Vaibhav Fellowship aims at collaboration between best of Diaspora Minds with Domestic Minds to deliver world class projects and Products: Dr Jitendra Singh

Vaibhav Fellowship aims at collaboration between best of Diaspora Minds with Domestic Minds to deliver world class projects and Products: Dr Jitendra Singh

Dr Jitendra Singh today launched VAIBHAV Fellowshipscheme for the Indian Diaspora abroad.

Speaking at an event at Vigyan Bhavan, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the Vaibhav Fellowship  aims at improving the research ecosystem of India’s Higher Educational Institutions by facilitating academic and research collaborations between Indian Institutions and the best institutions in the world through mobility of faculty/researcher from overseas institutions to India. He said, the best of Diaspora minds will collaborate with domestic Minds to deliver world class projects and products.

The Minister said, the applicant should be Non-Resident Indian (NRI), Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) or Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) and she or he must have obtained Ph.D/M.D/M.S degree from a recognized University. Moreover, the applicant must be a researcher engaged in an overseas academic / research / industrial organization with a proven track record of research & development and plan to work for a minimum of 1 month to a maximum of 2 months a year in a research institution / academic institution in India.