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Ajay Parida, Executive Director, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, has been selected for the prestigious TATA Innovation Fellowship of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. The award is to honour and encourage translational scientists dedicated to finding solutions by innovative scientific knowledge and platform technologies.
Selected through a highly competitive process, Dr. Parida has been awarded the fellowship for his research contribution in the area of basic and applied sciences in developing novel genetic combinations for abiotic stress and nutritional enhancement using advanced biotechnological tools.
Dr. Parida would receive Rs.20,000 a month, in addition to the regular salary, and a contingency grant of Rs.5 lakh a year initially for three years, said a release.
Selected through a highly competitive process, Dr. Parida has been awarded the fellowship for his research contribution in the area of basic and applied sciences in developing novel genetic combinations for abiotic stress and nutritional enhancement using advanced biotechnological tools.
Dr. Parida would receive Rs.20,000 a month, in addition to the regular salary, and a contingency grant of Rs.5 lakh a year initially for three years, said a release.