KU research scholar secures coveted fellowship at ETH Zurich
KU research scholar secures coveted fellowship at ETH Zurich T
The University of Kashmir (KU) scholar from the Department of Botany, Showkat Ahmad Gojery, has secured a prestigious fellowship at one of the world’s top-ranking institutes ETH Zurich, Switzerland.ETH (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule) or Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, has a QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) world ranking of 7 and THE (Times Higher Education) world university ranking of 8.”His research area largely focuses on understanding how Himalayan plants adapt and respond to the challenges posed by climate change,” an official spokesperson said in a statement issued here.KU Vice Chancellor, Prof Nilofer Khan, congratulated Showkat Ahmad and his supervisor and appreciated their endeavours.Showkat Ahmad is currently working for his PhD programme under the supervision of Prof Manzoor A Shah. Previously, in 2021 Showkat earned another distinguished fellowship from Michigan State University, USA, where he worked for 6 months on local adaptations.Based on his work, he was selected for two prestigious international workshops – one hosted in Morocco by the University of Paris-Saclay, France, organised by InvaCost, and another in Charles Darwin University, Australia, organised by the Society for Ecological Restoration.Prof Manzoor A Shah, Showkat’s supervisor at the Department of Botany, has successfully completed three international projects already, including an Indo-US, Indo-Canadian and Indo-German, that significantly facilitated student and faculty exchanges internationally.
