Fellowships & Scholarships
This scheme aims at encouraging young, talented, enthusiastic and result-oriented scholars for carrying out research in industry-relevant cutting edge science and technology domains, with focus on national priorities. This scheme has been devised under Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) mode for human resource capacity building for Industrial R&D and enhancing trust level in academia, research outfits and industry. Areas of research include Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture or Medicine. Up to 100 Fellowships are provided every year.
Eligibility: The applicant should be a doctoral fellow enrolled/admitted for PhD in last 14 months from the date of submission of applications in any recognized Indian University / Institute / Research Laboratory. Candidates have to find an industry partner/co-applicant, who is ready to support the research project financially and also lend technical and intellectual support. The topic of research should be innovative, having practical relevance and industrial application. The candidate and the proposed research topic should qualify on criteria of excellence, and be of technical and scientific merit. The Apex Council, having representation from both industry and academia, vets the received proposals and makes final selection. The selected doctoral fellow should be willing to work with/in industry as and when required by the industry partner during the project period.
Fellowship amount: Under this scheme, the scholars get double the JRF/SRF amount as scholarship. 50% of the scholarship comes from SERB (equivalent to the prevailing Govt. norms for JRF/SRF inclusive of HRA), while rest 50% comes from the partner company. The Fellowship amounts to Rs. 6 Lakh p.a. (as per applicable slabs) and will be revised as per the JRF/SRF norms from time to time. There will be an annual review of the progress made by the candidate by certified committee. The duration of the fellowships will be a maximum of 4 yrs leading with awarding of PhD degree.