AMU professor selected for reputed EU scholarship

Updated on: Thursday, June 11, 2009

Aligarh: An Aligarh Muslim University professor has been selected as 'Erasmus Mundus Scholar' to carry out research and teaching assignment of a masters course 'European Master of Science in Nematology'  which is funded by the European Union, a release from the university said .

Erasmus Mundus Scholar, a fellowship, is for non-European Union scholars to carry out work in Europe and for EU scholars to work outside the continent.

Prof Wasim Ahmad of the department of Zoology, a world renowned nematologist, is the first Indian to get such an invitation, the AMU release said.

The European Master of Science in Nematology is a very prestigious programme jointly organized by university of Gent, Belgium, Universitat Bielefeld, Germany, Universidad de jaen, Spain and Universidade de Evora, Portugal. Prof Wasim (59) has been invited for the 2009-2011
programme.

He has research collaborations with British, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese scientists and has published more than 150 research papers in international journals of repute.

Kalvimalar

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