SIKKIM: Sikkimese girl selected for PhD course in Sweden
GANGTOK, July 29: Adding to the list of meritorious students in the State, Pema Choden Bhutia has passed her University Entrance for Scholarship in Sweden for M. Research and PhD in Biotechnology (Protein) for the year 2009-1011.
The girl from Gangyap, Namchi in South Sikkim will be joining the prestigious Uppsala University in Sweden for her two year PhD in Biotechnology (Protein).
Born to Pem Chodan Bhutia (retired government driver) and Chheki Bhutia, Pema Choden was an intelligent and hard working student. She passed AISSE in first division from Modern Secondary School, Gangtok and AISSCE in first division from Namchi Girl’s Senior Secondary School, South Sikkim. She joined Regional Institute of Education, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar for her BSc, B.Ed which she passed with first class.
She then joined the prestigious St. Joseph’s Post Graduate Research Centre, Bangalore University for M.Sc (specialization in Microbiology and Physiology) and completed the course again with first class.
After post graduation, she had a short stint in teaching as PG Teacher and taught Biology in Government Senior Secondary School at Hee Yangthang in West Sikkim. Pema Choden was also a Junior Research Fellow for a short period in the State Council of Science and Technology at Gangtok.
To bag the prestigious Scholarship in Sweden, Pema had to go through the rigorous IELTS, GRE and TOFFEL Tests which she passed with outstanding merit.
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