Itanagar, April 28 -- In a significant academic achievement, Taba Jirpu, a PhD research scholar at the Department of Zoology, Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh has been selected for the prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship for the academic year 2026-27.
Jirpu, who specialises in cancer biology, has also secured offers from two reputed universities in the United States of America.
She is expected to begin her fully funded nine-month research stay in the US by the end of August this year. Her research focuses on developing improved therapeutics for Pancreatic Cancer using Extracellular Vesicles.
Congratulating her on the achievement, Vice-Chancellor (i/c) Prof SK Nayak said the selection reflects the university's commitm...