INSPIRE Scholarships 2014 - SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (SHE)

                   

INSPIRE Scholarships 2014 - SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (SHE)

Ministry of Science and Technology Department of Science and Technology

Submission of Application for the “SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (SHE)” - a component of `Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)’ Call for Applications under SHE – 2015.

Applications for the year 2015 are invited from eligible candidates for INSPIRE Scholarship under Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) component of Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) scheme of the Department of Science & Technology. Interested and eligible students must apply and submit their application with all essential documents through ONLINE mode only, through the web-portal www.online-inspire.gov.in. This web-portal will be open from 1st November 2015 (10-00 hrs) and will be available up to 15th December 2015 (17-00 hrs) for submission of applications. The detailed notification of this announcement call is available at the website www.online-inspire.gov.in.

ONLINE PROCESS OF APPLICATION FOR INSPIRE-SHE 2015 SHALL COMMENCE FROM 01.11.2015 (10-00 hrs) & SHALL END ON 15.12.2015 (17-00 hrs)

For more details & Eligibility, Terms and Conditions please refer the Website : INSPIRE Scholarships 2015("Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)" is an innovative programme sponsored and managed by the Department of Science & Technology for attraction of talent to Science. The basic objective of INSPIRE is to communicate to the youth of the country the excitements of creative pursuit of science, attract talent to the study of science at an early age and thus build the required critical human resource pool for strengthening and expanding the Science & Technology system and R & D base.

A striking feature of the programme is that it does not believe in conducting competitive exams for identification of talent at any level. It believes in and relies on the efficacy of the existing educational structure for identification of talent. )

The strength of the innovation infrastructure of a nation has enormous significance in the competition among emerging knowledge economies. The realization of Vision 2020 calls for action and a well designed innovation infrastructure.

Generation and nurturing of a human talent pool capable of utilizing and developing first principles in science is both a pre-condition and integral part of such an innovation infrastructure. An India specific model for attracting talent with an aptitude for research and innovation, for a career in Basic & Natural sciences is required. INSPIRE is an innovative programme developed by the the Department of Science & Technology to attract talent to the excitement and study of science at an early age, and to help the country build the required critical resource pool for strengthening and expanding the S&T system and R&D base. It is a programme with long term foresight.

INSPIRE has three components:

   i.     Scheme for Early Attraction of Talent      (SEATS)

   ii.    Scholarship for Higher Education             (SHE)

   iii.   Assured Opportunity for Research Careers (AORC)