LEVEL OF COURSE

These scholarships will be awarded for studies leading to either: -

(1) SIX MONTH CLINICAL TRAINING/RESEARCH/SPECIALISATION(For MBBS, BDS,MS, MD degree holders only)

1. Cancer Research 2. Cardiology (including Cardiac Surgery) 3. Gynaecology 4. Medicine and 5. Dentistry. 6. Orthopedics 7. Neurology and 8. ENT.

(2) (i) ONE YEAR TAUGHT MASTER’S COURSES OR EQUIVALENT DEGREE, (ii) THREE YEARS DOCTORAL DEGREE (iii) ONE YEAR RESEARCH ON A SPLIT SITE BASIS, TOWARDS A Ph. D. REGISTERED AT A UNIVERSITY IN HOME COUNTRY:

(A) ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY:

1. Electronics/Electrical 2. Environmental Studies 3. Remote Sensing Technology

4. Communication Engineering 5. Biotechnology or Biochemical Engineering

6. Robotics (including Artificial Intelligence) 7. Computer Applications/Computer Science 8. Aerospace Engg./Aeronautics 9. Civil Engg. 10. Material Science 11. Marine Engg. and 12. Mining Engg.

B) SCIENCE (PURE AND APPLIED)

1. Mathematics 2. Molecular Biology 3. Physics and 4. Chemistry (including Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry).

(C) AGRICULTURE

1. Agronomy & Forestry.

(D) HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

1. Sociology 2. Management Studies 3. Economics 4. Psychology 5. Law 6. English (Literature/Linguistics) 7. History 8. Philosophy and 9. Political Science with International Relations

Candidates who have already completed Ph.D. or are about to complete it will not be considered.

DURATION:

One-year in case of Master’s; six-months in case of Clinical Training; three-years in case of PhD.

INSTITUTION:
Any UK university/institute

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS To apply for a Scholarship, you must: be an Indian citizen residing in India have completed tertiary education in English medium hold a doctorate (or other postgraduate qualifications accepted as sufficient for the career you are in) have been awarded your doctorate no less than five and no more than ten years from the date of taking up the Fellowship have at least two-years experience as a staff member of a university or similar institution in your home country be aged 40 or under at time of applying. WHO SELECTS THE CANDIDATES The preliminary selection of candidates for scholarships is carried out in India by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Department of Education, Government of India. HOW IT WORKS The preliminary selection is done through a process of shortlisting of applications, followed by personal interviews in New Delhi. VALUE Scholarships cover economy return international travel, fee, adequate maintenance and other allowances.

WHEN TO APPLY
You must apply for these scholarships at least one year before the course starts. Deadlines vary, so you must check that you know what the deadline is before applying.

WHEN WE ADVERTISE
These scholarships are advertised in July or August every year in national dailies/ employment news for the awards beginning the following academic year.

WHEN WE INTERVIEW
The interviews are normally held in November or December for the awards beginning September of the following year. The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), London, does the final selection on the basis of the nominations sent by the MHRD. source: britishcouncil.org/india-scholarships-commonwealth-scholarships.htm

There are many places that offer students the chance to get back into work with distance learning degrees. One of these places is Kaplan University, an online university that offers its students the chance to sign up to and graduate with degrees that will set them up for professional jobs in the real world. Kaplan University has, for over fifty years, been one of the top places in the world to do distance learning courses. It is affiliated with the very highly respected University of Essex, so it has clear grounding behind it with professional lecturers, and resources to rival any of the top campus based universities in the country. When students graduate from Kaplan they collect their degrees alongside students from the University of Essex.
Having a distance learning degree from Kaplan University will mean that a graduate is equipped to go into the job market armed with professional skills that they might not have been able to pick up had they followed a degree scheme at a more traditional or longer established university. Degrees that Kaplan offers are focused on three main areas: business management, the law and legal system, and the financial services. To add to its reputation as a top provider of professional learning, Kaplan University has been nationally recognised for the quality of learning that its accountancy courses offer to students.
Within these broad subject headings are degrees in management and leadership, marketing, policing, probation, youth justice and a large number of other things. Degrees that are this specific are designed for people who know exactly which area they want to be working in, because these qualifications will clearly lead them right into a job in this sector. For students who do not have the minimum requirements of C grade GCSEs in English and maths and one A-Level, Kaplan offers the chance for them to do a foundation degree, with a one year BA ‘top up’ at the end.’

Google Apps for Education is having a good week. Yesterday, public schools in Iowa and Colorado got onboard, and today, a representative of Brown University made another announcement.  By popular demand, Brown faculty, staff, medical, and grad students are all “going Google.”

Geoff Greene, Director of IT Support Services at Brown, noted in a guest post on the Official Google Enterprise Blog, “About a year ago we put our 6,000 undergraduate students on Google Apps.  The results were phenomenal: people were happy, they were productive, they were excited . . . and then some people got jealous.”

So a migration is taking place this summer that will allow everyone else with ties to Brown to use Google Apps before long.  And a lot of folks are excited about that, as the video below shows.  As for the rest, Greene wrote, “We feel confident that once people start using these tools together, they’ll never look back.”

Also, on a more tangible subject, Greene estimated that the change will save Brown something like $1 million per year.

This development should serve as a very strong endorsement of Google Apps when other colleges consider adopting the technology, then.  Or for that matter, considering how well-regarded Brown is, this seems likely to convert quite a few schools even if they weren’t already thinking about adopting Google Apps.

Getting a business education doesn’t have to be expensive. An increasing number of colleges, universities and even nonprofit organizations offer free business courses online. Find out how you can sign up for these courses and what you can get from them.

Lacking in computer knowledge? Here are 40 computer technology courses that can be taken for free online.

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)

• Computer Networks Course
• Data Communication Networks Course
• Software Engineering for Web Applications
• Programming Languages
• Principles of Computer Systems
• Medical Computing
• Database Systems Course
• Computer Graphics Course
• Network and Computer Security Course
• Internet Technology Course

MIT offers more than 50 free computer technology courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. Courses are easy to download and most include lecture notes, labs, assignments, audio, videos and text lessons.

2. University of California at Berkeley (berkeley.edu)

• Introduction to Computers
• Operating Systems and System Programming
• The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
• Data Structures and Programming Methodology
• Machine Structures

UC Berkeley offers a wide variety of free computer technology. Courses are broken down into separate lectures and can be viewed as webcasts or in some cases downloaded as podcasts.

3. About University (about.com)

• Build Your Own Desktop PC
• Computer Security 101
• WiFi Security 101
• Computer Viruses 101
• Web Search 101 Course
• Beyond Basic PowerPoint
• XML 101
• JavaScript Course
• Beginning Web Design
• Adobe Photoshop Basics

There are more than 50 free computer technology courses offered through About University. Courses are delivered daily or weekly to your email address of choice and last anywhere from one day to 12 weeks. Most courses are text based, but some include images, videos and links to additional resources. There is also a guide that you can email and a discussion forum if you come across something you don’t understand.

4. HP Learning Center (hp.com)

• Computer Security (Quick Lesson)
• Protecting Personal Business Data
• Firewall Basics
• Printer Management 101
• Laptop PCs: Troubleshooting and Repair (Quick Lesson)
• Linux 101
• Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Advanced)
• Microsoft Excel Basics (Video Course)
• Microsoft Word (Introduction)
• Microsoft PowerPoint (Advanced)

There are dozens of free computer technology courses available through the HP Learning Center. Courses are instructor-led and available 24/7. Most of the courses are text based, but there are quite a few video courses to choose from as well.

5. Goodwill Community Foundation (gcflearnfree.org)

• Computer Basics
• Internet Basics
• Email Basics
• Internet Safety Course
• Mozilla Firefox Course

GCFLearnFree.org, which is funded by the GCF, offers several different free computer technology courses. Most courses focus on the basics and are broken down into easy-to-follow lessons. Individuals who aren’t interested in self-study can sign up for instructor-led courses (also free.) source: education-portal.com/articles/