APPCB Research Fellowship Scheme 2018 – Applications Invited
Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) Research Fellowship Scheme 2018 – Applications Invited. APPCB Research Fellowship Scheme 2018 notification has been released. Interested and eligible candidates can check out all of the details on the same below:
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Introduction:
The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB), driven by the vision to foster
economic growth with efficient environmental management proposes to introduce a
scheme for financial support to postgraduate students for doing PhD in the field of
environmental Science and Engineering. These candidates can obtain knowledge,
co‐operation, guidance or orientation on various subjects related to technical, scientific,
legal, etc on environment problems with the help of experienced
Professors/Researchers. The Board has, therefore, decided to launch a scheme to
encourage such candidates undertaking Research and Development in the field of
environment relevant to the state of Andhra Pradesh through PhD with board financial
assistance.
Objective:
The objective of this program is to acquire benefit of research for the Board, and
betterment of the State through the students exploring in the environmental field. In this
regard, the APPCB- PhD Fellowship will identify motivated young talented researchers
and
and Engineering.
Eligibility:
The applicant should be an Indian citizen and hold a master’s degree in
Science/Engineering from a recognized University. The applicant should have qualified
UGC -NET or GATE or APSLET. The upper age limit for the fellowship is 25 years at the
time of the submission of application. Age relaxation of 5 years will be given to
candidates belonging to SC/ST and 3 years for OBC/Physically Challenged & Women
candidates.
Nature & Duration of Support:
The fellowship is tenable only in AP and in common capital Hyderabad and can be
implemented in any of the government academic institutions, institutes of national
importance and other recognized government R & D institutions located in the state of
Andhra Pradesh or National Research Organizations/ Institutions located in common
capital Hyderabad. The host institution should provide the necessary administrative and
infrastructural support. The fellowship is purely a temporary assignment and is tenable
initially for a period of 3 years. In exceptional cases, depending on the progress of
research, the fellowship can be extended for 6 months. There is no provision to extend
the tenure beyond three years except in exceptional cases.
Fellowship Details:
The fellows will be entitled to receive the grants as given below:
- Fellowship: As per rules of JRF prescribed by Department of Science and
Technology, CSIR, Government of India (Rs. 25,000/- +HRA per month for first two
years and Rs. 28,000/- +HRA per month for the third year). - Contingency Grant Rs. 25,000/- per annum
Contingency grant can be used for consumables, typing, stationery, photography,
training, visits, participating in conferences within or outside the State. The fellows are
not eligible to receive any other fellowship from any Government or Non-Governmental
source during the tenure of the fellowship. However, they are eligible to receive any cash
awards in the form of honorarium during the course of study in recognition of their
research work.
General rules and Conditions:
- The selected candidate under the aforesaid Scheme shall furnish the Bond for 3
(three) years working on the subject preferred. The amount of this Bond shall be
equal to the sum of four months’ financial assistance. - The fellows must seek the consent of APPCB if he/she intends to be away from
the implementing institute (except for field work related to the project)
continuously for a period of more than four weeks. - APPCB will facilitate and coordinate with industry in any part of the AP if the
selected research scholars are interested in finding out a solution for long-term
environmental issues confronted by industry. - APPCB is having state of art infrastructure laboratories at their regional and zonal
offices across AP and research scholars can use these facilities as per their work
requirement. APPCB may also depute research scholars for shorted period of
two to three weeks to different industries to diagnose critical environmental
problems encountered by the industry and costs involved these assignments
would be borne by APPCB. - APPCB shall hold (absolute legal) rights over each information/data (acquired,
derived, obtained, analyzed, generated, etc) as well as on the entire research
made by the Candidate. The candidate can publish the information/data after
taking due approval from the Member Secretary, AP Pollution Control Board. - The selected candidate shall have no right or claim for permanent or temporary
service in the Board, on completion of 3 years task assigned under this scheme. - The selected candidate shall furnish a progress report on the functions carried
out at least during a twice in a year to the Research Advisory Committee and/or
to the Member Secretary of the Board through his/her controlling officer. - The selected candidate shall maintain cordial and considerate relations with
officers/employee of the Board. If during the implementation period of the
scheme at any level, competency of the candidate is observed poor or found
misbehaving, the Member Secretary is authorized to stop the financial assistance
to such candidate after consultation with research supervisor. - Subjects shall be related to the Control/reduction of Industrial Pollution,
reduction of Urban Pollution, Technology substitutes used for Pollution reduction,
treatment technology, safe disposal of pollution, remediation of contaminated
site, new or innovative material, process, technology etc. for better or improved
treatment to prevent or reduce pollution.
Selection & Mode of Application:
The application form along with detailed CV of the candidate, certificate from the guide
(Annexure-II) and format for guide (Annexure-III) should be submitted to the Member
Secretary, APPCB.
The applicant must identify a suitable Mentor under whom the proposed research would
be carried out.
The selection will be based on the recommendations of an Expert Committee that will be
constituted by the APPCB. If required, the applicants may be called for personal
interview.
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