Matai applied for a Colombo Plan Fellowship to study with Synge at the Food Research Institute, Norwich. He was notified of the award in December 1967 but delays thereafter meant he was unable to take up the post until October 1968. He returned to India in August 1970.
G/151: Re Matai's application, 1966-1967
G/152: Papers, 1968
G/153: Papers, 1969-1970