Sikkim Student as a senior research fellow at the IIS bangalore.

Smriti Basnet of Sichey has earned the distinction of being the first Sikkimeses to be appointed as a senior research fellow at the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. She was earlier working as a junior research fellow in the Sikkim Glacier commission and Climate Change under the Sikkim state Council of Science & Technology.

20- years old Basnett will be working under respected glaciologist Dr AC Kulkarni at the Divecha center of the Institute of Science for atmospheric studies."I would like to thank my mentors and the senior scientist and ML Arrawatia, State Science & technology department for their constant support in making me achieve my dreams", she said.

Ms Basnett topics will be study of glaciers ans snow in Sikkim Himalayan region using remote sensing techniques.She has also worked in a number of collaborative projects with the Indian Space Research Organization and Ministry of Environment and Forest for two years.

Mrs Basnett has also represented Sikkim in the National Table Tennis Championships several times ans was also the president of environmental society in Delhi University.

"CONGRATULATION SMRITI BASNETT"

source - sikkimexpress.com