Vasco scientist awarded INSA research fellowship

VASCODr Sangeeta GurudasSankhalkar from Vasco hasbeen awarded the Indian NationalScience Academy (INSA)visiting scientist fellowship2020-2021 to conduct research atthe reputed Institute/University.Dr Sankhalkar has also been recentlyrecognised and promotedas professor by the Departmentof Higher Education.Dr Sankhalkar completedher schooling from Vaddem NagarEnglish High School (NewVadem Vasco), HSSC from MESCollege (Zuarinagar), BSc fromCarmel College (Nuvem) andcompleted her masters fromGoa University. She was awardedPhD by Goa University inFebruary 2001 for the thesis‘Photo inhibition of Photosynthesisand possible role of Xanthophyllcyclein photoprotectionagainst oxidativestressin Sorghum’under theguidance ofProf. P K Sharma, present Deanof Life Sciences and Environment.She received her degreefrom former President of Indialate Dr A P J Abdul Kalam.She also had another experiencewith Dr Abdul Kalamat Indian Science Congress asshe contested for the YoungScientist Award presentationat Lucknow in January 2002.Dr Sankhalkar did her firstpost-doctoral research at BotanicalResearch Institute-IWuerzberg, Germany in 2000.In 2006-07, she was awardedgovernment of India prestigiousDepartment of Scienceand Technology (DST-SERB)better opportunity for youngscientist in the area of Scienceand technology (BOYSCAST)fellowship of one year to UK toundertake advanced researchtraining in Molecular Biology.She worked at school of Biosciences,University of ExeterUK. She has published researchpapers in national and internationaljournals. Some of thenoted include Plant Science,Plant Mol. Biol, Current Science,Indian Journal of ExperimentalBiology, Phycos Net andOryza etc. She has successfullycompleted DST (SERB) majorresearch project and a UGC minorresearch project.She is serving at ChowguleCollege since 1998, a recognizedPhD guide by Goa University,and has held positionas HOD, Chairman of Board ofStudies, etc.