Manoj Hariharan, a doctoral student in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences of the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NITR) under the supervision of Prof Bhishma Tyagi, has received a highly competitive and prestigious Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship for Doctoral Research for the year 2022-2023.
He receives a fully funded fellowship to work with any host institution situated in the United States of America.
Being the first student of NIT Rourkela to receive the Fulbright Doctoral Fellowship, Hariharan also became the first fellow of NITR to undertake Research in Climatology at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research - NCAR Earth System Laboratory. Hariharan is one among the 4 who has received the prestigious fellowship from India this year (2022-23). He will be spending 9 months at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research - NCAR Earth System Laboratory, Colorado, USA.
NCAR is the most advanced and well-equipped research institution for all atmospheric scientists across the globe. It is prestigious to get a chance to work with the renowned scientists of NCAR.
It is noteworthy that US-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) administers the Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowships. The objective is to promote a wider exchange of knowledge and professional talents by engaging scientific and technical research scholars from both countries related to climate research and education.
