National Award for Women’s Development: Science & Technology 2371 views

Government of India, Department of Science & Technology invites nominations for the National Award for Women’s Development. These awards have been initiated 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). This prestigious award is announced every year.

Award value:

• Memento
• A citation
• Cash prize of Rs.5.00 lakh (Five Lakhs) for Individual; Rs.15.00 lakhs (Fifteen Lakhs) for Institutional category.

Eligibility:

• Applications are invited from Indian citizens and institutions registered in India.
• Employees of Department of Science & Technology are not eligible for this award.
• The individual/ institution must have a minimum 10 years of experience and outstanding contribution in research, design, development, adaptation or application of science and technology at the grassroots level for women’s development.
• Individuals/ institutions that have received this award earlier are not eligible for consideration.
• Nomination for the Award can only be made by Vice Chancellors of Universities, Directors of IITs, IISERs, NITs, R&D institutions, Heads of science based voluntary organizations, Secretaries of S&T Departments, Secretaries of State S&T Departments/Councils for S&T; earlier winners of this award.

Applications:

• Applicant must type nominations on plain paper complete with enclosures in the format
• Applications 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 on or before 30th September, 2017.
• Applicant must send soft copy (Times New Roman font size 12) of the proposal and also be mailed at indub.puri@nic.in.
• The envelope must be quoted with “National Award for Women’s Development through Application of Science & Technology”.