Aswathi Janardhanan, a PhD student at the Department of Geology of Kerala University, has been chosen for the ‘Barringer Family Fund for Meteorite Impact Research’, jointly instituted by the Lunar and Planetary Institute and Barringer Crater Company, United States, for the year 2023.
The award carries a citation and fund of $5000. It will provide the research scholar an opportunity to study the Monturaqui crater in Chile.
Shania James of the same department had received the coveted award last year to study the suspected meteorite impact crater in Bhuj, Gujarat. The duo are the only PhD students in the country to have received the honour.
