also serves as the Convener of the DST-sponsored ‘National Centre of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilization’ at IIT Bombay. He is a recipient of two national awards and holds the young scientist recognition from all major science academies in India. He is currently a member of the Indian National Young Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Vishal’s research interests are in the domains of geomechanics, carbon capture and sequestration, enhanced petroleum recovery and unconventional hydrocarbon systems.

During his Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship at MIT, he aims to develop an integrated risk assessment framework using experimentally validated simulations for CO2 storage in a mature oilfield in India. This research work will build on evaluating the storage readiness of specific fields in an onshore sedimentary basin. Detailed understanding of the barriers and their elimination will be key to successful deployment of carbon capture and storage in India, and advance their readiness levels.

Monica Singhania

Monica Singhania is Professor of Accounting & Sustainability at Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi in India. She is a graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), post-graduate from Delhi School of Economics (DSE), University of Delhi, India and a Fellow Member (FCA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. She has the distinction of securing All India Merit Rank 22nd in chartered accountancy examinations. She has been awarded Ph.D. in accounting & corporate finance from the University of Delhi. She is the author of many books and several research papers published in leading international journals.

With over 24 years of teaching and research experience, Monica has written more than 20 international business cases and has spoken at over 150 national and international conferences, workshop, symposiums, faculty development programs and corporate training events. She teaches accounting and sustainability to MBA students at FMS. Her current research interests include accounting, finance, and sustainability. She can be reached at monica@fms.edu

During her Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence grant, Dr. Singhania is teaching Managerial Accounting to MBA students at Carolina University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA in fall term of 2022-23 academic year. Additionally, she will also be associated with host institution’s business school faculty to enable sustained exchange of academic and research ideas. Monica will deliver invited sessions at several institutions and engage in community driven initiatives as well.

Rimjhim Kumari

Ms. Rimjhim Kumari is working as a team member for RESPIN project in the Spire Lab in IISc, Bangalore. She excelled in academic by bagging a gold medal in her bachelor’s and achieving a first class in her master’s in English at Patna University. She served as the student representative in the Departmental Council, a student library representative, and on editorial board of the students’ journal Iris and the department newsletter WhatsHapp during her master’s degree.

Ms. Kumari actively participates in conferences and seminars and has helped organize lectures, workshops, and a national seminar in collaboration with Tata Institute of Social Sciences on Cultural Practices of Labour in Migration during her masters. She also presented a poster in the 2nd International Conference on Indigenous Languages: Towards Sustainable Multilingualism, held at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. She has also published a few articles and academic papers. She has been a part of several private and social organizations in the capacity of a writer, editor, and annotator. She recently completed her Bachelor of Education and has a good command in Hindi, Magahi, and English language.

As a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, Ms. Kumari is teaching Hindi at Wake Forest University. She believes that her skills and experiences of Indian cultural ethos would amplify her understanding of numerous cultures and identities across the globe.