Fullbright fellowship for Dr Tendulkar
Sandesh
Prabhudesai
18 August 2007
Dr. Sachin Tendulkar, working
as a programme manager with the Mineral Foundation of Goa, has been selected for
widely acclaimed Fulbright Indo American Environmental Leadership Program (IAELP)
Fellowship.
The Foundation permitted him to undertake this three month
fellowship at Texas A & M University, College Station in USA.
He is
presently in US undergoing his three month professional training in "Usage
of GIS for Ecological restoration" at Department of Ecosystem Science &
Management, Texas A & M University under the guidance of Dr. Steven Whisenant,
Professor & Head.
The fellowship has been awarded through national
level selection held at New Delhi, by the United States Department of State, Bureau
of Educational & Cultural Affairs (ECA) and the J. William Fulbright Foreign
Scholarship Board (FSB) in Washington and administered by United States Education
Foundation in India.
During his three month stay in US, Dr. Tendulkar will
study application of GIS technology in developing affordable and improved environmental
information system for restoration of mined areas.
He will visit different
restored sites which were earlier being used for extractive purpose to get first
hand information. He will also interact with the scientist in associated department
to learn the principle of restoration.
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