HRDG recruitment in Young Scientist Awards in Delhi
Young Scientist Awards
Job Description
CSIR Young Scientist Awards conducts Human Resource Development Group (HRDG-CSIR)
The Awards are given annually in the following fields:i) Biological Sciences, ii) Chemical Sciences, iii) Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences,iv) Engineering Sciences v) Physical Sciences (including instrumentation).
Eligibility: Any scientist, engaged in research work in any of the CSIR laboratories/institutes, who is not more than 35 years of age, as reckoned on 26 September (CSIR Foundation Day) of the preceding year, is eligible for the Award.
Each award consists of a citation (signed by the Director General, CSIR and the Vice-President, CSIR), a cash prize of Rs.50000 (Rupees fifty thousand) and a plaque.
Awardees are entitled to a Special Honorarium : Rs 7500/- (Rupees seven thousand five hundred) per month till the age of 45 years. This incentive shall be admissible as long as the recipient remains in the service of CSIR. Research grant of Rs 25 lakh (Rupees twenty five lakh) over a period of five years, is also given, which is normally to the tune of Rs 5 lakh per annum per CSIR Young Scientist Awardee.
Purpose: Promoting excellence and recognising outstanding contributions made by the young CSIR scientists for their work done primarily in India during the last five years preceding the year of the Award.
Selection Procedure: Each nominee is required to make a brief presentation (15 minutes) about his/her research work before the concerned Advisory Committee. This may be followed by 5 minutes question-answer session / discussion.
Age: 35 years as on 26th September 2015.
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About Company
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India, a premier national R&D organisation, is among the world's largest publicly funded R&D organisation. CSIR's pioneering sustained contribution to S&T human resource development is acclaimed nationally. Human Resource Development Group (HRDG), a division of CSIR realises this objective through various grants, fellowship schemes etc.
