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​Three UQ-IITD Research Academy scholars have recently been awarded the prestigious Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) scheme. The Fellowship awards high-achieving students from selected universities with financial assistance, and aims to attract top talent to foster innovation and high-quality research outcomes. Research Fellows also contribute to their local community teaching once a week in a […]

In August, the inaugural student council of the joint PhD program was announced. Congratulations to the nominated members of the UQ-IITD Student Council 2023–2024. Student Council President, Marut Jain:As the student council president, Marut Jain will be the head of student council teams and the OCS PhD Nucleus Coordinator for the Department, and also the student coordinator […]

The first graduate to confer under The University of Queensland and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (UQ-IITD) Academy of Research joint PhD program is set for a career in renewable energy. Motivated by his concern for the environment, Dr Alok Kumar Ray explored ways of contributing to more sustainable practices and focused his PhD on […]

Written by Neha Singh One year at UQ was more fantastical than any fiction. Indeed, it’s a beautiful place with huge global diversity. I made many lifetime friends who were just like family. One of the best parts about UQ-IIT Delhi joint PhD program is having full student rights in both institutions including access to […]

During a recent visit to the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), UQ-IITD Academy of Research joint PhD candidate Vallari Chourasia had the opportunity to present her research to Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. “It was an amazing experience for me! It was such a great honour to present my PhD work to Mr Albanese,” […]

The Academy held the 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition in November. The 3MT is an academic competition that challenges PhD students to describe their research within three minutes to a general audience. 3MT celebrates the discoveries made by research students and encourages their skill in communicating the importance of research to the broader community. […]

Satakshi Gupta, UQIDAR PhD student, shares the experience from her journey at UQ. Satakshi is working on her PhD project ‘Unravelling the charge generation pathways in organic and hybrid solar cells’.  Even after a year into the pandemic, it seemed like no end was in sight. After living through multiple lockdowns, my life was stuck in […]

The UQ–IITD Academy of Research has hit a major milestone, celebrating the enrolment of its 100th PhD student. A delegation from UQ, including Chancellor Peter N Varghese, AO, and President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry AO, travelled to India in August to mark the occasion.  “Students from the UQ–IITD partnership are undertaking exciting research in […]

Joint-PhD scholars of The University of Queensland (UQ) and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) Academy of Research – UQIDAR – have received one of India’s most prestigious scholarships to become Prime Minister’s Research Fellows. The fellowship aims to improve the quality of research in higher educational institutions in India using the brightest new minds […]

The UQIDAR Industry Connect Workshop on Biotechnology & Bioinformatics was held on 9th September 2021 at IIT Delhi (IITD). This was the fourth UQIDAR Industry Connect workshop, after successful workshops with Google and Microsoft Research and an Industry Connect workshop on Energy. The hybrid workshop was chaired by Professor Avril Robertson and Professor Mikael Boden […]