Indian scientist Manvendra K Singh bags SGD 3 million grant from Singapore's NRF
Dr Manvendra K Singh, was awarded a grant of SGD 3 million by Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF).
• He is a scientist from Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur city
• He is among the seven young scientists from across the world to be endowed with the Singapore NRF fellowship.
• The scientist has been awarded the fellowship to pursue research in the field of congenital and adult cardiovascular diseases.
• He works as an assistant professor at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
• He is also an adjunct assistant professor at National Heart Research Institute Singapore
• He obtained his masters degree in Biotechnology from Madurai Kamaraj University.
• After completing his masters, he joined MD/Ph.D program in Molecular Medicine at Hannover Medical School, Germany.
• The National Research Foundation was set up on 1 January 2006.
• It is a department within the Prime Minister's Office.
• The NRF sets the national direction for research and development (R&D) by developing policies, plans and strategies for research, innovation and enterprise.