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17 scientists from across India were awarded Swarnajayanti Fellowships.

Swarnajayanti Fellowship Scheme

• Government of India had instituted a scheme titled “SwarnaJayanti Fellowships” to commemorate India’s fiftieth year of Independence.
• Under this scheme a selected number of young scientists, with excellent track record, are provided special assistance and support to enable them to pursue research in frontier areas of science and technology.

Benefits

• The fellowship is scientist specific and not institution specific, very selective and has close academic monitoring.
• Scientists selected for the award will be allowed to pursue unfettered research with a freedom and flexibility in terms of expenditure as approved in the research plan. 
• The award consists of a Fellowship of Rs 25000/- per month in addition to the salary drawn from the parent Institute for a period of 5 years
• The fellows selected along with their projects will be considered for funding by the Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) as per SERB norms, for fellowship, recurring and non-recurring heads.
• The duration of the fellowship along with the project will be for a period not exceeding five years.

About Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)

• It is a statutory body and is established through an Act of Parliament: SERB Act 2008, Government of India.
• The Organisation aims to uplift science and engineering in India, in a manner that it can contribute majorly in the economic growth of the country.
• It is the premier research funding agency in India.