Nidhi Kadir Watson Program is in remembrance of Nidhi’s personal, professional and scholarly accomplishments during her short span of life. As per Nidhi’s wishes, the mission of this Program is to encourage young people to discover and realize their dreams and become remarkable in the field they may decide to choose; as a researcher, engineer, doctor, lawyer, accountant, painter, dancer, or in any other spheres of life.

Nidhi Kadir Watson was an accomplished scientist and a medical doctor when she passed away due to cancer in 2007 at the age of 31. She was an inspiration for her colleagues , professors and young doctors she was training.

She achieved a lot in academics and professional field during her short span of life. She was a graduate in Chemical Engineering with Honors from University of Texas at Austin . Then she pursued studies in medical sciences and graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio . Her training for Doctor of Medicine in Neurology was at Rush Presbyterian Medical College in Chicago . Further, she continued her research and fellowship in Movement Disorders and published number of papers in medical journals. She was also the spokesperson for Rush Presbyterian Medical College and helped with fund raising for research activities and public awareness programs and was interviewed by the leading major TV News Channels in USA . At the time of her death in May 2007 Nidhi was the Associate Medical Director for Clinical Research at Abbott Laboratory, Chicago , U.S.A.

Primarily Nidhi’s parents Kadir Pillai Chollampattu and Tara Fatima and other individuals established Nidhi Kadir Watson Program, here in after called PROGRAM. The PROGRAM will align its priorities in the following areas: