Well done Ms. Abhirami Ajith Kumar!

A PhD scholar under the supervision of Prof. T Ravichandran Professor of English in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur, Ms. Kumar has been awarded the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for the academic year 2025–2026 (ESKAS-Nr: 2025.0300). The scholarship, amounting to CHF 1,920.00 per month for one year, is granted by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) under the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER), Government of Switzerland. It will support her research in Contemporary Experimental Fiction and Digital Humanities at the University of Basel.

We congratulate both her and her mentor for their outstanding work.