India’s neuroscientist Maitreyee gets ‘India UK Achievers Honours’
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: Maitreyee Wairagkar, a neuroscientist and neuroengineer who is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Davis, has added another feather to her cap. She has been conferred with the India-UK Achievers Honours in the ‘science and innovation’ category. In order to commemorate India’s 75th year of independence and India-UK educational ties, India UK Achievers Honours were organised by @NISAU_UK. “I’m extremely honoured to have been conferred the India UK Achievers Honours in the category of Science and Innovation, and humbled to be selected as one of the “75 at 75” brilliant and inspiring achievers. Last year, the announcement of ‘Inspiring Women in Science’ awards by ‘Nature’ had come as a moment of pride for India as Maitreyee was declared a runner-up.