All India Student Research Conventions – win one lakh and gold medals

With a view to inculcating research culture in our higher education institutions, the Research Division of Association of Indian Universities has taken a pioneering initiative to organize Student Research Conventions for the aspiring researchers throughout the country. These Conventions aim at identifying the young and rising talents who would be promoted through proper encouragement and incentives. Also an attempt shall be made to commercialize their research projects with industrial collaboration. The endeavour may accelerate scientific research and innovation and their application towards community development percolating to the grass root level.

Anveshan: The Student Research Convention was applauded across the country for providing an innovative platform for students and generating a great zeal of enthusiasm among the young and emerging breed of researchers in the country. Nevertheless, the initiative is an attempt to inculcate and strengthen a culture of research in the universities and other institutions of Higher Learning.  

Winners in the National Student Research Convention will be awarded Cash Prizes along with Certificates and Mementos. The amount of Cash Prize for first position holders is Rs 50,000, second Position Rs. 30,000 and third position Rs 20,000. One best project will be selected across all the Five categories which will be awarded a Gold Medal alongwith the cash Prize and certificate.

Objectives

• To identify young talents with research aptitude and interest to take up research as career option.
• To promote the talent in research throughout the country.
• To nurture the talent through specialized training and education in some of the nationally and internationally reputed premier institutions of higher learning in the country.
• To augment financial and physical resources through collaboration with different sponsors for supporting education and training of the young researchers.
• To provide proper incentives to enhance the skill of potential students.
• To initiate an intensive research culture in a selected group of institutions.

Areas/Fields

The areas/fields in which Projects (Individual and Group Projects*) are invited:

• Agriculture
• Basic Sciences
• Engineering & Technology
• Health Sciences and Allied Subjects, Pharmacy, Nutrition, etc.
• Social Sciences, Humanities, Commerce and Law (Objective and Result Oriented Projects)

* In case of a Group project, only three members [one principal investigator and two major contributors] are allowed to participate in the zonal/ national convention.

Type of Project 

• Projects on the above mentioned areas must be original and must have undergone some exploration/ ground work in order to show its feasibility and impact. 

Procedure

• The duration of the convention will be three days.
• The convention will be held in three phases.
  1. In the First Phase, all universities in the country will be requested to organize an exhibition of research projects at University level in which students from Affiliated/Constituent Colleges, Research Institutions and University Postgraduate Departments will be invited to participate. The exhibited projects will be scrutinized by a team of experts of their respective areas.
  2. In the Second Phase, the exhibition will be held at Zonal level for which Five Universities, one in each zone, have been identified (calendar enclosed for details). From each zone best 15 projects will be given entry to compete at the National level.
  3. In the Third Phase, the exhibition/competition will be held at National level. The Association of Indian Universities will call for the successful projects, selected through the zonal competition, for National level competition. A total of 75 selected projects will be displayed for assessment at the National level out of which 15 projects will be finally selected.

Eligibility for Participation

Entries of the research projects will be purely INSTITUTIONAL and only BONAFIDE fulltime Students/Research Scholars from Undergraduate to Doctoral Degree level are eligible to take part in the convention.

Project proposals duly countersigned by the Head of the Organization must reach the coordinator of the host university in each ZONE latest by 18-03-2016

More details : http://www.aiu.ac.in/Research/research.asp