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<SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT COLOR="#31849B"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><B>Title: <U>"Empowering the best scientists to succeed in India"<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#31849B"><B>Speaker: <U>Professor Anuradha Lohia, CEO, The Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance</U>.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#31849B"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><B>Venue:</B></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><B><FONT COLOR="#1F497D"> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#31849B"><U>MIT, Singleton Auditorium (building 46, room 3002), 43 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
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</FONT></B></FONT></SPAN><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>Abstract: The Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance is a recently created partnership between the Wellcome Trust (UK) and the Department of Biotechnology (India). With a $120 million corpus for five years, the India Alliance's mandate is to provide fellowships to the brightest young scientists who wish to pursue research in biomedical sciences in India. Fellowships are provided at various stages of a research career, typically post-PhD. Clinician scientists and public health researchers are strongly encouraged to apply. Fellows are provided generous personal support and funds to perform internationally competitive science in India. At this talk, Professor Lohia would describe the schemes, their provisions and the application process. She will also be available post-talk to advise potential applicants. For more information on the India Alliance and to register for the talk, please visit</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'> www.wellcomedbt.org <<a href="http://www.wellcomedbt.org">http://www.wellcomedbt.org</a>> <BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#1F497D"><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Georgia, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>This event is being hosted by Professor Mriganka Sur at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<BR>
If you are interested in meeting with Professor Lohia on <U>Friday, June 18th</U> please email <BR>
Eleana Ricci (<a href="ericci@mit.edu">ericci@mit.edu</a>) and Professor Mriganka Sur (<a href="msur@mit.edu">msur@mit.edu</a>). <B>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="1"><FONT FACE="Georgia, Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:8pt'>Best regards, <BR>
</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Georgia, Times New Roman"><FONT COLOR="#1F497D"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>Eleana Ricci<BR>
</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="1"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:8pt'>Assistant to Professor Mriganka Sur, Head<BR>
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences<BR>
43 Vassar Street, 46-6237<BR>
Cambridge, MA 02139<BR>
(p) 617-253-9340 (f) 617-253-9829<BR>
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