CHANAKYA Fellowship Program 2024
About TIH Foundation for IoT & IoE (TIH-IoT)
CHANAKYA Fellowship Program
Comprehensive and Holistic Advancement of National Knowledge Yield and Analytics (CHANAKYA) is an initiative under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) with a focus on human resource development.
Engineering colleges/ Technical institutes in India are a huge pool of human resource in the form of students, but they are not sufficiently oriented towards reaching out to industry or solving problems that can benefit society. To overcome this gap and produce graduates trained in CPS who can be problem-solvers or turn entrepreneurs. In the present call for proposal, applications are invited for TIH-IoT CHANAKYA Fellowship program 2024.
This program provides an opportunity for faculty to form a group of students from various academic levels (UG, PG & PhD) to work on a project in the areas of IoT. The project is proposed by the faculty and the students are a part of that team.
Guidelines for Group Formation:
- Faculty mentor/supervisor should apply on behalf of the group/team
- Faculty mentor/supervisor should form a team from same institute and nominate one of the students as team leader to work on the proposed project
- The faculty can make a group as per the table below
| Sr. No. | Group Category | No. of Students |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | UG | 2-5 |
| 2. | UG + PG | 2-5 (minimum 1 UG, maximum 2 PG) |
| 3. | UG + PhD | 2-5 (maximum 1 PhD student) |
| 4. | PG + PhD | 2-5 (maximum 1 PhD student) |
| 5. | UG + PG + PhD | 2-5 (minimum 1 UG, 1 PG and 1 PhD or maximum 3 UG, 2 PG and 1 PhD) |
- Project proposals for the Fellowship must be in the broad area of IoT and IoE and its applications, including, but not limited to:
| Application Areas | Technology |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | Sensors |
| Healthcare | Network and communication |
| Industrial IoT | Cloud Computing |
| Security Systems | Secured Edge Computing |
| Smart Education | Smart Actuator System |
| Smart Cities | Software based projects (IoT Platform and applications) |
| Other relevant areas | Security |
Eligibility Criteria
A) Undergraduate (UG)
- Students can be of any discipline of engineering/science of undergraduate course to be eligible for the internship.
- Students should have completed the first/second (engineering/science) year program and have at least 10 months left in their respective course at the time of sanction.
- Students should have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) /Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.0 on the scale of 0-10; or a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate, till immediate previous semester/year, at the time of the start of internship/fellowship.
- Students should not be receiving any other government funded scholarship/ Grants, during the period of fellowship.
B) Postgraduate (PG)
- Students admitted to PG program in CPS or related areas at IITs, NITs and other AICTE/UGC approved institutions and having a valid GATE/JAM score. Dual degree students from IITs without GATE score are eligible for PG fellowship.
- The student should have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)/ Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.0 on the scale of 0-10 or a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate, till immediate previous semester/year/degree, at the time of the start of fellowship.
- Students should not be receiving any other Government funded fellowship/grants, during the period of the fellowship.
C) Doctoral (PhD)
- Students admitted to PhD programmes in CPS or related areas, at different technical institutions like IITs, NITs and other AICTE/UGC approved engineering institutions.
- The student must have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)/ Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.0 on the scale of 0-10 or a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate till immediate previous semester/year/degree, at the time of start of fellowship.
- Students should not be receiving any other government funded fellowship/grants, during the period of the fellowship.
Support
A) Undergraduate (UG) Students
- Duration: up to 10 months.
- Monthly fellowship of INR 10,000/-.
- A maximum of INR 20,000/- per student towards consumables and contingency.
B) Postgraduate (PG) Students
- Duration: up to 2 years.
- Monthly fellowship of INR 12,400/-.
- A maximum of INR 50,000/- per student per year, towards consumables and contingency.
C) PhD Students
- Monthly fellowship of INR 37000/- for first and second year. INR 42,000/- for third and fourth year.
- HRA at the rate of 24% of the fellowship amount. Students residing in hostel or institute facility will not be entitled for HRA.
- Duration: 4 years extendable up to 5 years
- A maximum of INR 50,000/- per student per year, towards consumables and contingency.
Note: The contingency fund can be utilized for covering the cost of travel and stay of the student, consumables, and conference/course registrations. The contingency grant cannot be used for capital expenditure.
How To Apply
- The faculty should form a group of students in any of the group categories and apply accordingly to the respective category of projects. The faculty must fill the application form on behalf of the group.
- Applications will only be accepted through the application form, link for which has been given below (Apply Now Button)
- The project proposal has to be prepared in the prescribed format given in the link (Project Proposal Format) and should be submitted along with the application form.
- Applicant (faculty mentor) should obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC) in the given (NOC format) from their Institute and submit it along with the application form.
- The executive Summary of the project proposal (max 250 words) has to be prepared in the prescribed format given in the link (Executive Summary format) and submit with the application form.
- The team can make only one project application in the registration form. However, for applying for more than one projects they will have to do separate registrations.
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Last date to apply - 19th August, 6:00 pm IST.
Disclaimer
ONLY SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED/INFORMED THROUGH EMAIL. The decision of TIH-IoT in awarding the project will be final and binding and no correspondence shall be entertained in this regard.
Contact
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TIH-IoT CHANAKYA Fellowship FAQ
The project work will be carried out at the host institute (Faculty applicant’s institute).
Yes, you can make a team from different departments of the same Institute/University.
No, the team should comprise of students from the same institute/university.
Yes, all the students in the team will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the fellowship.
Please refer to the eligibility section in the call for proposal.
Faculty mentor/supervisor should apply on behalf of the group/team. Faculty mentor/supervisor should form a team from same institute and nominate one of the students as team leader to work on the proposed project.
The faculty can make a group as per the table below.
Sr. No | Group Category | No. of Students | |
1 | UG | 2-5 | |
2 | UG + PG | 2-5 (minimum 1 UG, maximum 2 PG) | |
3 | UG + PhD | 2-5 (maximum 1 PhD student) | |
4 | PG + PhD | 2-5 (maximum 1 PhD student) | |
5 | UG+PG+PhD | 2-5 (minimum 1 UG, 1 PG and 1 PhD or maximum 3 UG, 2 PG and 1 PhD) |
TIH-IoT will expect a quarterly or 5 months progress report signed by the faculty supervisor/mentor.
Yes, GATE score is mandatory. Please refer to the eligibility section in the call for proposal.
No, the student is not eligible if he/she is already in receipt of any central or state government scholarship/fellowship
Yes. There can be a guide and a co-guide however the application must be processed through the guide only.
You need to surrender the existing government fellowship if you receive the CHANAKYA fellowship. Also, the NOC as per format is to be submitted of not receiving any other fellowship.