PAU PhD student receives Research for Impact Fellowship 2024
PAU student Ramandeep will receive in-person training for a period of 2 to 4 months.
Divyansh | March 12, 2024 | 06:20 PM IST
NEW DELHI: A PhD student of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has been awarded Research for Impact Fellowship 2024 (RFI 2024) hosted by the CLEAR/J-PAL, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, South Asia. The student, Ramandeep, is pursuing PhD as UGC senior research fellow in the department of extension education of PAU.
Ramandeep is carrying out her research under the supervision of Manmeet Kaur, associate professor of PAU extension education. The CLEAR (Regional Research Centres for Learning on Evaluations and Results) is established at the JPAL South Asia with the support from the World Bank, to strengthen the monitoring and evaluation capacity of the governments and the civil societies.
Under the scholarship, Ramandeep will receive in-person training for a period of 2 to 4 months. She will get hands-on experience for running impact evaluation, along with training courses on primary data collection mentored by senior staff at JPAL South Asia.
The authorities award the fellowship by evaluating applicants through two stages. Ramandeep completed stage 1, which includes completion of online course ‘Designing and running randomised evaluations’ from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Cambridge), USA. The online course aims at equipping researchers with theory behind designing and implementing randomised evaluations.
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She has passed the final proctored exam and is qualified for stage two based on her performance in the online course, interview and her research interests.
PAU vice-chancellor Satbir Singh Gosal, additional director communication TS Riar, extension education department head Kuldeep Singh, associate professor Manmeet Kaur congratulated the student for the achievement and wished her success in future endeavours.
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