CII Prime Ministers Fellowship Scheme for Doctoral Research
Scholarship details
The Confederation of India Industry (CII) and the Science of
Engineering and Research (SERB), Government of India has joined together to
offer Prime ministers fellowship scheme for the positions of doctoral research.
Every year, the CII and the SERB together joins to provide around 100
fellowships to scholars leading to pursue the PhD positions. The main objective
of the joint venture of CII and the SERB is to produce future leaders in the
fields of Industrial Research and development.
The scheme is to attract talented fellows for doctoral research,
help and assist them to provide exposure to international best practices,
inspire them to achieve their ambition and aspirations. The scheme also allows
them to explore their innovative ideas and give a boost to their industrial
research by academic institutions. This joint venture is important to provide
double sponsorship (one from the sponsoring company and the second from the
Government) for the doctoral fellows.
Eligibility criteria
The eligibility criteria for the above mentioned scholarship are
given below.
1. The scholar or the doctoral fellow should have obtained the
registration of the full time PhD program during the month of December of the
current academic session or year in any recognised University/Institute/Research
laboratory in India.
2. Before the application of PhD, the doctoral fellow should get
prior intimation and acceptance for an industry partner who can not only
support financially for the research project but also to lend intellectual and
technical support.
Number of fellowships
The number of fellowships every year they provide is around 100
doctoral fellowships.
Fellowship duration
The duration of the fellowship is around a maximum of 4 years.
This is primarily a research oriented program which allows the fellowship owner
to continue with the research related activity leading to a full-time research
PhD degree.
Fellowship fee
The fellowship provides a fee amount of 6 lakhs per annum for a
period of four years. The doctoral fellow is thus entitled for a fellowship
amount of 6 lakhs every year during the entire course of PhD degree.
How to apply
The scholar has to submit the application form online. The
online application forms and its detailed information can be obtained from the
official website called www.primeministerfellowshipscheme.com.
The joint committee of the CII
and the SERB which is known as Apex council conducts proper monitoring of
projects and a pure transparent level of selection occurs.
Further details
The further information about the fellowship can be obtained from
the below address or the contact given below.
SS Kohli,
Director,
DST. Email id: pm.scheme@cii.in or
Shalini S. Sharma,
Head-Higher Education,
CII. Email Id : shalini.sharma@cii.in and neha.gupta@cii.in
Last date of the online
application
The last date for the
submission of the doctoral fellowships-online applications have been extended
and can be submitted before the end of January.
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