4 BHU researchers selected for Prime Minister Research Scholarship

NEW DELHI: Four Banaras Hindu University (BHU) research scholars have been awarded the Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) for the May 2022 cycle. Sulagna Basu (Bioinformatics) (direct entry category), Pranshu Kumar Gupta (Chemistry), Punit Dubey (Physics) – Institute of Science, and Arpan Mukherjee - Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (Lateral Entry), have been selected for the fellowship.

“Aimed at fostering high quality research, the PMRF scheme seeks to attract the best talent into research. It was launched in the budget 2018-2019,” read an official statement from BHU.

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As part of the fellowship scheme, selected research scholars will receive an attractive fellowship and a research contingency grant. The fellowship amount for the first two years is Rs 70,000 per month, followed by Rs 75,000 per month for the third year and Rs 80,000 per month in fourth and fifth years. During the course of the fellowship, researchers are also eligible to get a research contingency grant of Rs 2 lakh per annum.

BHU vice-chancellor Sudhir K Jain has congratulated the research scholars for the award of PMRF. He exuded confidence that the number of selections from BHU will see a significant increase next year in view of some structural changes made by the university in recent times in the PhD course work and the outstanding quality of research and research scholars that the university is endowed with.

Mousumi Mutsuddi, coordinator for the scheme in BHU said, “We are very happy that our students have been awarded this prestigious fellowship. We are hopeful of a greater number of nominations for this notable award in the next cycle”.

12 Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) research scholars have also been selected for the PMRF under the Lateral Entry Scheme of the May 2022 drive.