A few days back, there were numerous trending reports about Sataparna Mukherjee, resident of Madhyamgram, Kolkata, who bagged the prestigious Goddard Internship Programme of NASA.
However, there is no such thing as NASA’s ‘London Astrobiological Center’ mentioned in her offer letter.
The NASA headquarters has made a startling revelation about the claims of Sataparna Mukherjee.
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“We have no record of any student named Sataparna Mukherjee being granted an internship, scholarship or any form of academic or financial assistance from our institute. Furthermore, the Goddard Institute for Space Studies has no facilities in London and all of our internships are awarded to students who live within 50 miles of our location in New York City. The application deadline for our 2016 students closed March 1. We have not made any selections yet,”
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As per Huffington Post report, on enquiry about copy of the email she had received from the concerned authorities, she said she was bound by an agreement to not reveal the full details of the research proposal.
Sataparna’s father seems to be under the impression that his daughter is headed to London on 17 August. In fact, he says that the concerned people have even sent her tickets to fly to London.
A Facebook vigilante Ms. Ayoti Patra had pointed out some facts in her Facebook post.
