Dr Fati Maunde held a split-site scholarship at Cranfield University in 2007, and is currently working as a project engineer after her university (Federal University of Technology, Yola) won a competitive agricultural research grant. Fati is developing an aluminum...
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Alumni based in the UK – May 2011
StepUp4Christchurch.com – Earthquake Appeal A chance to join the charity stair climb and help those affected by New Zealand’s devastating earthquake at: "The Gherkin", 30 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8EP. The stair climb takes place on Sunday 22 May 2011, 10.00am-2.30pm...
New-look CSC website
The CSC website now has a new URL, reflecting our relationship with the UK Department for International Development: www.dfid.gov.uk/cscuk Similar in structure to the previous website, the new one has many advantages, including: greater visibility for news about CSC...
Solar Village development
Professor I M Dharmadasa (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD Solid State Electronics, Durham University, 1977-1980) is Professor and Head of Electronic Materials and Sensors Group at Sheffield Hallam University, reported on the research progress of his Solar Village project in...
Scholar forms company offering laser scanning solutions
Dr Bharat Lohani completed his PhD at the University of Reading on a Commonwealth Scholarship in 1999, researching the use of laser scanning technology for topographic data capture. With some of his students at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, he created the...
Scholar CEO of world leader in carbon black
Dr Santrupt Misra, who completed a PhD at the Aston Business School of Aston University, is the Director of Human Resources for the Aditya Birla Group, a US$29 billion corporation which employs 130,600 people and was ranked in the top six places for leaders in the...
Former Scholar participates in Royal Society conference
Professor Abed Peerally, (Commonwealth Scholar, PhD Plan Pathology, University of Manchester), currently the Chairman of the Road Development Authority of Mauritius, was selected by the Royal Society/Nature to participate in their 'Tomorrow’s Giants' Conference, held...
Commonwealth scholar wins presentation prize
Mohd Golam Quader Khan (2007 Commonwealth Scholar from Bangladesh, PhD Aquaculture Genetics, University of Stirling) has won first prize in the oral presentation competition at the 2nd PhD Research Conference at the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling.
Commonwealth Scholar publishes article in Science magazine
Canadian Commonwealth Scholar Charles Melnyk (PhD, University of Cambridge) has co-authored an article in Science magazine: 'Small Silencing RNAs in Plants'.
Commonwealth Scholar in China UK Entrepreneurship Challenge final
Shams Usmani (2009 Commonwealth Split-site Scholar, PhD Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University and Lancaster University) and his team from Lancaster University have won a place in the final of the China UK Entrepreneurship Challenge, a competition for business plans...
