received the Prime minister doctoral fellowship in 2013 from Government of india; Maxim Integrated
The Government of India, through the Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) have joined hands with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to address the problem of low number of PhDs in the country. Industry, through CII, and government, through SERB, have together instituted a joint fellowship scheme for scientific and industrial research, called the Prime Minister’s Fellowship Scheme for Doctoral Research, where up to 100 talented students will be selected every year to receive double scholarship for a maximum period of four years to work on industry-relevant projects.