Bandipora Girl Selected for Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in Italy👇
👁️🗨️Asiya Qadir is among the top 5 candidates from across the world to achieve feat
👁️🗨️Asiya Qadir, 25, a Geology student from Bandipora district has won laurels for Kashmir for having been selected for a fully-funded PhD scholarship at the prestigious University of Prama in Italy.
Qadir said that she had applied with the foreign university in August. "I followed the PhD call of the university and proceeded accordingly".
👁️🗨️From going through the qualification assessment to passing the interview phase, Qadir said, the committee chooses the best, based on the performance of the candidate in the interview, "Alhamdulillah (praise be to Allah), I did well in both the phases and made it," she said.
👁️🗨️She said that she was among the top five candidates from around the world to be selected for the program
Qadir said that students from every part of the globe had applied for this scholarship and they had to choose the best 5 candidates and "I am glad to share that I am one among them".
👁️🗨️The PhD scholarship to the successful candidates will be provided for three years. Qadir, who has completed MSc from Applied Geology from Kashmir University in 2020 had to face some "ugly situations" while on fieldwork, but her passion for the subject, love for nature and the support from her family helped her to go on.
👁️🗨️"Yes, I have faced some ugly incidents while doing the fieldwork like the comments and stares from people who were around. But at many locations people were welcoming," Qadir said.
