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Monday 7 April 2014

Fellowships@ IIPS, Kusuma Trust (UK) Kusuma Foundation (India)

Applications are invited from those who are currently working in colleges or development sectors, preferably below 40 years, with at least 55% in Masters Degree in the Education, Social Sciences, Statistics, Mathematics, Demography and any other relevant discipline with prior experience in research or those currently involved in research and evaluation and want to upgrade their skills can apply. Preference maybe given to candidates who are currently teaching or working in colleges/development sectors and possessing higher degrees such as M. Phil. and/or currently enrolled in PhD programme. For a fellowship amount of Rs. 150,000 (Rupees one lakh fifty thousand only) each for a period of one year will be awarded to five successful candidates at The International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, in partnership with The Kusuma Trust (UK) and The Kusuma Foundation (India) for the academic year- 2014-15.

Scholarship Details
  • A panel of experts constituted by IIPS & Kusuma Foundation will select the candidates through written test and personal interviews to be conducted at IIPS, Mumbai, on 6 June, 2014.
  • The fellowship has no separate conditional grant or fund earmarked for different items such as data collection, but it excludes tuition fees, travel, and accommodation expenses during training at IIPS, Mumbai.
  • The fellowship amount will be disbursed during the tenure accordingly as the programme progressed.
  • The fellowship will consist of four training modules on research methodology, each with one week duration (five working days) at IIPS.
  • The five selected fellows will attend a training module once every quarter.
  • During the course of the trainings, fellows will identify and define an area of research relevant to secondary and higher education and employment in India, and then carry out the research over the course of the year.
  • Research will primarily focus on two districts, viz. Sambalpur (Orissa) and Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh), and the fellows will work on issues relevant to Kusuma’s strategic priorities.
  • The training modules have been prepared by experts in the field, keeping in mind the mission of the Foundation and the selected fellows.
  • Experienced mentors from IIPS will support fellows to carry out their research.
  • Mentors will also guide Fellows in writing the papers and help them to publish their research in peer-reviewed journals.
  • A dissemination workshop will be organised at the end of the Fellowship.
  • The workshop will bring together different stakeholders involved in education to share key findings of the studies carried out by the IIPS-Kusuma Fellows.
  • All selected fellows will be required to sign a contract.
  • During the fellowship tenure, fellows need not take study leave but must compulsorily attend all the four one-week training modules at IIPS.
  • Extension of fellowship tenure maybe entertained only in exceptional cases and at IIPS discretion.
  • The fellowship is scheduled for launched in June, 2014, and training workshop of the Module one for the successful fellows will be held during 21 – 25 July, 2014.
How to Apply: Candidates can apply through the following link. www.iipsindia.org/pdf/Advert_RESEARCH_FELLOWSHIP_IIPS-KF_Aug13.pdf

Important Date Last Date for Receipt of Applications: 02-05-2014.

For more details, please visit:www.iipsindia.org/Kusuma_Foundation.htm

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