2 e ¥ Aine ANNIVERSARY BIRTH ANNIVERSARY ( NEYYATTINKARA VASU, STATE CENTRE AUDITO! THYCAUD, 5.30 PM Ee ed FROM CITY TO EUROPE Sreejith Aravindakshan is the only Keralite to have been selected for this year’s Erasmus Mundus scholarship programme SREEJITH Aravin. when he was asked to submit dakshan, hailing a research proposal of con: from Kazhakkoot. temporary relevance and two tam, \s all braced copies of published articles up ‘ora two-year sojourn in online in the initial stage of Europe. He is the only Ker- selection. It was in August alt tohave been selected ior 7009 that the applications for this year’s Erasmus Mundus the scholarship programme scholarship programme, were invited. His research which amounts to 24,0008u: proposal was on Fosper year for Uwe years. REDD(Reducing emission Eresmus Mundus is a coop- from deforestation and deg- eration and mobility pro- radation). He also went ytunme initiated by the Bu through a telephone Inier= Topean Commission to pro- view in whicha panel quizzed ‘mote higher education in27 him on how his proposal is ‘member countries of Euro- going to help his country: pean union and developing" Sreejith Is @ graduate in nations, Agricultural Science from Steeiith hasbeen admitted the College of Agricult tostwo-year Erasmus Mun- Yellayan. He also lias a as: dus Master Course called ters degree in Reology and odologs.” For Sree}ith, this France, Italy, Denmark and SUTROFOR (Sustainable EnvironmentfromtheIndian scholarship is a realization United Kingdom ‘Tropical Forestry course). He Institute of Ecology and En- of what healways aspired.“ Sreejith feels that the re- isalsothe only Indianamong vironment, New Deli always wanted todoresearch search aspirants should real- thelen other candidates who Tt was through Vijesh Vrelated to agriculture. but ize the potentisl of Erasmus have been selected for this Krishnan, Agricultural Eeon- was often rejected for re- scholarship. "Itgives tremen- course. Srocjith was selected omist, CIMMYT and Anoup search programmes due to dous global exposure and from a total of 1,000 appli. Parameshwaran. Research financial reasons. The Bras. monetary support. But every cants from all ayound the Economist, CIMMYT that mus Mundus programme of- year the least mimber of ap- Sreejith Aravindakshan world. Sreejith came to know about fers free air tickets and visa plications come from Kerala. ‘his isabigopportunity the scholarship. feeexemption. Inadditionto Many students may be igno- forme, Thad tried hard to "Iwas working with World this, each student receiving rant about it. owever, the aid Wildlife Fund when I hap- ascholarshipwillbecovered situation has tochange,” he pened tocomeacros: Vijech, by an insurance scheme said. He was working as a Re- who was also my senior at worth 60,000 Euros for two Steefith will board the search Consultant at the re- college. I assisted him in his years, flight o Germany on: gional office Of the Interna- two projects and when | told During the scholarship ber 2. Moral Maize and Wheat Im- him about my research ambi- programme, Sreeiith will be provement Centre commonly tions, he gave me guidelines _ attending classes at five uni called CIMMYT, New Delhi, on research tools and meth- _versities based in Germany.