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Dr Niti Kumar, Senior Scientist fromDivision of Molecular Parasitology and Immunology, CSIR-Central Drug ResearchInstitute (CDRI), Lucknow,has won the SERB Women Excellence Award for the year 2020. Dr Niti Kumarwill receive the Award from the President of India during National Science DayCelebrations on February 28, 2020, at Vigyan Bhawan.
This is a huge recognition of her researchgroup’s work on understanding the protein quality control machinery in humanmalaria parasite. The study could well lead to finding an alternative drug formalaria intervention.
Instituted by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (SERB-DST), the award is given to women scientists below 40 years of age who have received recognition from other national academies. The award constitutes a research grant of Rs 5 lakh per annum for 3 years.
Dr. Niti Kumar has many awards and recognitions to her credit.Some of the prominent ones include: Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (DBT-IYBA,2015); INSA Medal for Young Scientist (2010) by Indian National ScienceAcademy; Ramalingaswami Fellowship (2013-2018); EMBO Post-Doctoral Fellowship(2010-2012); Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (2010); Max Planck Post-doctoralFellowship at Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (2009); and Marie CurieEarly Stage Research Fellowship by European Union under 6th Framework Programme(2005-2006).
(India ScienceWire)
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