Prof. J. V. Narlikar, world renowned astrophysicist Delivering a INSPIRE Expository Lecture "Our Solar System" during the 3rd INSPIRE Science Internship Camps held in SMVDU in May 28 - June 1, 2011 soon after the camp was inaugurated on 28/05/2011. 

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University has become the first University in Jammu & Kashmir to host over 1875 students from allover the state in INSPIRE Camps held since April 2010. These students were mentored by over 90 eminent scientists from allover the country. Over 60 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 6th INSPIRE Camp from July 22 - 26, 2013.

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) and Fifth Camp (July 19- 23, 2012). It is our great pleasure to announce Sixth 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, 2013. 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 Sixth 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, 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 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.

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

About the INSPIRE Science Camps @SMVDU

SMVD University has had the honour of organizing four five day, Department of Science & Technology (DST), GOI sponsored “Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)”, Science Internship Camp two Camps each during the year 2010 and 2011. 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.  Seventeen mentors joined us to mentor the students out of which 10 were fellows of various Science Academies. The Third camp was organized during May 28 – June 1, 2011 in which 504 students belonging to more than 80 Higher Secondary Schools representing over 15 districts of Jammu and Kashmir divisions of J&K state participated. Seventeen mentors joined us to mentor the students out of which 08 were fellows of various Science Academies. The Fourth camp was organized during Dec 26 – 30, 2012 in which 272 students belonging to more than 50 Higher Secondary Schools representing over 10 districts of Jammu and Kashmir divisions of J&K state participated. Eleven mentors joined us to mentor the students out of which 02 were fellows of various Science Academies and two where Bhatnaghar Awardees. The Fifth camp was organized during July 19 – 23, 2013 in which 325 students belonging to more than 60 Higher Secondary Schools representing over 12 districts of Jammu and Kashmir divisions of J&K state participated. 14 mentors joined us to mentor the students out of which 08 were fellows of various Science Academies and one was recipient of J C Bose Award and one was a Raja Ramana Fellow.

We shall be organizing the Sixth INSPIRE Science Internship Camp from July 22 to 26, 2013 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.
 

Cut-off Percentage in 10th Class:
 

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 at present  along with an attested copy of the class 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. 

Last date for the receipt of duly completed form :

20/07/2013

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Organizing Coordinator
INSPIRE, SMVDU