Fund for Cooperation and Knowledge

Fund for Cooperation and Knowledge: Fund for Cooperation and Knowledge – VIII edition – academic year 2017-2018

The new call in online!

The Fund is intended to provide scholarships to students from Developing Countries, who wish to study one year at the University of Pavia, and to UNIPV students who would like to spend some months in a Developing Country for studying, researching and/or training. The Fund and the selection of the students are managed by a Committee composed by students, professors and officers of the University of Pavia.
The Committee will select – among the applicants – the students who will receive a scholarship for the Academic Year 2017-2018. There is a call for applications currently opened to candidates from Developing Countries.

APPLICATION
Interested candidates must submit an application (available on the website of UNIVP
http://www.unipv.eu/site/en/home/fees-and-funding/fund-for-cooperation-and-knowledge.html) which has to include:
1. a complete application form (completed in all its parts): it must be filled in English using the
computer; then it has to be printed, signed, completed with a passport-size picture, and
scanned; candidates must indicate a Skype contact;
2. a motivation letter written in English;
3. a transcript of records in English or translated into Italian by an accredited Italian authority;
4. a recent letter of reference (written in English after the 1st May 2017) hand signed by a
university professor and dated;
5. a curriculum vitae in English (European format: available on this Web page);
6. a recent health certificate (issued after the 1st May 2017 in English or translated into Italian
by an accredited Italian authority) attesting that the applicant is in good health conditions
and is not suffering from physical or mental illnesses;
7. a photocopy of a valid passport (or of a valid identification document, ID) of the applicant.
AVAILABLE COURSES
Applicants may select only a master course degree taught in English, selected among those listed below:

• Electronic Engineering
• Industrial Automation Engineering
• Economics, Finance and International Integration
• International Business and Entrepreneurship
• Molecular Biology and Genetics
• World Politics and International Relations

The deadline is 12.00 pm (Italian time) of the 12 June 2017.

Work schedule:
– May 2017: opening of the call for applications;
– May/June 2017: collection of the applications;
– June 2017: selection of the winning student;
– June 2017: defining the program of the selected student;
– September 2017: the Program starts;
– A.Y. 2017-2018: carrying out of the Program;
– July 2018: the first part of the Program ends.

For further information, read the FAQ or ask by email to fund.cooperation@unipv.it (due to the high number of questions received everyday by email, only those which cannot be answered by reading very carefully the call for applications and the FAQs will get a reply).

Eligible Countries:  Afghanistan, India,Sri Lanka,Bangladesh,Bhutan, Nepal,PakistanGuinea, Rwanda, Benin, Guinea-Bissau Senegal, Burkina Faso, Haiti , Sierra Leone, Burundi, Korea Dem. People’s Rep., Somalia, Central African Republic, Liberia, South Sudan, Chad, Madagascar, Tanzania, Comoros, Malawi, Togo, Congo Dem. Rep, Mali, Uganda, Eritrea, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia,  Gambia, The Niger, Armenia, Kiribati, Solomon Islands,  Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Sudan, Bolivia, Lao PDR, Swaziland, Cabo Verde, Lesotho, Syrian Arab Republic, Cambodia, Mauritania, Tajikistan, Cameroon, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Timor-Leste Congo, Rep. Moldova, Tonga, Côte d’Ivoire, Mongolia, Tunisia, Djibouti, Morocco, Ukraine, Egypt Arab Rep., Myanmar, Uzbekistan, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Vanuatu, Ghana, Nigeria, Vietnam, Guatemala, , West Bank and Gaza, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Yemen Rep.,  Philippines, Zambia, Indonesia, Samoa, Kenya, São Tomé and Principe.

For more information visit: http://www.unipv.eu/site/en/home/fees-and-funding/fund-for-cooperation-and-knowledge.html

Sanskriti – Kalakriti Fellowship for Dance

Sanskriti – Kalakriti Fellowship for Dance

The Sanskriti Pratishthan invites applications for its annual Sanskriti – Kalakriti Fellowship in Performing Arts from young performing artists who wish to contribute towards enriching their respective art form. The scheme will be managed by the Sanskriti Pratishthan, which has been giving similar awards over the past 25 years.

Eligibility
The Fellowship is only open to Indian Nationals in the age group of 25 to 40.

While this fellowship specially encourages women applicants, all proposals that further the
objectives of the program are welcome. The candidate should have at least ten years of initial training in Indian classical dance. The fellow would be required to have given at least 2 ­3 solo performances to his/her credit in recognized forums.

The candidate will be required to take guidance from another senior guru and enhance the existing style. It would be a residency programme for a period of three months, which can be spread over the period of ten months. This will require the candidate to take consent from her current guru and the guru he/she would want to go to.

Objective
The purpose of the Fellowship is to encourage young artists to develop their potential and enhance their skills through intensive practice and or incorporating different facets of their art.

Terms
The duration of the Fellowship will be ten months. The grant of Rs. 50,000 will be given in two installments. The first installment of Rs 25,000/- will be given at the commencement of the fellowship programme and a short mid-term progress report will be required.

The second installment will be given after the submission of your complete project report
when the fellow may be requested to give a dance recital.

Agreement
The applicant will have to sign an agreement with Sanskriti Pratishthan pertaining to a
regular flow of work during the Fellowship period. The candidate should not be holding another Fellowship or working on any other project at the same time.

All candidates should mail their CV and a short synopsis of their project proposal to the
head office address.

How to apply
Candidates should send their two ­ page CV and a write up of approximately 500 words explaining their project. Full postal and telephonic contact details together with any E-mail id should be submitted to facilitate contact. Few samples of previous work, project or performances should be submitted. The names and contact addresses/telephones of two referees should also be sent.

The application should bear the title ‘Sanskriti – Kalakriti Fellowship’ on the envelope when sent by post and in subject line if sent through email on fellowships@sanskritifoundation.org

Applications are accepted round the year for the next year’s fellowship.

For further information visit

http://www.sanskritifoundation.org/Kalakriti-Fellowship.htm

International Scholarship Programme

The 2016-2017 International Scholarship Programme application cycle is now open. Application forms can be obtained from the Aga Khan Foundation or Aga Khan Education Service/Board office in the applicant’s country of current residence.

Before contacting the AKDN, please read the information below. Addresses and contact information are available under Application Procedures. In case you are looking for information about scholarships for your further studies, this list of scholarship links may be helpful.

The Aga Khan Foundation provides a limited number of scholarships each year for postgraduate studies to outstanding students from select developing countries who have no other means of financing their studies, in order to develop effective scholars and leaders and to prepare them for employment, primarily within the AKDN. Scholarships are awarded on a 50% grant : 50% loan basis through a competitive application process once a year in June or July. The Foundation gives priority to requests for Master’s level courses but is willing to consider applications for PhD programmes, only in the case of outstanding students who are highly recommended for doctoral studies by their professors and who need a PhD for the fulfilment of their career objectives (academic or research oriented).

Applications for short-term courses are not considered; neither are applications from students who have already started their course of study.

Eligibility

Geographic Scope
The Foundation accepts applications from nationals of the following countries: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Madagascar and Mozambique. In France, Portugal, UK, USA and Canada, applications are accepted from those who are originally from one of the above developing countries, are interested in development-related studies and who have no other means of financing their education.

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10. What are the core principles of the Fellowship?
The Fellowship is inspired from the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi. Two core principles which are at the foundation of the Fellowship are – Firstly, “Be the change you wish to see in the world”. Whereby Fellows are encouraged to cause any external change by changing themselves first. And secondly, he also believed in the process of action and reflection, and used reflection as a major tool for personal and then societal change. Similarly reflection is an integral part of the two year journey of the Fellowship. Fellows are supported and encouraged to reflect everyday and they go through the continual cycle of action and reflection as a part of everyday life in the Fellowship.

11. Why is the Fellowship Program run for 23 months and not one or three years?
The Fellowship is not designed for one year because we believe that developing effective leadership skills takes time and cannot be compressed in a twelve month schedule. The Fellowship believes that in the 23 months journey, a fellow has to gain 7 basic competencies which require a dedicated period of time.

12. Do Fellows get holidays?
Yes. Holidays for the entire Fellowship batch are scheduled to fit in with the school calendar. There is a break of approximately 1 week scheduled to coincide with Diwali and another 1 week break during the school summer holidays. Because almost all activities during the 2-year program are group activities, Fellows are discouraged from taking breaks apart from those which are scheduled for the group as a whole.

13. Can anyone leave the Fellowship after one year or be asked to leave mid-way?
There is no bond and one has the freedom to leave. However, Fellowship is a commitment and is meant for those who are serious about creating change. We want serious people who see value in the two years and not those who will drop out prematurely due to family pressures, marriage plans, and fancy pay package of their friends or a university education. Sometimes the organization also asks some fellows to leave who fail to show progress and meet up to the expectation of the Fellowship even after a warning and certain time frame to bounce back and show progress has been given to them. The Fellowship has its own assessment system and can ask people to leave who fail to show the rigour and excellence required to cause any social impact.

Additionally, refer to Answer 8 about stipend payment.

14. Can I stay at home and join the fellowship since I am already in Surat/Rajasthan/Mumbai?
No. GFP is a residential programme. Since the programme is all about developing competencies so staying in office accommodation and sharing knowledge with other fellows is necessary.

15. If I have social change idea and want to start social enterprise post fellowship then how will the organisation support me?
You will be supported via ‘Social Incubation & Enterprises Program’. This program supports aspiring social entrepreneurs through special idea incubation, business mentor-ship and start-up funding support up to Rs 20 lakh after Fellowship graduation.

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Gandhi Fellowship Programme

1. What is Gandhi Fellowship?
Gandhi Fellowship is an intensive 2-year residential program that helps talented young people develop the leadership skills essential to cause disproportionate positive change in society. The Fellowship challenges these young people to support and partner primary school headmasters to transform their schools to achieve the desired educational outcomes. In the process, Fellows discover their definite goals in life and how to go about converting their ideas and dreams into reality.

2. What exactly happens during the Fellowship?
During the 2 years of the Fellowship, the fellows are assigned 5 schools each. The fellows have to bring about a significant transformation in these schools. The 2 years are divided into four semesters. The program starts with an induction and immersion into the school and village context. And with each semester, the fellows get deeper into the challenges of the school and resolve them successfully. These 2 years have been interspersed with daily peer reviews, expert reviews, personal reflection workshops, field visits to social organizations, vipassana meditation retreats, reflective reading, community immersions etc., which help the fellows evolve and develop critical leadership skills.

3. What do fellows exactly do in schools?
Their major role is to strategically help the HMs build their capacity as a leader, overcome challenges and improve the quality of learning. They support the HM in everything relating to the school development plan – organizing an ideal morning assembly, increasing student enrolment, improving the mid-day meal system, organizing School Monitoring Committee (SMC), mobilizing community participation and collaboration with their fellow teachers.

4. How will the fellows benefit from the Fellowship program?
By working on a social change problem, the fellows understand change leadership at the generic level, a system design thinking process that they can apply to any social problem they want to solve. The Fellowship is designed to help the fellows develop the following seven competencies – Self Awareness, Collaborative Work, Excellence, Influence without Authority, Articulation of Values, Risk Taking and Articulation of Private Dream.

5. What do Fellows do after two years?
During the two years, Fellows are supported define their private dream and are equipped with the skills to pursue it after the 2 years. There is a placement cell in the Fellowship which helps in finding jobs if necessary (aligned to their Private Dreams), but fellows are expected to be independent and find their own way in pursuing their dream – which is the very idea of the Fellowship.

6. Why was this Fellowship program created?
India today faces a serious leadership crisis in every domain. The top minds of the top colleges in our country are busy running after personal success rather than even thinking about the society. The Fellowship feels the need to guide talented youth to actively engage with solving the myriad problems plaguing the country today. So, the Fellowship was created with the intent to get the best students in the country to run through a two year curriculum which we believe will help them become the next generation of nation builders.

7. When was the Fellowship started and how many have participated in it so far?
The Fellowship started in 2008 with 11 fellows in the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. In 2009, the Fellowship program expanded to Ahmedabad with a batch of 23 fellows and in 2010 it further expanded to Mumbai with the third batch of 36 fellows. The fourth batch had a strength of 123 fellows and in 2012, 163 students have joined the Fellowship. 104, 178 and 173 fellows joined from 2013 to 2015. It has been steadily growing in popularity and graduates from the top colleges in the country have participated in this.

8. What kind of support will the fellows get during the 2-year period?
A unique grant system encapsulates the philosophy of encouraging and supporting youth to take risks and build entrepreneurial skills. Gandhi fellowship provides: an all-inclusive monthly grant of Rs.14,000 (taxable), a fixed monthly phone allowance of Rs.600 (taxable) and rent-free accommodation, transport and other allowances as applicable based on the need to support the fruition of ideas of youth post fellowship, basic grant of Rs 14,000 is divided into:

basic monthly sustenance grant of Rs. 7000 (pre-tax) and
interest-free reserve amount of Rs 161000 cumulated from the remaining Rs. 7000
The cumulative reserve amount will be paid at the end of the Term and successful completion of the Fellowship after the period of 23 months. This cumulative grant supports Gandhi Fellowship graduates to kick start their choices of a social enterprise individually or collaboratively with other Fellows, International learning exposure or specialized higher studies in line with their aspirations.

Additionally, please read Question 15.

9. Who is behind this Fellowship program?
The Fellowship is an initiative of Kaivalya Education Foundation (KEF) & Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership (PFEL), the not-for-profit companies that designs and runs innovative leadership development programmes with respect to the social sector. KEF & PFEL are led by a professional and experienced management team and given strategic direction by an eminent management board, whose members are: Mr Ajay G. Piramal – Chairman of Piramal Healthcare, Mr Narayanan Vaghul – Chairman of ICICI Bank, Debashish Mitter – leads the Michael and Susan Dell foundation’s strategy and Mr Aditya Natraj – Founder Director of KEF and previously a corporate finance consultant with KPMG.

The Fellowship is funded by Piramal Foundation, UNICEF, USAID and Michael and Susan Dell foundation. To honor the invaluable contribution made by Mr. Ajay Piramal the Fellowship is called Piramal Fellowship in Rajasthan.

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Radhaballav (Junior) Mahavidyalaya, Bairipur

Radhaballav (Junior) Mahavidyalaya, Bairipur

Contact

The Principal

Radhaballav (Junior) Mahavidyalaya, Bairipur

Gop, Puri district

M: 8018997281, 9853609524, 9861731932

Email:swainsuratkumar@gmail.com

Ghadai Residential Junior Science College, Malkangiri

Ghadai Residential Junior Science College, Malkangiri

Contact

The Principal

Ghadai Residential Junior Science College, Malkangiri

M: 9777999095, 9439509926, 9437747030

Email:grjsc.mkg@gmail.com

 

(Junior) Biju Patnaik College of Education, Govindapali

(Junior) Biju Patnaik College of Education, Govindapali

Contact

(Junior) Biju Patnaik College of Education, Govindapali

Khairput, Malkanagiri district

M: 9437955672, 8457970774, 9178988910

Email:bosesujit1966@gmail.com

S.S. Asharamji Bapu (Junior) Mahavidyalaya, Kotogarh

S.S. Asharamji Bapu (Junior) Mahavidyalaya, Kotogarh

Contact

The Princial

S.S. Asharamji Bapu (Junior) Mahavidyalaya, Kotogar

Kandhamal district

M: 9438523121, 8763274622, 9439555042

Email:nbpaikprincipal@gmail.com