Swarnajayanti Fellowships Scheme

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Context

Arvind Singh, Associate Professor at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, a Swarnajayanti fellow of 2020-21, is examining the role of enhancing ocean alkalinity for removing atmospheric carbon dioxide to tackle global climate change problems.

About

of India had instituted a scheme "The Swarnajayanti Fellowships" to commemorate India's fiftieth year of Independence.
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 a freedom and flexibility in terms of expenditure as approved in the research plan.
The project should contain innovative research idea and it should have a potential of making 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, recurring and non-recurring heads.

Duration

SWARNAJAYANTI FELLOWSHIPS