3 new fellowships for Indian scolars at Cambridge

Prasun Sonwalkar

London, Jul 28 (PTI) The University of Cambridge has
instituted three visiting fellowships for outstanding Indian
graduates in memory of its alumnus and former Karnatak
University vice-chancellor Dr D C Pavate.

The fellowships, open to Indian citizens under the age
of 45, will be held at the Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

The Dr D C Pavate Fellowships are for a four-month
period of study each at Judge Business School, the Centre for
International Studies and either the Department of Applied
Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) or the Department
of Materials Science and Metallurgy.

The annual fellowships have been instituted under an
agreement between the Dr D C Pavate Foundation, Karnatak
University in Dharwad, India and Sidney Sussex College,
Cambridge.

The fellowships, to be started from next year, can be
availed by PhD holders or those having first class Masters
Degree or its equivalent, the university said.

The visiting fellow appointed to the Centre of
International Studies will be selected after an all-India
competition, it said.

The Fellowship at the Centre of International Studies
will be effective from January 2010. Candidates with a good
academic record in the areas of History, Political Science,
International Economics, International Law or Military Affairs
will be considered.

D C Pavate (1899-1979) was an alumnus of Sidney Sussex
College, and graduated with a distinguished academic record in
Mathematics as a Wrangler in 1927.

He was Vice-chancellor of the Karnataka University
from 1954 to 1967. Pavate was also the president of the
Inter-University Board and a member of the Executive Council
of Commonwealth Universities.

A Padma Bhushan awardee, Pavate was also the Governor
of Punjab from 1967 to 1973.

In 1999, to mark the centenary of his birth and the
Golden Jubilee of Karnataka University, the Fellowship scheme
was set up to commemorate the visionary contribution made by
Pavate to the university and the field of education.

The Master of Sidney Sussex College, Professor Dame
Sandra Dawson, said: "The links between Cambridge and India
are strong, deep, diverse and very important. In Sidney Sussex
College we are honoured to remember our very distinguished
mathematician, Dr D C Pavate, through selecting young
academics who will follow in his footsteps to make a profound
contribution to knowledge and to relations between Cambridge
and India."

Application forms for the the fellowships can be
obtained from the Dr D C Pavate Foundation in Dharwad. PTI