3 Indian students get research scholarship this year: Monsanto

Three Indian students have recieved research scholarship this year in agriculture from Monsanto Beachell-Borlaug International Scholars Programme (MBBISP).
The three students include Gurcharn Singh Brar who is working in the area of improving genetic resistance to Fusarium Head Blight in durum and brea wheat.
Sreya Ghosh, whose PhD project focuses on developing and fine tuning methods for unbiased gene cloning in wheat and Karminderbir Kaur, who is working in the area of development of an in vivo haploid induction system in rice through distant hybridization & manipulation of CenH3 gene, Monsanto said in a statement.
MBBISP is a global programme that receives applications from young researchers in the field of agriculture. The programme encourages young scientists and university students to develop new plant breeding research for rice and wheat production.

The programme aims to enable and equip the scholars to apply modern breeding technologies to improve rice and wheat in India and globally.
"Since its inception in 2009, India, has achieved a milestone of producing the highest number of winners in the prestigious Monsanto Beachell- Borlaug International Scholarship Program (MBBISP). The country till date has 24 MBBISP scholars from of a total of 89 awardees worldwide that includes 30 nations," Monsanto said in a statement.
"India this year has seen three more students being added to this prestigious list who will receive the MBBISP research scholarships," it added.
The MBBISP Programme has provided financial support of over USD 3 million since 2009 to the 24 Indian students that has helped them in pursuing their PHD in plant breeding of wheat or rice at top agricultural universities in India and globally.