CFK Director Prof. P.K. Nair wins prestigious research award
Posted by Mark
The CFK Director Dr. P. K. Nair, Distinguished Professor, School of
Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville has been awarded a ‘Fulbright–Nehru Distinguished
Chair in Environmental Sciences for research
and teaching in India for four months during 2014–2015. He plans to utilize the award for collaborative research and
a lecture tour to some of the leading universities and agricultural research institutions in India."
Professor Nair plans to be in India during November 2014 to March 2015.
It is extremely important to note that, this
is Prof. Nair's second major Fulbright Award: He had a
"Senior Fulbright Fellow" award for the five-year period
2005 – 2010 that enabled him to spend collaborative research time in Malaysia (2006) and Spain (2008).