AGNI-Postgraduate (PG) Fellowship Program -2024
Objective
The AGNI PG Fellowship Program at IPTIF is designed to support postgraduate students with a unique opportunity to participate in cutting-edge translational research and development projects in the field of Cyber Physical Systems and related domains under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems ( NM-ICPS). Special thematic focus areas include Intelligent Collaborative Systems (ICS) for addressing challenges in Energy and Safety sectors majorly, among others like Automotives, Defense, Healthcare, and Agriculture.
Duration
The fellowship supports short-term projects as part of Master of Technology ( M,Tech) / Master of Science (M.Sc) or any other Master degree under STEM for a duration of upto 6 months.
Monthly Fellowships
AGNI PG fellows shall receive fellowship upto INR 15,000/month for a period of 6 months
Eligibility
Postgraduate students from M.Tech/ M.Sc/ M.E or any other relevant STEM stream from a recognized Indian University / Educational institution are eligible to apply.
Additional requirements include:
- Complete at least one-semester of the PG program
- Should not be receiving any other scholarship/Fellowship from government funds, during the period of the fellowship.
- Proposed technology development Project along with a supervisor in the focus area of IPTIF (Ref Sect 5.0 & 6 for details)
Focus Area
Modeling, analysis, control, devices, networks, robotics, data and simulations are all building blocks of CPS technologies. Intelligent collaboration of these building blocks (Intelligent Collaborative Systems (ICS) for developing technologies & products having applications in the fields of energy, safety and other sectors Energy, Safety, Automotives, Defense, Healthcare, Agriculture etc. is the major focus area of IPTIF.
Technology Development Project Proposal
PG applicants are encouraged to present a scalable and innovative original technology development proposal supported by a supervisor* from academia, R&D Institution, Startup or Industry.
*You need a letter of support and short profile of the Academic/ R&D or Industrial supervisor to be attached to the Google form. .
Application Process
Applications can be submitted through the AGNI- PG Fellowship Application .The application should include:
- KYC- College/University/ Institute ID card or Aadhar/PAN/DL ( incase not enrolled)
- Proof of completion of first Semester
- A short Concept Note/ Project proposal summary or presentation with an activity plan for 6 months in the format IPTIF AGNI PG Fellowship- 2024 PPT Template - Google Slides (Upload as .pdf maximum size of 10 MB)
- Letter of Support from Mentor/Supervisor Letter of Support from Supervisor- AGNI UG /PG Fellowship - Google Docs (Signed on Institute /Company’s letterHead and upload as .pdf)
- Originality of the proposed idea should be ensured by both the applicants and supervisors
Evaluation Process and Criteria
Only shortlisted Applicants after the initial screening will be intimated.
Shortlisted applicants shall have to make a presentation of the idea to an expert committee
The broad evaluation criteria are:
- Proposal Quality, alignment to IPTIF focus areas and Relevance:
- Evaluation of the depth, quality, and relevance of the submitted proposal, considering research methodology, objectives, and proposed outcomes.
- Potential for Real-World Impact:
- Review of the proposed project's potential to create tangible, positive contributions in practical, real-world scenarios.
- Feasibility, Scalability, Practicality of the proposed idea.
- Credentials of the Applicant & Supervisor for executing the project:
- Successfully completed projects in the IPTIF focused domains
- Experience in being part of translational R&D during UG period or beyond
Application deadline: 17th April 2024
