Online Young Scientists Conclave, DST- Apply by 02 Nov. 2020

October 11, 2020

Designation/Position- Online Young Scientists Conclave

DST Govt. of India invites application for Online Young Scientists Conclave from eligible and interested candidates

About- As a follow of the fifth session of Heads of Ministries and Departments of Science and Technology of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States, at which the huge talent pool of young scientists has been recognized as a potential tool to foster
innovative research among the SCO nations, the first SCO-Young Scientists Conclave is being held in India in 2020, as an integral part of SCO Young Scientists Forum (SCO YSF). Online Young Scientists Conclave

Research/Job Area- Academicians/ scientists/ engineers/ technologists/ innovators/ techno entrepreneurial

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Eligibility/Qualification–

Participants
From each SCO Nation, 22 participants are expected to participate.
• 15 young scientists – three for each thematic area
• Five Mentors – one for each thematic area
• one Head of Delegation-representative of the STI Ministry
• One liaison officer from each SCO nation

Eligibility
Young bright academicians/ scientists/ engineers/ technologists/ innovators/ techno entrepreneurial start-up professionals working in the above mentioned thematic areas with age not exceeding 35 years as on 1st November 2020.

Job/Position Description-

The SCO YSF with the objective of providing a unique opportunity to the youth in their Member States to interact, network and collaborate with their counterparts to address pertinent challenges in emerging areas of science and technology has accepted the
proposal of India to host and organize the 1st SCO-Young Scientists Conclave in India during 24-28 November 2020.

Apart from establishing sustainable cooperation including access to the state of the art R&D and analytical facilities, it also aims at harnessing the intrinsic ability of unconventional and lateral thinking, ideology, and innovative caliber of the young minds and make their scientific and technological presence felt in today’s world.

SCOPE
The conclave facilitates
o creation of connectivity and networking among the SCO youth to harness their knowledge for addressing common societal challenges through research and innovation and strengthen advancement of complementary skills and research competencies of youth drawn from science, engineering and allied disciplines.
o Creation of consortia of young scientists, professionals, innovators and entrepreneurs to conduct joint R&D activities.
o Preparation of next generation scientific leadership in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) and future readiness among Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Professionals.
o Building SCO scientific identity in STI through creative youth.
o Provide access to large scale research infrastructure and unique analytical facilities.
o Create internship and training opportunities for young researchers.

THEMATIC AREAS
Out of many challenges pervading the SCO Member States that deserve S&T interventions, the following thematic areas are chosen to promote collaborative work in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) among Member States:

Agriculture and food processing
Sustainable energy and energy storage
Biotechnology and bio-engineering
Combating COVID-19 and emerging pandemics through research and innovation
Environmental protection and natural resource management

OPPORTUNITIES
The selected candidates will be given an opportunity to present their scientific research in the related thematic session highlighting the scientific and technical work, novel ideas/prototypes developed by them. In addition, they will have ample opportunities to
interact among themselves which may allow formulation of collaborative projects(s) in future to address contemporary challenges in science & technology in SCO nations.

VENUE
Assuming that the current pandemic situation eases facilitating constraint free travel, all the participants from India will assemble at the venue i.e. CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad to participate in the conclave. However, in case of
extraordinarily inevitable conditions COVID-19 pandemic or any such other situations, the participants will join the conclave using remote login facility i.e. from their own place.

TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATION
Expenses towards travel, accommodation and local hospitality including local transport will be provided by the organizers.

How to Apply-

Candidates fulfilling the eligibility criteria are required to send their applications in the prescribed proforma given at Annexure-I along with their Curriculum Vitae/Bio-data and a digital photo on or before 2nd November 2020 through e-mail to arvind.kumar71@nic.in.

The application should be endorsed by the Head of Institution. No hard copies of applications are required to be sent.

In case of any queries, please contact Dr. Arvind Kumar whose contact details are given below.

Dr. Arvind Kumar
Scientist F
International Cooperation Division
Department of Science and Technology
Ministry of Science and Technology
Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road
New Delhi- 110016, India
Email: arvind.kumar71@nic.in
Tel: +91-11-26962213, 26590272