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Prof. R.
N. K. Bamezai, Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, SMVDU Delivering the INSPIRE
Expository Lecture during First INSPIRE Science Internship Camps held in
SMVDU in April, 2010 soon after the camp was inaugurated on
19/04/2010
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IMPORTANT NOTE: We
have received a number of applications for the
upcoming camp via Fax. Such applications shall not
be accepted if hard copies are not received via
post. We have also received some applications with
out the necessary documents. Such applicants are
required to send a attested photocopy of the
mark-sheet of Class 10th and attested photocopy of
the ID card of the class in which they are currently
studying failing which their application shall not
be accepted. |
IMPORTANT NOTE: Any
student who has already participated in INSPIRE Camp, is not
eligible to take part in this INSPIRE Camp. Applications from
all such applications shall not be accepted. Such students are
advised not to apply for this camp.
Shri Mata
Vaishno Devi University has become the first University in Jammu
& Kashmir to host over 800 students from allover the state in
two INSPIRE Camps held in April and June, 2010 respectively.
These students were mentored by over 40 eminent scientists from
allover the country. 26 mentors were fellows of multiple science
academies. With these camps we have set yet another quality
benchmark. Continuing with this tradition we are pleased to
announce that we shall be organizing 3rd INSPIRE Camp from
May 28 - June 1, 2011.
INSPIRE Camp: A Programme for School Children
After the success of the
first Camp (April 19-23, 2010) and
Second Camp (June 25-29, 2010) It is our great pleasure to announce
Third Department of Science & Technology
(DST), GOI sponsored Innovation in
Scientific
Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Science Internship Camp to be
held in Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, from May 28 -
June 1, 2011.
INSPIRE is an innovative program of DST for attraction of talent to
science. The basic objective of the INSPIRE camp is to communicate to
the young attendees the excitement of creative pursuits of science and
attract talent to the study of science at an early stage and build the
required critical human resource pool for strengthening and expanding
science and technology system in R&D base.
Under the above scheme SMVDU is organizing its
Third
INSPIRE science internship summer camp. This camp is meant for the top
1% performers in class 10th board examination, and who, are presently
pursuing science in XI and XII standard. All the students will be
hosted on our campus. They will be given exposure with invited fellows
of various science academies, awardees and scientists of national and
international repute who will interact with the students through
lectures and interactive sessions. This would be followed by personal
interactions in an exclusive setup in this camp.
Selected candidates will be accommodated
in the Campus of
SMVDU. They will be eligible for TA (as permissible) free local hospitality.
Transport facility is being provided from Saraswati Dham to
Campus and back. It is compulsory for the students who belong to
Jammu District to avail this facility (No TA will be provided to
students who travel on their own from Jammu). Students form
other districts can also make use of our bus service from Jammu
by pre registering for the same via email or sms.
Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)
About INSPIRE
“Innovation in Science Pursuit for
Inspired Research (INSPIRE)” is one of the innovative programs by the
Department of Science & Technology, GOI for attraction of talent to
science. The basic objective of INSPIRE is to communicate to the youth
population of the country the excitements of creative pursuit of
science and attract talent to the study of science at an early stage
and build the required critical human resource pool for strengthening
and expanding the Science & Technology system and R&D base.
INSPIRE Scheme has included three sub-schemes. They are i) Scheme for
Early Attraction of Talents for Science (SEATS), b) Scholarship for
Higher Education (SHE) and c) Assured Opportunity for Research Careers
(AORC). One of the component of Scheme for Early Attraction of Talent
for Science (SEATS) is INSPIRE Internship in which annually about
50,000 students of top 1% performers in Class X board examinations and
pursuing science at plus 2 level will be given an exposure with leaders
in science in the Summer/Winter camps to experience the joy of
innovations.
Duration of the course:
5 days [excluding the journey days]
About the INSPIRE Science Camps @SMVDU
SMVD University has had the honour of organizing two five day,
Department of Science & Technology (DST), GOI sponsored “Innovation
in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)”, Science Internship
Camp two Camps during the year 2010. First camp was organized during
April 19 – 23, 2010 in which 286 students belonging to 43 different
Higher Secondary Schools representing 11 districts of Jammu and Kashmir
divisions of J&K state participated. Nineteen Mentors joined us to
mentor the students from all over India and belonged to institutions of
excellence in Science and Technology. Out of these 11 were fellows of
various Science Academies. The second camp was organized during June 25
– 29, 2010 in which 488 students belonging to more than 50 Higher
Secondary Schools representing 13 districts of Jammu and Kashmir
divisions of J&K state participated. Both the Camps were
inaugurated by Prof. R.N.K.Bamezai, Vice Chancellor, on 19th April and
25th June-2010 respectively at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University.
During the inaugural functions of the two camps, Prof Bamezai, a
renowned expert on Human Genetics delivered the 1st Inspire Expository
lecture on the themes “What Unifies Biology” and “What makes us
different – sense or nonsense – a Genomics Perspective?” respectively.
Seventeen mentors joined us to mentor the students out of which 10 were
fellows of various Science Academies. As rightly said by our Vice
Chancellor, that INSPIRE is an appropriate method to hunt the talent
and constant nurture are key to generate a human resource of future
within the country. These talented boys and girls once identified at
young age would then be ready to shoulder the responsibility to
generate innovate knowledge and become inventors and discoverers of
future. INSPIRE science camps, supported fully by DST, is one such
important step to orient and expose young during their formative years
to creative pursuits of science. Many of the young top 1% performers in
class X in the past in their respective schools, the participants of
this science camp, are the future torch bearers to lead science in the
state of J&K and the country in near future. I am sure science
camps like this would attend to the inquisitiveness of these bright
young students and satiate their hunger to learn more. We shall be
organizing the third INSPIRE Science Internship Camp from May 28 to
June 1, 2011 on our Campus. Students desirous of participating in this
camp can apply on the prescribed format through the principal of their
school.
Eligibility: Top one percent of students
in their X Board Examination and pursuing science in Higher Secondary
School Education i.e., 11th and 12th standard are eligible to
participate in this program. In case number of students within 1% of
respective State Education Board is more than the allocated number for
that state, top rankers will be selected for INSPIRE Internship. The
list of the cut-off percentage for various State and Central Boards
Class X Examination is also attached.
Cut-off Percentage in 10th Class:
J&K State Board : 77%
CBSE : 93%
How to Apply :
Duly filled application form, counter signed by the Principal of the
respective schools in which the applicant is studying in XI or XII at
present alongwith an attested copy of the calss X marks-sheet, should
either be submitted at the postal address given below or may be
personally submitted to Coordinator, INSPIRE Science Camps, SMVD
University. Advance copy of the form and mark sheet of 10th class can
also be sent by fax : 01991-285731. |
