INSPIRE, SMVDU

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

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Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University has become the first University in Jammu & Kashmir to host morethan 3100 students from allover the state in INSPIRE Camps held since April 2010. Seventh & Nineth Camps were organized in Leh (June 6-10, 2014 & September 6-10, 2015 respectively) and were a great sucess. So we have reached to studnet community eligible for INSPIRE Camps allover the State of Jammu and Kashmir as per mandate given by DST, GOI. These students were mentored by over 120 eminent scientists/ mentors from allover the country. Over 70 mentors were fellows of various science academies or national awardees. With these camps we have set yet another quality benchmark. Continuing with this tradition we are pleased to announce that we shall be organizing 10th INSPIRE Camp from July 22 - 26, 2016.

INSPIRE Camp: A Programme for School Children

After the success of the first Camp (April 19-23, 2010), Second Camp (June 25-29, 2010), Third Camp (May 28- June 1, 2011), Fourth Camp (Dec 26- 30, 2011), Fifth Camp (July 19- 23, 2012), Sixth Camp (July 22-26, 2013), Seventh Camp (June 6-10, 2014 at Leh), Eighth Camp (July 22-26, 2015) and Nineth Camp (September 6-10, 2015 at Leh). It is our great pleasure to announce Tenth 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 July 22 - 26, 2016. 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 Tenth 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 11th or 12th. All the students will be hosted on our campus. They will be given exposure with invited fellows of various science academies (National and International), 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 on the Campus of SMVDU near Katra. They will be eligible for TA (as permissible) free local hospitality. Transport facility is being provided from JKSTRC Yard opposite Kalika/ 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 of Jammu District who travel on their own from Jammu). Students from other districts can also make use of our bus service from Jammu by pre registering for the same via email or phone.

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.[http://www.inspire-dst.gov.in/]

Duration of the course:
5 days [excluding the journey days]

About the INSPIRE Science Camps @SMVDU

SMVD University has had the honour of organizing 9 five day, Department of Science & Technology (DST), GOI sponsored “Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)”, Science Internship Camp two Camps during the years 2010 to 2015.

We shall be organizing the Tenth INSPIRE Science Internship Camp from July 22 to 26, 2016 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 10th Board Examination and pursuing science in 11th or 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 and further shortlisting parameters may be applied such upper limit on number of studner of students per school etc.

Cut-off Percentage in 10th Class:
J&K Board = 87.2%
CBSE = CGPA 10
ICSE = 95%

How to Apply :

Duly filled application form, counter signed by the Principal of the respective schools in which the applicant is studying science in 11th or 12th at present along with an attested copy of the class X marks-sheet, should either be submitted at the postal address given below addressed to PI/ Coordinator, INSPIRE Science Camps, SMVD University.

Last date for the receipt of duly completed form:
Last date for receipt application extended till: 15/07/2016

Organizing Committee