S.N. Bose Scholarship Program for Innovators

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    There’s a new scholarship program for students looking to be innovators and leaders of tomorrow. In a boost to hunt out talents and nurture future innovators and thought leaders, the S.N. Bose Scholars Program has been launched.

    What  is it?

    The Science & Engineering Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and WINStep Forward have partnered to develop a dynamic and transformative student exchange program between premier institutions in India and the United States.

    The program is named in honor of Satyendra Nath Bose (1894 – 1974), a visionary Indian physicist best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s. The class of particles that obey Bose-Einstein statistics, Bosons, was named after him.

    The Aims and Objective

    The Program is envisaged to:

    • provide an opportunity to Indian students to experience world-class research facilities in leading U.S. institutions;
    • Encourage and motivate students to take up research as a career;
    • Pave the way for the next generation of pioneers and innovators in science and technology to interact with each other, and;
    • Build long-term R&D linkages and collaborations cutting across boundaries around the globe.

    What’s the Eligibility Criteria?

    • Indian citizens currently pursuing a Bachelors or Masters’ degree at a recognized institution of higher education and learning in India.
    • Open to students of Atmospheric and Earth Sciences; Chemical Sciences; Engineering Sciences; Mathematical and Computational Sciences; and, Physical Sciences.

    What does it include?

    • Stipend
    • Health Insurance
    • Air-fare

    Submission Deadline: 31 October 2018

    Source: IUSSTF