Women Scientist Scholarship Scheme
If you are a women and having science qualification and have a hunger to deal with latest scientific and technological inventions, this Women scholarship may be for you.

The Department of Science and Technology had launched a scholarship scheme in the year 2002 for women having science qualifications for training in the area of intellectual property rights, especially in patent searches, understanding of patent specification and preparation of Technology scan report. Looking at the overwhelming response received in previous years, DSP is continuing the scheme this year too.

Long term Objectives:

1. Empower the talented and skilled women who have studied science, Engineering and medicine to contribute effectively in the advancement of science and Technology in the country.

2. Develop a pool of women in India ready to undertake scientific and technical aspects of intellectual property rights.

Short Term Objectives:

1. Train talented and skilled women who have studies science, engineering and medicine in patent searches and other aspects of intellectual property rights enabling them to seek specialized employment or self employed.

2. Develop a core of professionals for preparing specialized reports such as Technology scan based on patent information.

3. Develop a pool of resource persons in intellectual property rights for conducting workshops on IPR. Eligibility for women scientist scholarship in india:

1. Candidates should be M. Sc/ Ph. D in physical sciences, chemical science, life sciences or B. Tech or BE/ M. Tech or MBBS/ MS/ MD/ M. V. Sc/ B. Pharm/ M. Pharm with good academic record. Candidates with higher qualification can also apply.

2. Candidates should have a good familiarity with computers in handling data bases, surfing the net and information searches.

3. Candidates with research experience, preparing project reports and experience of thesis writing will be preferred.

Age for women scientist scholarship in india:
Candidates should not be more than 50 years of age.

Women scientist scholarship in india:
The scholarship will be admissible for a period of one year and the amount of scholarship will be maximum or Rs.10, 000 per month for candidates having M. Sc or B. Tech or MBBS or B. Pharm and a maximum of Rs.15,000 per month for Ph. D/ M. Tech/ M. Pharm/ M. V. Sc and M. S/ M.D. Women scientist Research Centers:
Training will be implemented by three agencies, namely
Technology Information,
Forecasting Assessment Council (TIFAC), Delhi;
Centre for Cooperation in Science and Technology among
Developing Countries (CCSTDS), Pune.

Placement:
The selected candidates may be attached with firms/ institutions for on the job training and these firms/ institutions may not be in these three cities (but will be in and around these cities).

These firms/ institutions will be specialized agencies dealing with intellectual property rights and attorneys firms. Post Scholarship placement is not the responsibility of TIFAC.

Selection Procedure:
Selection will be through a written test and interview. Short listed candidates, meeting the eligibility criteria, will be called for the written test. A further short listing of the candidates will be done after the written test for the purpose of interview an such successful candidates will be informed. Written examination will be held in three centres, namely Delhi, Chennai and Pune simultaneously on the same date.

Similarly, interviews of short listed candidates will be held at these centres. Each candidate must indicate her preference for the center in her application.
Visit http://www.dst.gov.in/scientific-programme/wos-ppts/WOS-C.pdf

Ms Sangeeta Nagar
Patent Facilitating Centre- TIFAC,
Department of Science and Technology
Vishwakarma Bhawan,
A Wing, 5th Floor,
New Delhi - 110 016.
Phone : 011- 26592802/26967458
Fax : 011-26863866
Email: s_nagar@tifac.org.in

Women Scientist Scholarships for Science students 2011 2012