NIT-Rourkela's Doctoral student bags Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship

Manoj Hariharan, a doctoral student of NIT-Rourkela has bagged the highly competitive Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship 2022-23 for research.

Manoj Hariharan, a doctoral student in the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (DEAS) of National Institute of Technology (NIT) - Rourkela has won the highly competitive Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship 2022-23 for research.

He will be the first student from NIT-R to undertake research in Climatology at the National NCAR (Centre for Atmospheric Research) Earth System Laboratory, Colorado, USA. Besides him, three other doctoral students from across India have bagged the fellowship for 2022-23.

He will be spending 9 months at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research - NCAR Earth System Laboratory, Colorado, USA.

His planned goal at NCAR is to work on atmosphere-biosphere interactions over the Indian region, and his visit to the centre would give more visibility to the department’s research works, as reported by Indian Express. 

About USIEF

United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) administers the Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowships to build long-term capacity to address climate change-related issues in India and the U.S. 

The objective is to promote further mutual understanding between the two countries by a wider exchange of knowledge and professional talents – intend to partner to build long-term capacity in the United States and India by engaging scientific and technical research scholars from both countries related to climate research and education, as stated on USIEF's website.

NCAR is the most advanced and well-equipped research institution for all atmospheric scientists across the globe. It is prestigious thing to get a chance to work with the renowned scientists of NCAR.   

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