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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Women Scientist Scholarship Scheme (WOS-C), India

Overview

If you have a hunger to deal with latest scientific and technological inventions, this advertisement may be for you.

A scheme of Government of India for the women scientists, “Women Scientists Scholarship Scheme (WOS-C)” is being 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. Government is interested in retaining the scientific talent of Indian women seeking scientific pursuits and keen to encourage women to work from their homes and enabling them to draw a good balance between professional and domestic demands. The scheme is being coordinated and implemented by Patent Facilitating Centre (PFC) of Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) on behalf of DST.

The selection of the candidates is done by an all India level written test followed by a rigorous interview. Selected candidates will be given stipend for one year. Training will include one month of an intensive orientation programme on IPR followed by specialized workshops and hands-on-training in agencies engaged in IPR protection and management.


SCHOLARSHIP

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.

LONG TERM OBJECTIVES

1. Empower talented and skilled women who have studied science, engineering, medicine and allied areas to contribute effectively in the advancement of science and technology in the country.
2. Develop a pool of women scientists geared up in creating, protecting and managing intellectual property in India.

SHORT TERM OBJECTIVES

1. Train talented and meritorious women, who have studied science, engineering, medicine and allied areas, in laws related to protection of intellectual property (IP), management of IPR, determination of novelty and originality of IP, ascertaining patentability of an invention, searches of databases related to patents and allied databases and other aspects of IPR; enabling them to seek specialized employment or be self employed.
2. Develop a core of professionals for preparing specialized reports based on IPR such as technology scan and freedom to operate reports.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Essential

A candidate should be:

1. An Indian citizen.
2. Master of Science in physical sciences, chemical sciences, life sciences or allied areas; or Bachelor or Master degree holder in engineering, medicine, pharmaceutical science, veterinary science or allied areas or doctorate in any of the above areas. Candidates with higher qualifications are welcome to apply.
3. Familiar with handling of computerized databases, surfing the net and information searches.
4. A candidate should not be more than 50 years of age on the date of advertisement in the Employment News on October 31, 2010. Desirable Experience in research, preparation of project reports, term papers and similar activities.

COORDINATION CENTRES

PFC is the nodal office having the overall responsibility of implementing the scheme throughout the country including training of selected candidates. It has set up three coordination centres, namely, Centre for International Cooperation in Science (CICS), Chennai; Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur and Unit for Research & Development of Information Products (URDIP), Pune for facilitating training of candidates.

HANDS-ON-TRAINING

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.

SELECTION PROCEDURE

Selection will be through an all India written examination and interview. The written test will be conducted in four cities namely, Delhi, Chennai, Kharagpur and Pune under the supervision of PFC and respective coordination centres. Similarly, interview of successful candidates in the written test will be held at these centres.

HOW TO APPLY

1. Application must be sent in the format given at the end of the advertisement. The application must be complete in all aspects. Incomplete applications will be rejected.
2. No column should be left blank. Write ‘not applicable/nil’ if no details are available.
3. The declaration at the end of the application must be signed. Unsigned
applications will be rejected. 4. Affix a recent self attested photograph in the space provided.
5. Applications sent through e-mail or fax will not be accepted.
6. Choose only one coordination centre for the written test and interview. The chosen centre will be responsible for arranging your hands-ontraining in consultation with PFC.

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS

The application must reach the coordination centre opted for by December 20, 2010.

DELHI CENTRE

Director

Patent Facilitating Centre (PFC)
Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council (TIFAC)
Vishwakarma Bhavan, A-Wing, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg
New Delhi-110016
Tel : 011 42525802, 42525815, 42525803
E-mail: s_nagar@tifac.org.in

Source: http://www.dst.gov.in/whats_new/whats_new10/wos-c_scheme.pdf


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1 comments:

snore stop on November 23, 2010 at 8:41 PM said...

This post is great,the scheme is very useful to womens in India.In this scheme they get more training and qualifications.Thanks.


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