| TNN | Apr 29, 2021, 12:00 IST
International admissions for 2020 across six autonomous Singaporean universities had not been adversely impacted due to COVID-19, says NUS researcher Bapi Dutta.
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Singapore is the one of the few safest places on earth despite COVID-19, says Bapi Dutta, research fellow at the Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific, National University of Singapore (NUS). The researcher from West Bengal’s Chakdaha, a small town of Nadia district, is missing home, and like scholars and researchers at the campus is trying his best to cope with the emotional challenges of not being able to visit his family due to travel restrictions. But he is all praises for the extraordinary effort and timely introduction of control measures introduced by Singapore government. “It has helped prevent the spread of COVID-19 which has been in one digit for over two months. Consequently, international admissions for 2020 across six autonomous Singaporean universities had not borne the brunt. Even R&D activities are ever increasing so the prospects to pursue research careers in the country remains bright,” Dutta says.