National Award for Women’s Development: Science & Technology 883 views

The Department of Science & Technology (DST) initiated the National Awards for Women’s Development through Application of Science & Technology to recognize the contribution of individuals/institutions who have worked at the grassroots level for women’s development through application of science and technology (S&T).

Eligibility:

• Applicant must be resident Indian citizens and institutions registered in India except employees of Department of Science & Technology and those who have already received this Award.
• The individual/ institution should have a minimum experience of 10 years and outstanding contribution in research, design, development, adaptation or application of science and technology at the grassroots level for women’s development.

Award categories

• For individuals: Rs. 5.00 lakh (Five Lakhs) along with a memento and a citation
• For institutions: Rs. 15.00 lakhs (Fifteen Lakhs) along with a memento and a citation

Selection criteria

• The applications for these Awards can be made through nominations, only.
• Nomination for the Award can be made by Vice Chancellors of Universities, Directors of NTs, IISERs, NITs, R&D institutions, Heads of science based voluntary organizations/ S&T institutions, Secretaries   of   S&T   Departments,   Secretaries   of   State S&T Departments/Councils for S&T; earlier winners of this Award.

Applications:

• Nominations typed on plain paper complete with enclosures in the format to be sent to: The Head, Science for Equity, Empowerment and Development (SEED) Division, Department of Science & Technology, Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi-110 016.
• A soft copy (Times New Roman, font size 12) of the proposal to be mailed at email: indub.puri@nic.in