Dr. Sunanda Bhattacharyya awarded 2023 SERB-POWER Fellowship

HYDERABAD: Dr. Sunanda Bhattacharyya, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences at University of Hyderabad has been awarded SERB-POWER fellowship for the period of 2023-2026.

This fellowship rewards outstanding women scientists working in Indian academic institutions and R&D laboratories. With this fellowship, Dr. Bhattacharyya would be working on understanding the function of heat shock proteins and cochaperones in maintaining genome stability.

SERB - POWER (Promoting Opportunities for Women in Exploratory Research) program is formulated to mitigate gender disparity in science and engineering research funding in various S&T programs in Indian academic institutions and R&D Laboratories. SERB - POWER is specially designed to provide structured effort toward enhanced diversity in research to ensure equal access and weighted opportunities for Indian women scientists engaged in research and development activities