Srinagar, Feb 20: Kashmir University (KU) has congratulated Arjamand Mushtaq, a research scholar, on being awarded the Saroj Chandrasekhar Memorial Award.
Arjamand Mushtaq,the research scholar from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations (CIRI), Kashmir University (KU), has been awarded the prestigious award for her contributions to Biomedical Sciences.
The award recognises the scientific contributions and rewards women scientists in the areas of Biosciences and Biotechnology and is given to two women scientists annually. The award carries a cash prize of Rs two lakhs and a certificate. The award ceremony will be held at IIT Kanpur on February 28 (National Science Day), an official statement issued here read.
Arjamand Mushtaq was enrolled for Ph D at CIRI, KU under the mentorship of Dr Altaf Bhat, Coordinator, CIRI, and has made significant contributions to the understanding of Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), one of the growing metabolic diseases how genome stability is maintained in the cells.
Her work was published in the prestigious American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology journal, Journal of Biological Chemistry and American Society for Microbiology Journal, Molecular and Cellular Biology, the statement read.