Nagpur University bags 7 BRNS research fellowships worth Rs1.68 crore

NAGPUR: The Nagpur University has managed to bag as many as seven prestigious research fellowships worth over Rs1.68 crore from the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), an advisory body of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) that recommends financial assistance to universities, colleges and national laboratories.
“NU took a lead in organizing the theme meet in the city where about 20 research ideas were shown before the BRNS team through presentation.They selected about seven and sent letters to the individuals who had suggested those ideas,” former pro vice chancellor Arvind Chaudhari told TOI. Interestingly, one of the projects was bagged by NU registrar Ashok Gomashe.
Chaudhary, who recently retired as head of NU’s Botony Department after putting on over three decades of service, added that in the backdrop of these projects, the city would soon get three mega projects, all related to research in cancer and fruits preservation from the prestigious board.
“If these are allotted to NU, it would get it Rs3.5 crore for doing research. Importantly, the BRNS would also set up a dedicated lab worth Rs3.45 crore offering radioactive technology in the university to work on these big projects. NU is most likely to get them along with the lab as it had work tirelessly in this regard,” Chaudhary, who had earlier worked on such projects, informed.
Chaudhari would be in the team of students which would work on the ‘Development of eco-friendly formation for improving the crop performance’.
Ashwat Fulzele from the Mohta Science College is another one to bag the BRNS fellowship where he would work on ‘Use of endophytic fungi in medicine and its improvement’. Satish Malode from the VMV College and A Nayar from Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV) would work separately on different modules under common title -- ‘Product of quality oil from Brasica.
Lecturer from Anandniketan College in Warora, Mrunal Kale, would work on ‘Improvement of Bhiwapur chilli to make it disease resistant’. The last project was bagged by Deepak Koche, lecturer with Shivaji Science College in Akola, who will work on ‘Improvement in yield for Chik Pi’.