07 March 2023 - Er Ruchika Zalpouri, PhD student of the Department of Processing and Food Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, has been awarded the prestigious ‘Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Single Girl Child Fellowship (SJSGC)’ -2022-23 funded by the University Grant Commission (UGC), India for pursuing her Ph.D. research.

She will get a monthly UGC Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) of 31,000/- per month along with contingency grants of 12,000/- per annum for the initial two years followed by upgradation to Senior Research Fellowship (SRF). She is presently working on the ‘Development and evaluation of solar assisted refractance window dryer for vegetable purees’, under the guidance of Dr Manpreet Singh, Scientist, Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, PAU.

Dr Satbir Singh Gosal, Vice-Chancellor, PAU, Dr Harminder Singh Sidhu, Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dr Tarsem Chand Mittal, Head, Department of Processing and Food Engineering and Dr Tejinder Singh Riar, Additional Director, Communication, congratulated the student and wished her the best in future endeavors.

Source: https://www.pau.edu/