SMVDU Katra, January 2020. Mr. Ishfaq Hamid S/O Abdul Hamid Bhat, Research Scholar, from School of Economics (SoE), Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), has been awarded with centrally administered full-term doctoral fellowship for the Year 2019-20, from Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi. He has been working in the field of political economy under the supervision of Dr. Pabitra Kumar Jena, Assistant Professor, School of Economics, SMVDU. Prof. R. K. Sinha, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, SMVDU, Prof. (Dr.) D. Mukhopadhyay, Dean, Faculty of Management and Dr. Kakali Majumdar, Head of the School, and the faculty members of the School congratulated the scholar for his achievement and wished him success for future academic endeavor.