A Haryana scholar has made the State proud.
Poonam Dhull, daughter of Sureshpal, a driver in the Public Relations department, Haryana Government, who hails from Bhana village in Kaithal district, has bagged a scholarship of $50,000 for pursuing PhD in Chemistry from the University of South Carolina, USA.
Poonam completed her senior secondary from OSDAV Senior Secondary School, Kaithal, and pursued her BSc (Medical) and MSc in Chemistry from Panjab University, Chandigarh. She pursued research work under the supervision of Prof P Venugopalan, who guided her on the project titled “Structure-activity relationships in a-fluorohydrins and their derivatives: A structural investigation”. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has congratulated the girl and expressed the hope that she would excel in academics and bring laurels to the State.