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Scholarship for Higher Education :
Apply by March 15
Feb 15 : Applications have
been invited from eligible candidates for the award of the Scholarship
for Higher Education (SHE), a component of the `Innovation in Science
Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)’, a Programme launched by the
Government of India to strengthen the National Science and Technology
base and being implemented by the Department of Science Technology
(DST), Government of India.
The INSPIRE Programme
includes three components namely Scheme for Early Attraction of Talents
for Science (SEATS), Scholarships for Higher Education (SHE) and
Assured Opportunity for Research Careers (AORC). The Scheme SHE is
focused on attraction of talent to study of Natural/Basic Sciences at
the Bachelor and Master’s level and is currently limited to support for
educational programmes at BSc, BSc (Hons), MSc and Integrated Master’s
level course in Sciences leading to MSc in any branch of Natural and
Basic sciences namely Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry,
Earth Sciences and Life Sciences.
A total of 10,000
scholarships are available annually under SHE starting April 2008. The
scholarships are limited only to the candidates studying courses in
Natural/Basic Sciences (BSc, BSc (Hons), Integrated MSc) in any one of
the recognized institutions in India.
Eligibility criterion for the
scholarships are (a) performance in Board examinations within the
cutoff threshold (of top 1%) for each State or Central Board
examination at the Class X and Class XII level and/or (b) performance
in any of the specified competitive examinations within stipulated cut
off ranks.
The eligible applicant must
be already enrolled into Degree level education in Natural/Basic
Sciences in any of the recognized institutions in India.
Criteria for Eligibility for SHE:
(a) Based on Performance in
Board Examinations: Applicant should have obtained aggregate marks in
the top 1% in the Board examination at both class X and XII levels. For
example, the candidates applying for the award in 2008 should have
secured marks within the top 1% in class X in the year 2005 and class
XII in 2007 in the respective Board examinations and joined a Degree
course leading to BSc or BSc (Hons) of Integrated MSc in Natural/Basic
Sciences in any institution in India and returned to study of second
year in the academic year 2008-09.
Cut-off marks for various
Board examinations conduced in the year 2005 and 2007 are as follows:
(Name of the Boards, Cut off marks in Class X for 2005 and Class XII
for 2007 in that order)
1. Andhra Pradesh 537 970
2. Assam 534 402
3. Bihar 508 570
4. Chhattisgarh 487 442
5. Goa 634 618
6. Gujarat 593 597
7. Haryana 481 424
8. Himachal 623 401
9. J & K 429 553
10. Jharkhand 372 329
11. Karnataka 562 494
12. Kerala 450 540
13. MP 413 377
14. Maharashtra 687 513
15. Manipur 452 373
16. Meghalaya 454 393
17. Mizoram 436 370
18. Nagaland 424 374
19. Orissa 610 656
20. Punjab 495 384
21. Rajasthan 481 506
22. Tamil Nadu 454 1119
23. Tripura 560 371
24. UP 426 368
25. Uttarakhand 430 396
26. West Bengal 668 548
27. CBSE 517 456
28. ICSE 471 383
(b) Based on Performance in
National Level Competitive Examinations: Those who have come within the
top 10,000 ranks in Joint Entrance Examination of IIT, AIEEE and CBSE-
Medical, all Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojna (KVPY) Fellows, National
Talent Search Examination (NTSE) Scholars, Olympiad Medalists, Jagadis
Bose National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS) Fellows who have joined
Degree level courses in Natural/Basic Sciences in any recognized Indian
institution are eligible. The scheme does not include courses in
Engineering, Medicine, Technology and other Professional courses.
(iii) Based on Performance in Competitive Examinations:
Those
clearing the National Level Competitive Examinations for admission to 5
years Integrated MSc Programs in Basic & Natural Sciences at all
Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), all Indian Institute of Science
Educations & Research (IISERs), National Institute of Science
Education & Research (NISER), Department of Atomic Energy-Centre
for Basic Science (DAE-CBS), any other National level test conducted by
any University or Academic Institute for admission to Under-Graduate or
Integrated M.Sc Programme in Natural Sciences and Basic Sciences and
securing admission and joining the courses in Natural & Basic
Sciences from the academic year 2008-09 are eligible.
An eligible candidate will
receive scholarship having a total value Rs 80,000, per annum. The cash
value payable to SHE scholarship holder is Rs 60,000 per annum. All SHE
scholars have to undertake Summer time attachment to an active
researcher in recognized research centers in the country for which,
summer time attachment fee of Rs 20,000 will be paid to the mentoring
institution for undertaking summer time project.
Selected candidates will be
supported for a maximum period of five years starting from the 1st year
course in BSc, BSc (Hons) and Integrated course leading to MSc or the
completion of the course, which ever is earlier. Continuation of the
scholarship for selected candidates is based on satisfactory
performance in the examinations conducted and certified by the
institution imparting education.
Those interested based on
Board examination based eligibility or as per competitive examination
based eligibility must apply in the prescribed format which is
available at www.inspire-dst.gov.in. (This link is not available when this is
hosted at 4.30 pm on 15.2.2009),
along with attested copy of (i) Mark sheets of Class X and Class XII
and (ii) Certificate from Principal of the College/ Director or
Registrar of the Institute or University where the applicant is
presently enrolled.
Completed applications should
reach ‘Director, National Institute of Science, Technology &
Development Studies (NISTADS), Dr K S Krishnan Marg , New Delhi-110012’
by Ordinary Post only, on or before 15th March 2009, with the envelope super
scribed ‘Application for Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE)’.
Applications can be submitted online at www.inspire-dst.gov.in. (This link is
not available when this is hosted at 4.30 pm on 15.2.2009). The online
applicants should also submit a hardcopy of the application with all attested
documents.
http://dst.gov.in/scientific-programme/inspire/inspire.pdf also gives details
of the scheme.
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