Badiyadka youth gets chance to do research in NASA
Ibrahim Khaleel will get 1.30 crore scholarship
Kasaragod, Dec 13: A research student from Badiyadka village has got a chance to conduct scientific research in space sector at NASA.
Ibrahim Kaleel of Badiyadka village got this opportunity. He is sponsored by Marie Curie organization for the research work and he would involve in the research activities to improve the indispensable technical capacity for launching space rockets under Full Camp project. The new technology is still under research stage and the role of Ibrahim will be pivotal in the research.
Being a PhD student, Ibrahim will work under the guidance of Prof Erasmo Carrera and Ivan Pineda. Ibrahim has graduated from Manipal Engineering College in Aeronautical Engineering and got post graduation from RUB Computational University of Bochum, Germany.
Involving himself in developing new technology, Ibrahim has visited University of Washington and Seattle and Purdue University of Indiana for four months. He is leaving for Indiana on August 2019 for research work.
Being a son of Majeed Paika and Zubaida Goliyadi, Ibrahim has got name through his research activities. He was also selected for the world’s prestigious scholarship and he will get Rs 1.30 crore scholarship. Among 1,600 research applications, only 12 were selected including Ibrahim.
Importance of NASA research
The new satellite launching vehicle would be two-three times more efficient than the existing rocket. Through Aerospace Engineering, the spare parts of that rocket were being prepared. The new technology would reduce the time consuming for the creation of the new rocket, Ibrahim said.
Currently, Ibrahim is in Glenn Research Centre of NASA at Ohio State in America and for two weeks, he will have discussion with the prestigious scientists and research scholars and present his research papers.
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Clash with Nagas: Police evacuate 51 Kuki students from Manipur’s Ukhrul
Imphal (PTI): The police have evacuated at least 51 Kuki students from a school in Manipur’s Naga-majority Ukhrul district as a precautionary measure, following clashes between the two communities, a statement said on Monday.
Tension had been simmering between Tangkhul Naga tribe and the Kukis in Ukhrul for more than a week, as around 30 houses were burnt during clashes at Litan Sareikhong area in Ukhrul district.
“The Ukhrul District Police have evacuated 51 students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Ramva School in Ukhrul and handed them over to the Saikul police station team for onward movement to the JNV in Kangpokpi district," the police said in a statement.
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Thirty-one male and 20 female students were sent to Kangpokpi, a Kuki-majority district.
Police said the students were evacuated as a precautionary measure due to the prevailing law and order situation in the district.
During the evacuation process, some members of the public mistook the students for miscreants, the police said, adding that local civil society organisations helped the administration in de-escalating tension.
"Their efforts in persuading villagers across the Shangshak, Ramva, Shokvao, TM Kasom, and S Laho areas ensured the safe evacuation of the students," the statement added.
Police also appealed to all communities to maintain restraint and refrain from spreading rumours.
The violence between the Kukis and the Nagas began following a drunken brawl between two groups on the evening of February 7 at Litan, a commercial town and home to both communities.
For nearly three years, Manipur has been rocked by ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki communities. It started in May 2023 after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. At least 260 people lost their lives in the clashes, and thousands were displaced.
Presidents’ Rule was imposed in the state on February 13 last year, while the state got a new chief minister in Y Khemchand Singh, who was sworn in earlier this month.
