Indian agriculture student bags Rs 1.3 crore scholarship from Australian University

A Master’s student from Punjab-based Lovely Professional University (LPU) reportedly bagged a fully-paid scholarship of Rs 1.3 crore to pursue a PhD in plant sciences at Australian National University (ANU). Sumant Bindal is currently pursuing his Masters in Science in field of agriculture specifically genetics and plant breeding. LPU said that Bindal secured ‘biggest scholarship ever’ bagged by an agriculture student in India. 

Jalandhar-based university reportedly informed that Bindal would be doing research on identification of signalling pathways activated by resistant genes against Fusarium wilt in tomato. Furr, his research will focus on how to make tomatoes completely resistant to Fusarium wilt, a plant fungus that infects tomatoes worldwide, and has reportedly caused nearly 45 per cent yield loss to tomato crop in India in past. 

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‘Brightest student’ 

While speaking to a media outlet, Bindal expressed his happiness on being awarded and said that he is very excited to receive scholarship. He called Australian national University his ‘dream destination’ and added that it is leading research institutions in world. LPU Chancellor, Ashok Mittal reportedly said that Bindal is one of brightest students at university. While calling it a ‘moment of great pride’, Mittal added that university hopes to see more students following Bindal’s footsteps in future.

According to reports, last year, Bindal also got an opportunity to intern at globally rewned World Vegetable Centre in Taiwan. His internship n was also fully funded by Taiwan government. LPU student was reportedly one of 15 Masters’ student from across world who was chosen for fellowship. 

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