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Sumant Bindal, M.Sc. Agriculture (Genetics & Plant Breeding) student of Lovely Professional University, has bagged a fully-paid scholarship worth Rs. 1.3 Crores for studying Ph.D. in Plant Sciences at the prestigious Australian National University (ANU). The University has said that it is perhaps the biggest scholarship ever bagged by an agriculture student in India. Sumant had also got an opportunity to intern at the globally renowned World Vegetable Center in Taiwan which was fully funded by the Taiwan government. Sumant was one of the 15 Masters students from across the world who were chosen for this fellowship. His research would focus on how to make tomatoes completely resistant to Fusarium wilt, a plant fungus that infects tomatoes worldwide, and has reportedly caused up to 45% yield loss to tomato crop in India in the past. The School of Agriculture at LPU is one of the leading institutes for Agricultural education in India. Its programmes are geared towards helping students build research aptitude and offer ample opportunity of learning by doing through its farmlands spread across 1,000 acres. LPU is the 1st private university that got ICAR approval. Hope this helps.