Applications have been invited by the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) and Department of Science & Technology (DST) Government of India from women scientists, under the Women Scientist Scholarship Scheme (WOS-C), a scheme of Government of India for women scientists, operated by the Department of Science & Technology (DST).
The scheme aims to train women having qualifications in Science/Engineering/Medicine or allied areas in the area of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and their management, for a period of one year, with the objective of retaining the scientific talent of Indian women seeking scientific pursuits and encouraging women to work from their homes, enabling them to draw a good balance between professional and domestic demands.
Selection of candidates will be through an all India written examination and interview. The written test will be conducted at Chennai, New Delhi, Kolkata and Pune under the supervision of respective Coordination Centres. Interview of successful candidates in the written test will be held at these centres. Selected candidates will be given stipend for one year. Training will include one month of intensive orientation programme on IPR followed by specialized workshops and hands-on-training in agencies engaged in practicing of IPR. Hands-on-training would be provided at partner agencies of the scheme such as law firms, Knowledge Processing Organisations (KPOs), Companies and government agencies. The period of hands-on-training would be about 10 months.
The scholarship will be admissible for a period of one year and the amount of scholarship will be Rs. 12,500/- per month for candidates having MSc/BTech/MBBS/BPharma or equivalent qualification and Rs.17,500 per month for PhD/ MTech/ MPharma/ MVSc/ MS/MD or equivalent. Application must be sent in the format given at www.tifac.org.in/images/pdf/wosformat1109.pdf
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