Mrs. Krishna Devi Sharma Fellowship Endowment

Mrs. Krishna Devi Sharma

Type

Scholarship / Fellowship

Year Established

2013

Purpose

Offer fellowships to graduate students pursuing PhDs in the field of Chemistry. (GF000121)

Description

Students must be in good academic standing and pursuing graduate studies in the field of Chemistry. Preference will be given to renewing to the same student. 

Dr. Virender K. Sharma

History

Mrs. Krishna Devi Sharma was born in Polia Prohitan in Himachal Pradesh, India.  She did not have the opportunity to be formally educated, but she was a highly evolved and unusually intelligent person.  With strong values, she brought up her five children with discipline and encouraged them to get a college education.  All of her children received college degrees, the first in the three generations of Mrs. Sharma’s family.  One of her youngest children, Virender Sharma, graduated with a doctorate degree in the chemistry of natural waters in the United States and came up with the idea to honor Mrs. Sharma with the theme of her teaching “Good things bring good results.” First, Virender dedicated his book to her, published by Wiley Inc. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118482469).  Money earned from the book allowed Virender to create this endowment.  Virender raised additional funds to establish this endowment in her name at the Florida Institute of Technology. 

The goal of the endowment is to award a graduate student in chemistry with a preference for first-generation who excel in research through high-impact journal article publication.

If you would like to contribute to this fund, please go to Panther Fund and use the "other" designation to identify that you wish to give to this named endowment fund.