Prof. J. V. Narlikar, world renowned astrophysicist Delivering a INSPIRE Expository Lecture 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 

IMPORTANT NOTE: Any student who has already participated in INSPIRE Camp anywhere in the country 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 1300 students from allover the state in three INSPIRE Camps held since April 2010. These students were mentored by over 50 eminent scientists from allover the country. Over 35 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 4th INSPIRE Camp from December 26 - 30, 2011.

INSPIRE Camp: A Programme for School Children

After the success of the first Camp (April 19-23, 2010), Second Camp (June 25-29, 2010) and Third Camp (May 28- June 1, 2011) It is our great pleasure to announce Fourth 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 December 26 - 30, 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 Fourth INSPIRE science internship Winter 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 three 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 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.

All the three Camps were inaugurated by Prof. R.N.K.Bamezai, Vice Chancellor, on 19th April, 2010, 25th June-2010 and 28 May, 2011 at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University. During the inaugural functions of these three camps, Prof Bamezai, a renowned expert on Human Genetics delivered the 1st Inspire Expository lecture on the themes “What Unifies Biology”,  “What makes us different – sense or nonsense – a Genomics Perspective?” and “Why we are different? Or are we same?”. 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 Fourth INSPIRE Science Internship Camp from December 26 to 30, 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.
 

Cut-off Percentage in 10th Class:

J&K State Board : 77%
CBSE : 93%