Dr. Murthy Dharmapura (Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Coordinator of the Center for Renewable Energy at MIT Manipal) has been selected for the prestigious Short Research Trip to France (SRTF) 2023 program awarded by the French Institute / IFI (Institut français India) is a section of the Embassy of France in India.  Dr. Murthy Dharmapura is among the 51 selected individuals from 600 applications from established Principal Investigators/Researchers across India. It is commendable that he will now have the chance to research emerging energy materials with a CNRS Senior Researcher at Lille in France. Thanks to your excellent research proposal, expertise, and academic/research excellence, which helped get this highly competitive fellowship.