{
  "id": 15393170,
  "title": "M. Karunanidhi Ph.D Studentship and postdoctoral research programme established at University of Cambridge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/m-karunanidhi-ph-d-studentship-and-postdoctoral-research-programme",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T10:27:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/m-karunanidhi-phd-studentship-and-postdoctoral-research-programme-established-at-university-of-cambridge/article71593614.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Chennai-based entrepreneur Sabarisan Vedamurthy, along with his wife Senthamarai Stalin, have established the M. Karunanidhi Ph.D. Studentship and a postdoctoral research programme at the University of Cambridge. The philanthropic gesture, which includes a £1.3 million contribution, aims to honour the legacy of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and support research focused on the Dravidian Movement. The initiative will provide three years of doctoral research funding to a socially and economically disadvantaged student with lived experience of the issues being studied.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}