Solan girl bags international scholarship

Solan, January 7

Chinmayee Awasthy (23) has done Solan proud by bagging a scholarship for a doctoral programme from Belgium-based Ku Leuven University, ranked 45th globally.

She will pursue research on human fungal pathogens with a focus on candida species.

With a strong molecular biology background with expertise in cloning and transformations, she also has a Felesa B certificate allowing her to work with animals. Chinmayee will get a monthly basic amount of Euros 1,600.

She is the eldest of the two siblings and her younger sister is pursuing law. Her father Sanjay Awasthy said it was a proud moment for the family as his daughter had been chosen for this global university on the basis of her hard work and determination. — TNS