Fellowships

IIT Bombay Research Internship Awards 2011-12

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IIT Bombay has announced IITB Research Internship Awards 2011-2012. The Internship Awards are designed to encourage students to pursue research and provide educational and professional research experience to them in the disciplines of Sciences, Engineering, Technology, Humanities and Management. The IITB Research Internship Awards are available for specific research projects being carried out in IIT Bombay under experienced guides. The complete details of departments and ongoing projects in various departments are displayed on the IIT B website. IIT Bombay follow rigorous selection procedure for the selection of candidates for these awards. The IITB reserves the number of interns to be selected based on the available of the projects. There were 50 project positions in 2010. The selected interns have to work full time for four to six months on the concerned project under the supervision of project guide. The selected candidates will get a fixed stipend of Rs 10000/- per month. IIT-B also provide accommodation subject to availability. Following are details of eligibility, selection method and application procedure:

Qualification and Eligibility: Applicants should be pursuing second year of M.Sc. or Third / Fourth of Bachelors Degree in the relevant branch / subject / discipline. They should be among the top 10 percent of candidates in all the previous years in their respective departments / college / course. Candidates should submit a certificate to this effect at the time of the interview. Candidates should not have any course work requirements in their college / parent institute during the period of internship. They need to provide a certificate to this effect at the time of interview.

The period of internship will also depends on the year in which the candidates are studying their course. This is a full time internship offer. Candidates should be pursuing full time courses only. Students / candidates pursuing other degree programmes can check their eligibility status with the concerned departments and proceed with the application procedure.

Application Procedure: Interested candidates can apply online only through IIT Bombay website at http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/fellowship/ . Application forms will be available from 15th September 2011. Applications for internship must be accompanied by a detailed statement of purpose in the prescribed format. Selection of the candidates will be based on preliminary screening of applications followed by relevant test/ interviews to be held at the department level. IITB also consider academic performance, work carried out by the student besides academic work, participation/ recognition in competitions such as Techfest, Olympiads, National Talent Search Exams, and also performance in the interview. Address: IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076. For any queries and clarifications, contact at / mail to internship@ircc.iitb.ac.in OR visit http://www.iitb.ac.in/fellowship . You can apply online at the link http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/IRCC-Webpage/HRMSLoginPage.jsp .

Important Dates:

1) Last date for submission of online application form: 15th October 2011
2) Dates for interview: 15th -30th November 2011 (Tentative)
3) Duration of internship: December 2011 to June 2012.

Best Chemistry Teacher Award 2011 by Tata Chemicals and ACT

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Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) in association with Association of Chemistry Teachers (ACT) is inviting nominations for Best Chemistry Teacher Awards to commemorate the International Year of Chemistry 2011. The United Nations (UN) is celebrating this year as the IYC 2011. This is an excellent initiative worldwide to focus on the achievements of Chemistry and its contributions to the well being of humankind. More details of UN declaration on International Year of Chemistry are available on www.chemistry2011.org . Following are details of Best Chemistry Teacher Awards 2011:

Tata Chemicals has instituted the Best Chemistry Teacher Award to appreciate the efforts of exemplary individuals those involved in teaching Chemistry and its allied subjects / components at various levels of education. The nominees for this prestigious award could be teachers from class XI and XII (Intermediate), undergraduate courses (Bachelor Courses) and Post Graduate levels. Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) is part of this initiative to reward Chemistry teachers through its Human Touch of Chemistry Campaign. The company has initiated an exclusive website www.humantouchofchemistry.com to inculcate and promote the love for chemistry subject in young minds. Following are award categories:

1) Best Chemistry Teacher (For Class XI / XII and equivalent): This is for those teaching class XI / XII, Junior College, + 2 levels and Diploma courses.

2) Best Chemistry Teacher (For Bachelors Degree and equivalent): The award is for those involved in teaching at the levels of Bachelors Degree in Science, Engineering or any other Graduate courses.

3) Best Chemistry Teacher (For Masters Degree and above): This award is for those candidates involved in teaching at the levels of Masters degree in Science, Engineering, or any other Post-Graduate, Doctoral, Post-Doctoral courses or their equivalent.

4) Best Chemistry Teacher (for innovation in teaching).
5) Best Chemistry Teacher (for the promotion of Chemistry as a specialised subject.)
6) Most Popular Chemistry Teacher (This will be purely based on social media response.)

Interested candidates can download the Nomination Forms in PDF format from the website www.humantouchofchemistry.com . Filled in nomination forms should be sent to ‘Professor Dr. D V Prabhu, General Secretary, Association of Chemistry Teachers, NIUS Building, Room No 103,
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR), V N Purav Marg, Mankhurd, Mumbai – 400 088. OR you can also e-mail a scanned copy of the completed nomination form to awards@humantouchofchemistry.com

Important Dates:

1) Call for entries: 5th September 2011
2) Close of entries: 8th October 2011
3) ACT Screening Committee Meeting: 20th October 2011
4) Selection Panel Meeting: 26th October 2011
5) Online Campaign Begins: 1st November 2011
6) Final Selection by Panel: 1st December 2011
7) Award ceremony: To be announced by the committee.