DST plans for easy grant opportunities for MSc and PhD graduates in Science
November 3rd, 2009
Following in an excerpt from a report in Times of India.
An unemployed MSc or Phd basic science student can write a proposal to the department of science and technology on any project that would have useful results — either in terms of a product or in terms of enhanced knowledge, or new formulations in basic sciences. The proposal is evaluated by experts, and if okayed, the student gets the grant for
two years.‘‘Students may not want to do an MSc or Phd in basic sciences, fearing they won’t land jobs. This hits research in basic sciences as well as the student ratio and strength. If there is some sort of security and an assured financial support period, students would feel confident to take up MSc or Phd in basic sciences. That way, research benefits,’’ said an official of the department of science and technology.
The ministry is planning an awareness drive across the country on the science allowance.
… ‘‘The money coming from the DST is good and will be enough to help the student coast through a year or two. We expect a student to come up with a project that would be job-enabling, as experience on the project would count in job offers. The good thing is that students would not be penniless for the two-year period. The science ministry takes care of the student until he or she finds a job,’’ the official said.
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3 Writeup
1. VAIBHAO G. THAKARE | November 12th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Dear Sir/madam,
Its an excellent planning for the student of basic sciences.I am doing Ph.D. in zoology. I have passed the M.Sc. (Zoology) with first rank from SGBAU Amravati university and now doing Ph.D. after qualifying the Ph.D. entrance test. But here are no grants for the merit students in our university for Ph. D. programme etc..Please give me details of this plan or tell some other plans of Scholarship.
Vaibhao
2. sanghamitra dhande | February 9th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Please make available paper set for PAT
3. Dilip Basnet | July 27th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
sir iam a PhD research scholar, i want to run an individual project because now iam in Arunachal Pradesh which come under world hotspot region, so here is so much chances of finding great fish diversity and others also… so i want to do some extra work with these biodiversity. kindly help me regarding this…!!!!