Applications Invited for MK Bhan Young Researcher Fellowship Programme

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About the Organization

The remarkable march of India into the world of bio-sciences and technological advances began in 1986. That year, the then Prime Minister of the country, late Rajiv Gandhi accepted the vision that unless India created a separate Department for Biotechnology, within the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India the country would not progress to the desired extent. This was because many of our macro-economic issues of growth were subsumed within that science’s development.

That decision has made India one of the first countries to have a separate department for this stream of science and technology. However the initiation of deliberations to establish the department started much earlier In 1982, after detailed deliberations with the scientific community, and on the basis of recommendations by the then Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet, a National Biotechnology Board (NBTB) was constituted by the Government to identify priority areas and evolve long term perspective for Biotechnology in India. It was also responsible for fostering programme and strengthening indigenous capabilities in this newly emerging discipline.

About the Fellowship

The MK Bhan: Young Researcher Fellowship Programme with an aim to encourage young bright researchers to continue their research in the country after Ph.D. The scheme is to offer an independent research grant to young Post-Doctoral Fellows, so as to enable them to emerge as future leaders and take up cutting edge research focused on issues of national relevance. This fellowship will be awarded for Research work to be carried out at DBT-Autonomous Institutes only.

Eligibility

• The applicant should be Indian National and possess a Ph.D. in any branch of Life Sciences/Biotechnology/allied areas.
• Applicant should not be holding a permanent position in any institute/university.
• The applicant should have an excellent track record as evident by peer reviewed publications, technologies developed, patent (if any). Those who have submitted their Ph.D. are also eligible to apply; however, fellowship can be implemented only after award of the degree. Applicant should not take-up fellowship at the Institute where he/she has done his/her Ph.D.
• Each applicant must identify a host institute and a mentor.
• The upper age limit will be 35 years as on the closing date of the submission of the application.

How to Apply

Application should be submitted mandatorily online through the Common Fellowship Portal https://www.fellowships.gov.in/

End Date of Application : 16th March 2025 (within 60 days of advertisement)

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