Renuka Suresh Managuli, DST INSPIRE Senior Research Fellow has been awarded Newton Bhabha Fellowship by Joint India-UK Panel for short-term PhD Placement 2016-2017 at King’s College London, United Kingdom. King’s College London is one of the top 25 universities in the world (2016/17 QS World University Rankings) and among the oldest in England. Renuka’s Newton Bhabha PhD Placement programme is sponsored by British Council in collaboration with Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT). Ms Managuli is working for her PhD project under the guidance of Dr Srinivas Mutalik, professor, department of pharmaceutics at Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal. She is currently doing research under the guidance of Dr Khuloud Al-Jamal at King's College London.