2/16/12 IISER Kolkata Summer Student Research Programme

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IISER-K Summer Student Research Programme 2012
Objective
To provide B.Sc., M.Sc., B.S., M.S., B.Tech., and B.E. students of other institutions or universities an opportunity of exposure to a research
environment by associating them with one of the research groups of IISER during the summer vacation.
Salient Points
The programme will be operative during the summer vacation of the IISER-K from 14th May to 14th July, 2012.
Each summer student will be formally associated with a faculty member of the Institute for a duration of 6 8 weeks within the above mentioned
dates.
Accommodation may be provided subject to availability.
Access to computational and library facilities will be permitted. However, any misuse of the facilities will result in summary termination of the
student from the programme.
A certificate will be given at the end of the programme.
Financial support
Students having KVPY/INSPIRE fellowship, and those selected under the Indian Academy of Sciences summer fellowship programme will
receive financial support from the respective sponsoring organization. Students selected for the IISER-K summer fellowship programme without
such financial support will be given a stipend of Rs. 3000/- per month.
Requirements
The summer students will have to be on campus throughout the period of visit, will have to abide by the rules and regulations applicable to the
regular students of IISER-K, and will have to submit a report on the work done during the period of visit.
Application
Applications should include
1) A covering letter specifying the name of the faculty member the applicant wants to be associated with, and the proposed period of visit. The
proposed period of visit should lie between 14th May and 14th July, 2012.
2) a biodata,
3) the academic transcript showing the marks/grades obtained in all the subjects in all the semesters
4) a one-paragraph description of the area of interest
The last date for receiving all applications is 15 March 2012. The application may be sent by e-mail to:
E-mail: summer.research@iiserkol.ac.in
or by post to
Coordinators, IISER Kolkata Summer Student Research Programme 2012,
IISER-K Mohanpur Campus
Nadia-741252, WB
Selection
The coordinators of the Summer Fellowship Programme of the IISER-K will consider the applications and will select the candidates to be
accepted in the Programme in consultation with the faculty members of IISER-K and in view of the facilities available. Applicants will be notified
about their selection by 30th of March, 2012.