Amritsar, December 8

Dr Amritpal Kaur, associate professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, Guru Nanak Dev University, is among the recipients of the Science and Technology Award for Research (STAR) by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), New Delhi.

Dr Kaur has been given this award for her contribution in carrying out research projects in the field of food technology. This is a prestigious award instituted by the SERB to recognise and reward outstanding performance of principal investigators of SERB projects.

The recipients will get a fellowship of Rs 15,000 per month and a research grant of Rs 10 lakh per year for three years. Dr Amritpal Kaur is the first food scientist to get this award and fellowship from SERB, New Delhi. Earlier in 2019, she had received an award from the SERB in the individual category along with Prof Narpinder Singh from the Department of Food and Technology, GNDU.

Dr Kaur has published 115 research papers in international journals of repute having high impact factor. The h-index of her publications is 38 with nearly 5,500 citations. Earlier, she has been awarded Shastri Institutional Collaborative Research Grant (SICRG) in collaboration with McGill University, Canada. — TNS