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| Midhat Fayaz receives prestigious 2018 Abdul Ahad Guru Scholar fellowship | | | | Srinagar, June 12 (Agencies): The Guru Charitable Foundation (GCF) has announced doctoral student Midhat Fayaz as a 2018 Abdul Ahad Guru Scholar.
As part of her fellowship, Fayaz is collaborating with the Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab (UB Food Lab) at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
Pertinently, Her work with UB has involved working with multiple disciplines – such as urban planners, public health experts, and geographers – to minimize disruption to housing, food, and water infrastructure, and ultimately reduce human fatality, in seismic zones.
Fayaz is a doctoral candidate at the University of Kashmir where she is completing research under the advisement of Dr. Shakil Romshoo, the Chair of the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Kashmir.
Fayaz has a breadth of research interests tied to land surface processes, ranging from glaciology-alpine snow and glacier dynamics to seismic microzonation for the identification, planning, and protection of urban development to reduce the earthquake hazard risks in Kashmir valley.
The Abdul Ahad Guru Scholars program invests in the human potential of Kashmir. The program cultivates and builds Kashmiri resiliency by investing in individual growth of scholars from Kashmir | | | | |
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