HT Correspondent
HOJAI, March 21: Asmita Das, currently in her second semester of the MSc Chemistry program at Rabindranath Tagore University, has been chosen for FAST-SF-2024. She is one of the 16 candidates selected in Chemistry for FAST-SF-2024 this year. Das will undergo a two-month research training at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata with a fellowship. She applied for the fellowship under the mentorship of Dr Jayanta K Sarmah, associate professor in the department of Chemistry at RTU. The MSc in Chemistry Program at Rabindranath Tagore University commenced in 2020, followed by the initiation of the PhD program in the same department in 2023. The esteemed Focus Area Science Technology Summer Fellowship [FAST-SF] 2024 is an initiative of the Indian Academy of Science, an autonomous institution under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) of the Government of India, aimed at promoting the advancement of science and technology in specific regions of the country.
