Prime Minister’s Fellowship Scheme for Doctoral Research |CAREER

Friday 23 November 2012

Prime Minister’s Fellowship Scheme for Doctoral Research

^{A joint scheme which CII has launched with DST.}

^{It was launched by Union Minister for Science and Technology, Mr Jaipal Reddy, on 8th November at our Global Higher Education Summit in New Delhi.}

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■ Number of Fellowships: 100 Fellowships every year, starting from 2012

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■ Duration of Fellowships: Maximum four years

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■ Fellowship Amount: The total fellowship amount will be Rs 6 lakh per

annum for a maximum period of four years. Fifty per cent of this amount

will come from SERB (being equivalent to the prevailing Government norms

for JRF / SRF of maximum Rs 3 lakh per annum and will be revised as per

government rule time to time). Rest 50 per cent (matching equivalent of

SERB component) will come from a sponsoring company on behalf of CII.

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■ Areas of Research: STEAM, i.e., Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture

and Medicine

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■ In 2012, only those who have already registered for PhD in 2012 in any

recognised university or institution of national importance in above areas of

research will be eligible to apply

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■ The registered PhD fellows should have already identified a project

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■ The project should have practical relevance and industrial applications

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■ The candidate and the proposed project should qualify on criteria of

excellence and relevance.

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■ Applications with project proposals, as received will be shared with relevant

industry to know their interest in co-sponsoring. Scholarships will be given if

there is an industry sponsor.

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■ The candidates may approach relevant industry for sponsorships before

submitting applications.

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■ A Joint Committee of SERB and CII will conduct transparent selection and

monitoring of projects.

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