Silchar boy goes to Canadian University as a research Scholar
Baharul Islam of Lalabazar , a place near Silchar has been awarded a fellowship by the Concordia University of Canada to continue his research work on high yield rice grains. Baharul had made some path breaking discoveries in the field and he claims to have found the answer to GM crops that can be cultivated in this climate and yet have a high yield per hectare of land.
Baharul had done his preliminary work in Assam University Silchar and North East Hill University in Shillong in association with the department of Biotechnology and Agro Botany.
He is expected to leave for Canada by the beginning of September once his formalities are over at the high commission. He is the first researcher from this part of the world to go to Canada for research work.