Srinagar, Jun 18: In a significant achievement for Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), a doctoral scholar from the Faculty of Fisheries has secured an international research grant of US$6,500 from the United States-based Wild Animal Initiative for a study on the critically endangered Kashmir Loach. Misba Rehman, a PhD scholar in the Division of Fisheries Resource Management, has received the grant for the project titled “Assessing Behavioral and Physiological Welfare Indicators for the Kashmir Loach (Triplophysa kashmirensis).” The project is being led by Dr Syed Talia Mushtaq as Principal Investigator, with Rehman serving as the Lead Applicant. The research seeks to generate scientific evidence on behavioural and physiological welfare indicators of the Kashmir Loach, an endemic fish species found in the Kashmir Valley.