Introduction
ITBHU Global Alumni Association is pleased to announce the 2010 Scholarship awards for publications by all students / faculty of the institute. The award will be given to the selected students and faculty who publish their articles in national/international technical/scientific journals or at seminar/conference between May 1, 2009 and April 30, 2010.

Submission
Students or faculty intending to apply for this scholarship should send the following information in an email to scholarships@itbhuglobal.org by May 31, 2010. Please fill out the application form, which is attached here.

The order of precedence and the number of points per publication/presentation are determined based on the place as per "Rules and Regulations for calculating points" Section at the end.

The scholarship awards will be administered by a dedicated group of alumni lead by Revanth Babu Mutyala (Chemical 2001) and Anshuman Singh (Electrical 1998).

Contact email:

Revanth: revanth_babu [AT] yahoo.com;
Anshuman: singh.anshuman [AT] gmail.com
Special interest group for scholarships: sig.scholarships@itbhuglobal.org

• Scholarship categories

  • There will be 4 categories of prizes, and each will have equal number and amount of prizes.

    1. Undergraduate student category-for B. Tech students and students studying in first 4 years of integrated dual degree (IDD) M. Tech. course.
    2. Postgraduate student category-for M. Tech. students and students in final year of IDD M. Tech. course.
    3. Doctorate/post-doctorate student category-for PhD/post-doctorate students
    4. Faculty category-open for any faculty member engaged in teaching/research

    Each category will have total 5 prizes. The top 3 student/faculty who scores maximum number of points will be awarded a sum of Rs. 5,000 in each category. The next 2 in each category shall be awarded Rs. 2,500 each.

    Top 3 prizes - Rs. 5,000 each
    Second 2 prizes - Rs. 2,500 each
    Total prize amount per category = Rs. 20,000
    Total prize amount for all the 4 categories = Rs. 80,000

• Deadlines

  • For applying - May 31, 2010
    For announcing winners of the awards - July 31, 2010
    For distributing prize money to winners - October 31, 2010

• Rules and Regulations

  • 1. The order of precedence and the number of points per publication/presentation are determined based on the points as follows

    1. Highly-reputed world-class peer-reviewed journal with Page Rank >7 (For e.g., Science, Nature, Macromolecules, Langmuir, etc.) -- 10
    2. Reputed peer-reviewed international journal with Page Rank >3 (e.g., Journal of Amer. Chem. Society) -- 8
    3. Other international journal publications -- 7
    4. International conference papers/presentations -- 6
    5. National journal publications -- 5
    6. National conference papers/presentations -- 4
    7. Student conferences (1st/2nd/3rd Award receiver at any of the conferences at IITs, IISc, IT-BHU, NITs & other reputed Institutions)† -- 2†
    8. Student Conferences (Others at any of the IITs, IISc, IT-BHU, NITs & other reputed Institutions) † -- 0.5†

    2. The number of points will be determined by a sum of all the publications / presentations.

    3. If there is a tie, the individual who has maximum points according to the order of precedence will be awarded. For example, A has published in 1 international journal and 1 national journal, while B has presented in two international conferences; both have 18 points, but the scholarship goes to A.

    4. Presentation implies oral presentation. Demonstrations, posters will be scored as publication/ presentation minus 1 point.

    5. The order of the authors in a publication is not a criterion. If two or more individuals are involved in the publication all the individuals will be considered for scoring. In case of a presentation the presenter will be considered for scoring. The rest of the authors will be awarded main presenter minus 2 points (none in case of student conferences).

    6. Same subject matter published/presented at multiple locations will not be taken into consideration. The student can determine which publication/presentation should be taken into consideration. If there is a significant development after the first publication/ presentation, please submit both the publications/presentations for consideration.

    Award committee will decide which is taken into final scoring.

    7. GPA is not a qualification and/or rate of measure for this award. All the decisions are made by the award committee and are final.

    * - Even though the name suggests that the conference is international, the points are decided based on the Affiliated Association(s)/sponsor(s), number of attendees, number of presenters, location of conference, chair person(s) of the conference, etc. The decision of award committee on the merit of a venue will be final.

    † - Not applicable to Post graduate/Doctorate/Faculty Categories