<p class="title">Meritorious science and technology students belonging to “non-affluent” families in India will soon have an opportunity to participate in a 12-week long collaborative research programme at the Canadian universities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is in process of giving a final shape to the modalities of the collaborative research programme with the Canadian universities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Undergraduate Indian students of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, whose annual family income is up to Rs 10 lakh, would be eligible to apply for their selection under the programme.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Other eligibility criteria and selection process will be notified after final approval of the modalities of the programme,” sources in the council told DH.<br /><br />The programme will be implemented under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed earlier this year between the AICTE and Mitacs-Canada, a non-profit organisation, jointly funded by the Government of Canada, along with provincial Canadian governments, academic partners and research partners.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The MoU, signed between the AICTE and Mitacs-Canada for a period of five years starting 2018, intends to support up to 300 undergraduate students “each year” from the “eligible” universities in India under the programme.</p>.<p class="bodytext">To start with, the AICTE's executive committee at its recent meeting approved the plan for selection of at least 100 students from the higher education institutions in India.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It also approved the allocation of a total of 3,00,000 Canadian dollar (CAD), 3,500 CAD per student, as the AICTE's contribution to the joint collaborative research programme with Mitacs-Canada.</p>.<p class="bodytext">AICTE chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe presided over the executive committee meeting.<br /><br />As per the MoU, Mitacs-Canada will also make its contribution “on an equitable basis” towards the implementation of the programme.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Indian students will be sent to Canada for collaborative research under the Mitacs' Globalink Research Internship program.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Overall, the MoU intends to develop long-term linkages between Indian and Canadian research communities with an aim to provide students from non-affluent families in India the opportunity to engage in research collaboration with the Canadian universities and promote in them a research-oriented career,” according to the AICTE.</p>
<p class="title">Meritorious science and technology students belonging to “non-affluent” families in India will soon have an opportunity to participate in a 12-week long collaborative research programme at the Canadian universities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is in process of giving a final shape to the modalities of the collaborative research programme with the Canadian universities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Undergraduate Indian students of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, whose annual family income is up to Rs 10 lakh, would be eligible to apply for their selection under the programme.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Other eligibility criteria and selection process will be notified after final approval of the modalities of the programme,” sources in the council told DH.<br /><br />The programme will be implemented under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed earlier this year between the AICTE and Mitacs-Canada, a non-profit organisation, jointly funded by the Government of Canada, along with provincial Canadian governments, academic partners and research partners.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The MoU, signed between the AICTE and Mitacs-Canada for a period of five years starting 2018, intends to support up to 300 undergraduate students “each year” from the “eligible” universities in India under the programme.</p>.<p class="bodytext">To start with, the AICTE's executive committee at its recent meeting approved the plan for selection of at least 100 students from the higher education institutions in India.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It also approved the allocation of a total of 3,00,000 Canadian dollar (CAD), 3,500 CAD per student, as the AICTE's contribution to the joint collaborative research programme with Mitacs-Canada.</p>.<p class="bodytext">AICTE chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe presided over the executive committee meeting.<br /><br />As per the MoU, Mitacs-Canada will also make its contribution “on an equitable basis” towards the implementation of the programme.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Indian students will be sent to Canada for collaborative research under the Mitacs' Globalink Research Internship program.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Overall, the MoU intends to develop long-term linkages between Indian and Canadian research communities with an aim to provide students from non-affluent families in India the opportunity to engage in research collaboration with the Canadian universities and promote in them a research-oriented career,” according to the AICTE.</p>