The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at IIT Mandi is delighted to announce that our Ph.D. research scholar Mr. Sonu Kumar working under the supervision of Dr. Ashutosh Kumar, has been selected for the highly prestigious Commonwealth Split-site Scholarship (CSC-2023) offered by the Government of the United Kingdom. This scholarship will allow Mr. Sonu to conduct his doctoral research for a period of 1 year within the Department of Engineering at Durham University, United Kingdom under the guidance of Professor Ashraf Osman.
He will be working on "Developing Foundation Design Guidelines for On-shore Wind Turbine Foundations in Unsaturated Expansive Soil“. Sonu expressed “I am quite fortunate to have been awarded this prestigious scholarship which will enable me to pursue a portion of my doctoral research at Durham University. I would also like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to our esteemed professors for fostering such an outstanding academic environment”
We congratulate Mr. Sonu Kumar on this remarkable achievement and wish him every success in his research endeavors.