Swarnajayanti Fellowships Scheme

March 29, 2022

Syllabus: General Studies Paper 3

Context

The Ministry of Science and Technology has shortlisted applications for the Swarnajayanti Fellowships Scheme.

About the scheme

The Government of India under the Ministry of Science and Technology had instituted “The Swarnajayanti Fellowships” to commemorate India’s fiftieth year of Independence in 1997.
Under this scheme a selected number of young scientists, with proven track record, are provided special assistance and support to enable them to pursue basic research in frontier areas of science and technology.
Scientists selected for the award will be allowed to pursue unfettered research with freedom and flexibility in terms of expenditure as approved in the research plan.
The project should contain innovative research ideas and it should have a potential of making an impact on R&D in the discipline.
The fellowships are scientist specific and not institution specific, very selective and have close academic monitoring.

Nature of Support

The award consists of a Fellowship of Rs 25000/- per month in addition to the salary drawn from the parent Institute for a period of 5 years.
The fellows selected along with their projects will be considered for funding by the Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB)as per SERB norms, for fellowship.
- SERB is a statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, established through the SERB Act, 2008.
- Supporting basic research in emerging areas of Science & Engineering is the primary and distinctive mandate of the Board.
The duration of the fellowship will be for a period not exceeding five years.

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Question- Write a short note on Swarnajayanti Fellowships Scheme.