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Scholarships For Pursuing Doctoral Programme In Mathematics for the Academic Year 2008-09 National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) |
Government Of India Eligibility: Applicants must be motivated B.A./B.Sc./B.Tech./B.E./M.A./M.Sc. degree holders or final year students of these degree courses. They must have a good academic record (1st Class or equivalent grade in all years from +2 level to the present. B.Sc (Honors) students with second class will be admitted for the test. The Scholarship: Successful candidates will be eligible to receive a scholarship amount of Rs. 8,000/- (Rs Eight thousand only) per month, a contingency grant of Rs. 5000/- (Rs. Five thousand only) per year and house rent allowance as per central government norms wherever applicable (steps are under way for upward revision of the scholarship amount). The scholarships are for a total period of five years, sanctioned for one year at a time and renewable at the end of the year, subject to satisfactory progress. An enhanced amount of scholarship may be offered after evaluation by the board at the end of the second year. To avail of the scholarship the students have to enroll in an appropriate institution for a Ph.D. degree in mathematics. The scholarship will be paid through the institution they join. Selection Procedure: The written test will be based on questions in topics normally covered in Master’s degree programmes in mathematics. The test will be for two and half hours and involve questions with short answers. Some details about the structure of the test and some sample questions will be sent with the call letters and will also be available on the NBHM web page (URL given at the top). Selection will be made on the basis of a written test followed by interview of short-listed candidates. The written test will be held on Saturday, February 2, 2008. Important Note: The candidates who wish to be considered for Ph. D. programmes in mathematics in the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai and the Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad are required to appear for this written test. For details visit http://www.imsc.res.in and http://www.mri.ernet.in How to Apply: Applications on plain paper should be made in the format given at the end of the advertisement and should be sent in duplicate along with a recent passport size photograph attached to each copy and a self-addressed envelope, affixed with a Rs.5/- postage stamp, to the address as given below for the appropriate zone in which the candidate wishes to appear for the written test. The envelope containing the application should be superscribed, “NBHM Ph. D. Scholarship”. Applications should NOT be sent to the NBHM office. A candidate may send separate applications independently to more than one zone. However, in general, applications will not be transferred from one zone to another. Names of two centres from the respective zone must be clearly indicated giving the order of preference. A centre of candidate’s choice will be allotted, as far as possible. If necessary, the zonal coordinator may some times allot some other centre close to the indicated alternatives. Important Dates: December 14, 2007: Last date for receiving applications. January 12, 2008: The applicant should contact the zonal coordinator to whom the application was sent, if he/she does not receive a communication about the test (or hall-ticket) by this date. January 22, 2008: The applicant must contact the centre suggested by the zonal coordinator if the applicant does not receive a hall ticket by this date. February 2, 2008: Date of Written Test. This admission announcement information was furnished by Sanasam Sarat Singh (PhD scholar from Panjab University) - saratcha32(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk . This announcement was posted on November 29th, 2007 . |
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