Applications are invited from individuals who have high motivation to do the research with I Class M.Sc. Microbiology/Biotechnology for the following research projects

1. Department of Biotechnolgy, Govt. of India project titled “Repository of Marine Cyanobacteria as biodiesel feed stock.” For a period of TWO years period.

Principal Investigator – Dr. D. Prabaharan
Two Junior Research Fellow positions (Rs.12,000/- + 7.5 % HRA per month) and One
Lab Attendant position (Rs.8000/- per month)

2. Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India project titled “Marine Cyanobacteria a promising candidate for CO2 sequestration with multiple utilization.” For a period of Three years period.

Principal Investigator – Dr. L. Uma
One Junior Research Fellow positions (Rs.12,000/- + HRA per month) and One
Research Assistant position (Rs.8000/- per month)

Interested candidates can send their CV on a plain paper with a passport size photograph with details of marks secured in all subjects from plus two stage (with proof ), full postal and permanent address, sex, date of birth, community, etc. along with any additional qualification or experience and two addresses of referees who could be contacted (one from whom should be your PG teacher and another whom you have studied)

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATION

Application should reach the Principal Investigator on or before 30th July 2009 by Email/Registered/Speed post in an envelope superscribed “Application for Junior Research Fellow/Lab Assistant in NFMC”. Applicants will be communicated about the date of written test. After short listing, the qualifying candidates will have to appear for the interview on the same day.

No TA DA will be given for attending the return test or interview.

For more details visit us : www.bdu.ac.in / www.nfmc.res.in

Further Scholarship Information and Application:

http://www.bdu.ac.in/nfmcadv.pdf

Description:

JRF / SRF opening is available under a project funded by Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research / Centre Franco-Indien pour la Promotion de La Recherche Avancée (IFCPRA/CEFIPRA). The project involves waste derived activated carbon supported catalyst for low temperature VOC oxidation. The project will be carried out at TERI / TERI University in collaboration with Unité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide (UCCS), University of Lille, France.

Qualifications:

• The candidate should have a Masters degree in Chemistry / Materials Science / Chemical Engineering / Environmental Sciences.
• The candidate should have an outstanding academic record, team working skills and good communication skills.
• Candidates who have cleared the UGC / CSIR / NET / GATE examinations would be preferred.
• Candidates interested in PhD research would be preferred

Homepage / Further Scholarship Information : TERI

Contact address:

Dr. Vidya S Batra Fellow, TERI and Adjunct Faculty, TERI University India Habitat Centre Lodi Road Delhi-110003 Tel: 24682100 ext 2607 Email: vidyasb@teri.res.in

This program strives to assist the students to realises their potential and to ensure that the best scientific talent is developed for research and growth in the country. Generous scholarship and contingency grant is provided (up to the Pre-Ph.D. level) to the selected students.

FELLOWSHIP

ELIGIBILITY

These Fellowships are only for Indian Nationals studying in India.

The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, offers attractive fellowships (Rs. 4000 to Rs. 7000 p.m) and contingency grants (Four months fellowship p.a) for students studying in Basic Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Selection to the program takes into account academic excellence and demonstrated interest in pursuing research career. Selection procedures are different for Basic Sciences, SP (Engineering) and SP (Medicine) and SP(Basic Sciences). All of them, however, include an interview for final selection.

Click here for eligibility details for each stream:

• Basic Sciences
• SP (Engineering)
• SP (Medicine)

Application

Scholarship Application Deadline for KVPY on or before 11.9.09 (Friday).

Postgraduate Fellowships Application Deadline: 17/08/2009

National Council of Science Museums, an autonomous scientific & research organization under the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, engaged in popularlzation of Science & Technology among the people at large, intends to offer five numbers of Post Graduate Fellowship for a period of two years commencing from January, 2010.

The selected fellows will undergo full time four Semester Master of Science (Postgraduate) Course in Science Communication being conducted by the Council in collaboration with the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani on an off campus mode. The lectures and tutorials would be held at National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata.

Essential Qualification:
i) 1st Class Bachelor degree in Engineering or Technology in Mechanical! Electrical! Electronics information Technology! Telecommucation Computer/Metallurgy! Chemical/Production Engineering

OR
ii) 1st Class M.Sc. degree in Physics! Chemistry! Zoology! Botany/Biotechnology /Environmental Science.
Fellowship: Rs.8.000/- per month for two years with contingency grant of Rs.8.000/- per annum.

Mere possession of requisite qualifications shall not entitle the candidates to be called for the Test and Interview. Decision of the Council in this regard shall be final. Canvassing in any form and! Or bringing in any influence, political or otherwise, will be treated as disqualification for the fellowship. Interim enquiries will not be entertained.
The selected candidates would be required to sign a ‘Bond’ to make refund of the amount received as fellowships or other grants, it they discontinue their studies in the midway.

Application Form is available on the Councils website: www.ncsm.org.in OR www.ncsm.gov.in and should be submitted by 17/08/2009 to

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SCIENCE MUSEUMS
BLOCK-GN, SECTOR-V BIDHAN NAGAR, KOLKATA – 700091

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY RAMALINGASWAMI FELLOWSHIP
Closing Date: 31st July, 2009
Applications are invited for “Ramalingaswami Fellowship”, a re-entry scheme of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.

Objective
1. The scheme is aimed at bringing back scientists of Indian origin working out side the country in various fields of Biotechnology, including agriculture, health sciences, bio-engineering, energy, environment, bioinformatics and all other related areas, and who are desirous of pursing R&D in an Indian institution.

Eligibility
2. The applicant should possess a higher degree or equivalent, such as PhD, MD etc with an outstanding track record reflected in publications and other recognitions.
3. Only candidates of Indian origin working oversease are eligible to apply. Those who have already returned to India and are working in India are not eligible.

About the fellowship
4. Each awardee selected will receive fellowship amount of Rs. 75,000/ pm consolidated and a contingency grant of Rs. 5,00000 / year for purchase of consumables, minor equipment, international and domestic travel, engaging manpower and other contingent expenditure to be incurred in connection with the implementation of the project. However, institute / university where applicant proposes to work can consider giving the necessary benefits like (HRA/housing, medical, leave travel and other benefits) as applicable to regular faculty.

1. In case an awardee during the tenure of the fellowship finds a suitable position at any research institute/ university, he or she can take up the job in that case he / she will have to opt for either fellowship or salary. However, she / he can continue taking contingency grant with the prior approval of the department.
2. Ramalingaswami Fellows could take up fellowship at any of the scientific institutes / university in the country. However application should be duly forwarded by the competent authority of the host Institute.
Duration
The duration of the India fellowship will be for a period of five years extendable by another 5 years on a fresh appraisal.

The applications may be sent as per Proforma duly forwarded by the competent authority to Dr. Meenakshi Munshi, Joint Director, Department of Biotechnology, Block-2,7th Floor, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003. Email : meenakshi29-at-dbt.nic.in latest by 31st July, 2009. The other details regarding the proforma may be seen at http://www.dbtindia.nic.in.

The Centre for Studies in Religion and Society invites applications from Indian scholars for a visiting research fellowship appointment at the University of Victoria.

Topics: Applications are welcomed for projects that meet the Centre’s mandate of promoting the interdisciplinary study of religion in relation to any and all aspects of society and culture, both contemporary and historical. Topics may include but are not limited to examinations of religious themes within the areas of ethics, health, environment, technology, public policy, human conflict, art, literature, the media, law, philosophy or the natural sciences. The India research fellowship is particularly targeted at scholars working on religion in modern India, though other topics will also be considered. Applications from all disciplinary backgrounds are welcome.

Eligibility: Indian citizens who are completing their doctoral work, are engaged in post-doctoral research, or who have regular academic appointments in India.

Value: Return travel to and from Victoria and reasonable food and accommodation expenses for the duration of the visit. In addition, fellowship recipients will receive private office space centrally located on the scenic University of Victoria campus; a congenial retreat-like setting; university privileges; and enhanced opportunities for research networking, stimulating and regular scholarly exchange, and participation in the Centre’s wide range of academic and social activities.

Term: Four to six months, beginning between January and March 2010.

Conditions: Fellows are expected to conduct their work in the Centre’s quarters, to participate actively in the programs and activities of the Centre and to give at least one public seminar or lecture on the theme of their research fellow.

Application Procedure: Applications should include a descriptive title, a detailed statement of the research project (maximum 5 pages), an up-to-date curriculum vitae and two reference letters (to be forwarded to the CSRS under separate cover). The Centre may also solicit the opinions of other referees.

Please submit completed applications of this India research fellowship to:

Dr. Paul Bramadat, Director
Centre for Studies in Religion and Society
University of Victoria
Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2 CANADA
Applications may also be forwarded by e-mail to csrs-at-uvic.ca.

Selection will be made by the CSRS Program Committee based on the academic merit of the proposal and the ability of the candidate to contribute to the academic and social life of the CSRS. Shortlisted applicants will be invited for an interview with the CSRS director in Delhi in September 2009. The successful applicant will be announced at the beginning of October 2009.

Deadline: September 9, 2009

This India fellowship is made possible by a grant from the Office of the Vice-President Research at the University of
Victoria. For more information about the CSRS and its fellowship programs visit www.csrs.uvic.ca, or phone
250-721-6325.

Further Scholarship Information and Application

Government of India, Ministry of Science & Technology, Department of Science & Technology

The ‘Better Opportunities for Young Scientists in Chosen Areas of Science and Technology (BOYSCAST)’ programme of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) provides opportunities to the young Indian scientists/technologists to visit institutions abroad, interact with scientists/technologists there, get trained in latest research techniques and conduct R&D in specially chosen frontline areas of science and technology. Applications are invited from Indian Nationals for the award of fellowships under the BOYSCAST programme for conducting advanced research and undergoing training in advanced research techniques in overseas research laboratories/institutes, in chosen frontline areas of science and technology for the period of three to twelve months. The chosen areas fall under the following broad areas:

(1) Atmospheric and earth Sciences;
(2) Chemical sciences;
(3) Engineering sciences;
(4) Life sciences;
(5) Mathematical sciences, and
(6) Physical Sciences.

The candidates may please visit our websites given below for the detailed specific chosen areas under each of the above broad areas. The amount of fellowship is US$ 3000 (or equivalent in other foreign currency) per month with maximum duration of fellowship being 12 months.

Eligibility Criteria

Young Indian scientists and technologists who fulfill the following conditions can submit application/ proposal for award of BOYSCAST fellowship:

(i) Academic qualifications: Master’s degree in engineering/technology or equivalent or M.D. in medicine or equivalent with research experience or Ph.D. in science/engineering or equivalent.

(ii) Age: Up to 35 years (as on 1 April 2009). The applicants belonging to SC/ST/OBC and women candidates may be allowed relaxation in the age limit up to 5 years.

(iii) Employment: A regular position in a recognized S&T institution/university/college. Candidate must be officially sponsored (their application to be formally forwarded) by the employer/head of the institution or agency with commitment to depute them for research/training under BOYSCAST programme. Forwarding note merely stating that above would be considered only after award of fellowship will not be considered by DST.

(iv) Place of work: The fellow should be accepted by a foreign scientific/technological institution which is internationally recognized as an outstanding institution where major work in the identified area is in progress.

(v) Candidates who have earlier availed of the BOYSCAST fellowship will not be eligible for consideration again for this fellowship. The candidates who have availed any other overseas fellowship for a period of more than three months through any Government/public funding agency during last two years will also not be considered for this fellowship.

Procedure for Application

Application for the award of BOYSCAST fellowship of India fellowship should be sent in the prescribed format. Application is required to be forwarded through the head of agency/organization/university where the candidate is employed. Please refer to the detailed advertisement for the Application formats and other details regarding the submission of the application. The detailed advertisement is available at the websites: http://dst.gov.in and http://www.serc-dst.org. Application complete in all respects should reach DST positively by 31 July 2009.

Further Scholarship Information and Application of this India fellowship – BOYSCAST FELLOWSHIP:
http://dst.gov.in and http://www.serc-dst.org