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Cyber Security Fellowship

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The Chevening Cyber Security Fellowship is aimed at mid-career professionals with demonstrable leadership potential in the field of cyber security or cyber policy in India.

This programme provides fellows with an understanding of policy and legislative approaches in cyber security and its implications for national security, commercial opportunity, crime prevention, and the right to privacy.

The programme is funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

About the fellowship programme

The Chevening Cyber Security Fellowship is a 12-week fully funded residential programme delivered at Cranfield University at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.

The programme will focus on:

  • Cyber threats, including: the threat landscape, threat and risk assessment, the implications for national security, and the relevance of internet governance structures; and the protection of critical national infrastructure;
  • The economics of online business,  cyber security consumer awareness and consumer protection, technology adoption challenges, the relevance of open source, and effective technology adoption by consumers;
  • Cyber-crime and Internet law, including the economic impact of cyber-crime, domestic and international approaches to countering cyber-crime, Internet law, law enforcement concerns, privacy concerns, the use and abuse of social media, and accountability in cyberspace;
  • Relevant issues and challenges particular to the UK and India.

The programme will commence in March 2017.

What does this fellowship include?

Each fellowship includes:

  • Full programme fees
  • Living expenses for the duration of the fellowship
  • Return economy flight from India to the UK

Who is eligible?

To be eligible for a Chevening Cyber Security Fellowship, you must:

  • Be a citizen of India and currently live in the country. You must not hold British nationality.
  • Have at least seven years’ relevant work experience prior to applying.
  • Have significant work experience in cyber security or cyber policy issues, either as a policy formulator, commentator, or academic.
  • Have an excellent academic background in science, engineering or technology, or considerable experience of working in such fields and good working knowledge of English to be assessed by qualified English language assessor.
  • Have a postgraduate level qualification (or equivalent professional training or experience in a relevant area) at the time of application.
  • Agree to adhere to all relevant guidelines and expectations for the programme.

How to apply?

Applications for this fellowship award will open from 15 August to 30 September 2016.

For further information visit: http://www.chevening.org/programme/cyber-security

SOAS Charles Wallace India Fellowship

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SOAS Charles Wallace India Fellowship, 2016-2017

Who is the fellowship for:One fellowship is awarded annually by the SOAS South Asia Institute (SSAI) and the Charles Wallace India Trust to a scholar who has had no, or little opportunity, to conduct research outside India. The 3 month placement at SOAS, University of London should be taken predominantly during term-time (January–May).

Who is eligible?:Applicants must be Indian nationals and be residing in India at the time the application is submitted.

Applicants must have completed a PhD and must be working in the fields of ‘India Studies’ (Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences) which are supported at SOAS. For a list of subjects please check the Taught Masters programmes on the SOAS website. Applicants may not hold the Fellowship for the purpose of, or in conjunction with, enrolment in any Higher Educational Institution in the United Kingdom (including SOAS).

Applicants must be in the early to middle stage of their academic careers.

Candidates must demonstrate sufficient English language ability, both written and spoken, to participate in discussions and use resource materials.

Applicants must state if they are in receipt of any other grant, or are awaiting results of other applications. Failure to do so may result in the fellowship being withdrawn.

The 3 month visiting Fellowship is intended:

To contribute actively to the Institute’s research environment;
To provide SSAI members and research students with the opportunity to work with leading academics from outside SOAS;
To develop and promote links with academic institutions in India; and
To offer academics from India the opportunity to collaborate in joint research with SSAI colleagues.
Visitor Contribution
Visitors are expected to give a talk in the Institute’s seminar series and take part in the general intellectual life of the School (e.g. active participation in seminars). They may also be asked to contribute to one or more of the following Institute’s activities:

Give a talk in a Departmental seminar series, or a paper in a conference;
Collaborate on a research project with a member, or members, of the Institute;
Provide an article for the Institute’s working papers series;
Develop a research proposal to apply for an external funding award through the Institute; and
Contribute to the SSAI’s network of contacts (academic, practitioner, policy-making and/or media).
Application Procedure
Closing date for applications: Friday, 26 August 2016

A complete application will comprise:

The application form duly filled in (including Section 12, list of your Publications and Section 16, a Description of your Proposed Research including an explanation of why SOAS in particular is an appropriate venue for you to pursue this research).
Two letters of recommendation.

All material must be submitted electronically and sent to ssai@soas.ac.uk

The School may wish to interview the top three shortlisted candidates via Skype. Further details will be sent to the shortlisted candidates after the closing date.

Notification of competition result: All applicants will be notified by e-mail regarding the outcome of their application, generally by the end of October 2016. Applicants who submit an ineligible or incomplete application will not be contacted.

The School is authorised to release the names of successful fellows and their research topics as it deems fit.

The four Charles Wallace trusts support a number of other fellowship schemes and aid for postgraduate students. You can find further information and guidance by visiting their website which will give you access to information on the individual trusts.

Download Application and Guidelines:file43206

For more information visit: http://www.soas.ac.uk/south-asia-institute/scholarships/fellowship/india/

The Scuola Normale Superiore PhD School

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Since its foundation in 1810, the Scuola Normale Superiore has built a reputation as one of the most successful universities – not only in Italy, but at an international level – in terms of offering to its students ideal conditions to train and develop skills in the field of scientific research.

Enrico Fermi is but one of its famous alumni that comprise three Nobel prize winners, Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Italian Republic and many successful scientists and professionals. The Academic Ranking of World Universities rates the School among the top five universities in the world, and the first in Europe according to the per capita performance.
The mission of Scuola Normale is to select the best students and provide them with the most favorable conditions to develop their talents. They will join researchers and the Normale academic staff to form a community characterized by a constant exchange of ideas, skills, and expertise through an open dialogue both in Pisa and in Florence, the SNS headquarters.

Students who choose to complete their education at the Scuola will find state-of-the-art facilities in the laboratories plus a unique combination of research groups, dedicated faculty, and one of the largest open-shelf libraries in Europe.

PhD Programmes
Classics
Cultures and Societies of Contemporary Europe
Financial Mathematics
Literature, Art and History in Medieval and Modern Europe
Mathematics
Methods and Models for Molecular Sciences
Nanosciences
Neurosciences
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science and Sociology

The Scuola Normale Superiore PhD School

All PhD programmes are open to both Italian citizens and students from outside Italy. They offer unique conditions for scientific growth. All students admitted to our PhD programmes receive full financial support. This includes tuition, fees, and a cost-of-living stipend. Support is provided to students who remain in good academic standing and make satisfactory progress towards their PhD degree. All students will be assigned further funding for their research activity and travel. Each PhD course offers scholarships reserved to students who graduated in non-Italian universities.

Applications are invited from candidates irrespective of their citizenship who:

will have completed an Italian laurea magistrale or equivalent degree from a non-Italian university within October 31, 2016
were born after October 31, 1986
Admissions are based on candidates’ academic work and interviews.
Application deadlines and process
All PhD courses will start from November 1, 2016. Interviews will be held on April for the spring session and on September for the autumn session. Application for admission must be made on line in the SNS website by 11:59 PM (CET) of the following dates:

March 15, 2016 for the spring session
August 30, 2016 for the autumn session
For each session, all applications received and registered on line after the stipulated date and time will be rejected whatever the cause of delay.

Applicants may contact the SNS Student Services offices for information at: phd@sns.it.

All personal data of candidates is protected under and will be handled in accordance with Italian law (no. 196 – June 30, 2003).
For more information visit: http://phd.sns.it/en/

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The Global Leaders Fellowship

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The Global Leaders Fellowship
Deadline: 5 February 2017 12:00 PM (NOON) EST

Students who have been admitted to the university will receive notification on a final decision for this fellowship by 7 April 2016.
Purpose

The Global Leaders Fellowship is for incoming graduate students (master’s and doctoral) at the George Washington University who will return to their countries of origin to apply skills learned through their formal education at the GW. The fellowship is intended for GW graduate students who will be future leaders in their fields in their home countries.

This fellowship is for students who have not studied or worked in the U.S. or other countries aside from their home country.

Current GW graduate students are not eligible for this fellowship.

Award

Three Global Leaders Fellowships, which will cover up to 18 credit hours will be awarded for 2016-17. The grantee is to provide funds from other sources for books, living, and other expenses, and must provide certification of this support. A Fellowship is renewable each year for a cumulative maximum of three years for Master’s candidates and up to five years for doctoral candidates. A grantee must submit renewal materials for the Fellowship each year; renewal is contingent upon the grantee’s grades (GPA of 3.0 or better). The Fellowship is valid for one degree only. Fellowships apply to the fall and spring semesters. Awards for the summer sessions are by petition only and subject to available funding.

Eligibility Requirements

Students holding or intending to apply for an F-1 visa (J-1 visa is eligible for Fulbright applicants only. Note that other visa types are not eligible.) and who are from the following countries or regions (chosen based on protocol arrangements and areas of the world underrepresented at GW) are eligible to apply.

China (PRC)
Cambodia
Eastern Europe
Laos
Latin America
The Caribbean
Mongolia
Sub-Saharan Africa
U.S.S.R. Successor States
Vietnam
Graduate students (master’s and doctoral) from Foggy Bottom on campus programs in the following schools are eligible:

College of Professional Studies
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Elliott School of International Affairs
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
School of Business (Executive Education program is not eligible)
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Please note that permanent residents, resident aliens and U.S. Citizens are not eligible for this fellowship. Applicants must have an F-1 (J-1 visa for Fulbright applicants only), no exceptions.

Fellowships are awarded to highly qualified incoming GW full-time graduate degree program seeking students who have gained admission to the University and whose program is on the main Foggy Bottom Campus. Students need to apply for admission separately through the online process. No Fellowship applicants will be considered who have not completed the admissions application, including payment of their application fee. Fellows may hold a F-1 visa (other visas are not eligible. J-1 visas are eligible for Fulbright applicants only). As part of the admissions process, applicants must have passed the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 600 on the paper-based exam or 100 on the internet based exam, or an IELTS overall band score of 7.5 (with no individual band below 6.0).

Application Procedures

Applicants must apply via the online submissions portal by the deadline. Instructions on how to apply through the portal can be found here.

Awards will not be announced until April 2017.
https://www.gwu.edu/~fellows/fellowships/global_leaders.html

The Netherlands Fellowship Programme

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The Netherlands Fellowship Programme:

NFP and MSP scholarships

NFP and MSP are scholarship programmes to help reduce the shortage of skilled workers or support democratic transition in specific countries.

The Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP)

The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) aim to help reduce the shortage of skilled workers in 50 countries:

The programmes are initiated and fully funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the budget for development cooperation.

The NFP individual fellowships are available for specific programmes which are either:

Short courses
Master’s degree programmes
PhD studies
The eligible programmes are all offered by Dutch higher education institutions. You can find the eligible courses be in our study programmes database at:

For eligible countries and also related documents visit

https://www.epnuffic.nl/en/scholarships/nfp-and-msp/nfp-and-msp#

Teach for India Fellowships-2

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STAGE II – THE THE PHONE INTERVIEW

After we have reviewed your application form and completed AMCAT test, we may have some additional questions for you. If so, you will be invited to attend a 30-minute phone interview with one of our team members. Here we will ask follow-up questions to gain further information that will be helpful in our evaluation.
STAGE III – THE ASSESSMENT CENTRE

If successful in your application, you will be invited to the final stage of our selection process – an in-person Assessment Centre. Here, you will teach a 5-minute lesson, take part in a group discussion and complete a short problem solving activity. You will also have an hour-long personal interview with one of our staff members. If you are based abroad and cannot attend one of our in-person Assessment Centres, we will conduct your interview and relevant activities over Skype.

Apply: http://apply.teachforindia.org/

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Teach For India Fellowships

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The Teach For India Fellowship program, is an opportunity for India’s brightest and most promising youth, from the nation’s best universities and workplaces, to serve as full-time teachers to children from low-income communities in some of the nation’s most under-resourced schools. Through this experience of teaching in classrooms and working with key education stakeholders like students, principals, and parents, our Fellows get exposed to the grassroot realities of India’s education system and begin to cultivate the knowledge, skills, and mindsets necessary to attain positions of leadership in education and identify their role in building a wider movement for educational equity in the country.

Our Fellows transform the life paths of children in their classroom, and in turn transform themselves towards leadership in educational equity.

Application Process

STAGE I – THE APPLICATION FORM AND ONLINE TEST

Applications for the 2017-2019 Fellowship will be open in July, 2016. If you have any questions about the Fellowship or the application process, please email apply@teachforindia.org and our recruitment team will be in touch to support you through the process.

The application form is an opportunity for us to get to know you. It can be as detailed as you want it to be. Through the application we will understand why you want to join Teach For India and why you would be a strong fit for the Fellowship.

Once you submit your application you will receive a link to a 1.5 hour online test (AMCAT) which focuses on logical reasoning and English language ability. This must be completed within 4 days from the date you submit your application form. Your application will not be complete until you complete the test.

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2016 scholarships for Special Programmes for International Students

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The Govemment of Mexico is inviting online applications from Indian national for’2016
scholarships for Special Programmes for International Students’ in the following categories:

‘ Visiting Professor, for specialists, researchers and academics from Higher Education
Institutions (HEI) or research centres aboard who have been invited by a Mexican HEI or
research centre to give special lectures, course workshops, seminars. Etc.

High-Level Conferences, for foreign academics, researchers and experts in order to hold
high-level conferences in HEI, research centres, social institutions and /or cultural centres
in Mexico.

Genaro Estrada Grant for Mexican Specialists, for researchers and experts with a wide
trajectory in research and publications in any topic relating to Mexico, in order to carry out
research in institutions of higher leaming, archives, libraries, research centres and./or
cultural centres in Mexico.

Fine Arts Fellowships, for artists with a probable trajectory in the discipline in which they
plan to carry out their fine arts project in Mexico.

Fellowships for Media Collaborators, for working professionals in print and electronic
media.
‘ Improving the Quality of Mexican Ilighcr tr)ducation Institutions, for education
specialists and intemational education administrators to give conferences, courses and
workshops and to exchange experiences and best practices with Mexican administrators
and others that contribute to improving the quality, intemationalization of Mexican public
higher education institutions.

2. The last date for submitting applications is 15.09.2016. The applicants are required to
submit their application directly through the Acadcmic cooperation Management System of
AMEXCID:  .https://sigca.sre.gob.mx/login

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Aditya Birla Group Scholarships-2

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The interviews will be conducted by an eminent panel of luminaries and academicians. Shortlisted students should carry all supporting documents such as copies of certificates, mark sheets, etc.

The interviews will be held in Mumbai for which the shortlisted candidates will be provided accommodation, travel reimbursement and a token allowance.

Please be advised that:

The performance of the Scholars will be monitored closely for the renewal of the Scholarship every year.

The Deans / Directors of IIMs, XLRI, IITs, BITS (Pilani) and law campuses have agreed to administer the monies. The Scholarship amount will be sent through a cheque directly to their office.

The Scholarships are valid for the course, subject to ongoing performance. As the Scholarship is announced only in September and given that students would have already paid their fees, the Institute will refund the amount paid.

The performance assessment criteria for the renewal of the scholarship
The Aditya Birla Scholar will be assessed on qualitative and quantitative parameters to judge his / her excellence on the academic and leadership front. This assessment will help determine the continuation of the disbursement of the Scholarship amount and the honour of continuing as “The Aditya Birla Scholar”.

The assessment will be done every year until the completion of the course.

The Assessment Criteria:
Assessment of certain scholastic standards being met

To belong to the top 25% of the batch population

Assessment of work done by the Scholar during the course of the programme

At least 60% of the assignments to have a rating of 7 on a 9 point scale
Assessment of participation in a minimum of two forums of campus
Assessment of learnings of the Scholar

A 250-word write-up on ‘Being an Aditya Birla Scholar – experience sharing’
This data for the performance measurement has to be submitted by the Scholar and certified by the academic Dean at the institute. The assessment will be done based on the overall performance in all areas. No single factor will be a major determinant.

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Aditya Birla Group Scholarships

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THE TIME TO RECOGNISE TOMORROW’S LEADERS IS TODAY
PRESENTING — THE ADITYA BIRLA GROUP SCHOLARSHIP

The Aditya Birla Group. Epitomising the philosophy of its legendary leader – the late Aditya Vikram Birla – one man who made a difference. Rooted in Indian values, yet global in vision. Rock solid in fundamentals. Nurturing a culture where success does not come in the way of the need to learning afresh, to keep innovating, to keep experimenting. Transcending the conventional barriers of business – working in 3,000 villages reaching out to 7 million people every year, because we care.

The Aditya Birla Scholarship Programme is the Group’s way of pursuing Mr. Aditya Vikram Birla’s ideals of spawning leaders with a passion to excel. Attained through fostering outstanding academic excellence and humane leadership values, in partnership with select IITs, BITS (Pilani), IIMs, XLRI and law campuses.

Instituted in 1999, the Aditya Birla Scholarships provide an excellent opportunity for Scholars to learn through networking with the country’s first truly global conglomerate. While there is no binding to join the Group after the completion of their course,
scholars are welcome to work with us should they qualify to do so.

Scholarship Package:
The Aditya Birla Scholarships cover a large part of academic fees as well as the hostel fees for the IITs / BITS stream and some part of the tuition fee for the management and law streams.
The scholarship amount for
IIMs / XLRI Rs. 1,75,000 per annum
IIT / BITS (Pilani): Rs 65,000 per annum
LAW Rs. 1,80,000 per annum or fees at actuals, whichever is lower

Eligibility:
Students from the following institutes can apply for the Scholarships:

IIMs – Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Indore, Khozikode, Shillong

XLRI – Jamshedpur

IITs (B.Tech) – Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Roorkee, Guwahati

BITS (Pilani) Campuses

LAW: National Law School of India University – Bangalore,
NALSAR University of Law – Hyderabad,
The WB National University of Juridical Sciences – Kolkata,
National Law University – Jodhpur

The top 20 students (in terms of their entrance exam ranking at the time of admission) are invited to apply through the Dean of the respective institutes

Application Procedure:
Students who are eligible are required to fill in the application form appended alongside and submit to the Dean.

Selection Procedure:
The Scholarships entail the following process:

The applicants: 160 students from the IIMs and XLRI, 160 students from the IITs and BITS (Pilani) and 80 students from law campuses will be evaluated on the basis of the information given in the application form.

The students’ overall achievements spanning academic and co-curricular excellence will be assessed to select him/her for the next round.

Essays written by these students will then be reviewed by a panel to shortlist candidates for the final round.

Shortlisted students will be invited for an interview which will determine the best 16 students each from – engineering and management and 8 from law who will be named Aditya Birla Scholars.

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