| Visvesvaraya Fellowships |
| Organization | Venture Center |
| Source of funding | Non-Government |
| Scheme | Visvesvaraya Fellowships |
| Type of funding | Fellowships |
| Funding Amount | 10000 |
| Description | Travel grant: One-time grant upto Rs 5,000 to visit a relevant national trade fair. Can be used during the year of the award |
| Range of funding | Under Rs 10 lakh |
| Target investees | Current students or recently graduated professionals of engineering and technology |
| Note | (1) The fellowship has been instituted at Venture Center, thanks to a generous donation by Dr Ashish K Lele.
(2) Project: Sharply focused technology projects; Part of the project needs to involve developing a commercialization/ business plan
(3) Project duration: Minimum 2 months
(4) Host: Project needs to be one offered by a scientist at NCL
(5) Training: The project shall begin with a short training by Venture Center mentors on technology development and commercialization.
(6) Stipend: Rs 10,000 pm (for current students); Rs 16000 pm (for recent graduates)
(7) Travel grant: One-time grant upto Rs 5,000 to visit a relevant national trade fair. Can be used during the year of the award.
(8) Certificate: All fellows who complete the program successfully will get a Certificate of Completion.
(9) Number of fellowships per year: 3 max |
| Purpose | To provide young engineering students/professionals an opportunity to work on a technology development project in a research environment (along with an NCL scientist) and learn/ explore avenues for taking technology to the market.
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| Focus area | Multiple focus areas |
| Provides Funds For | A, |
| Scheme Type | Ongoing scheme |
| Recommended scheme | |
| Scheme status | Live scheme |
| More detail.. | Link |
