India Country Partner newsletter

Dear India Partners,

Greetings from India! I wish to draw your attention to the following new initiatives. Please circulate to appropriate departments and Indian students who have applied to study a PhD. qualification at your institution.

UKIERI PHD Scholarships- upto 10 PhD Scholarships will be available over the period 2006-2007 for Indians who have excellent academic background to carry out research leading to PhD, DPhil etc in UK institutions. Applications are welcome from candidates in all disciplines although the majority of the awards are likely to be in areas related to science and technology. Deadline for application is 15 October 2006. Click here for UKIERI e-newsletter.

UKIERI Research Fellowships- UKIERI Research Fellowships will be made available to support up to 50 Indian and UK researchers for periods of up to 12 months in each others country. Applications should be made through the research centre that will host the research. The deadline for applications to commence up to 31 March 2007 is 30 September 2006. For detailed information please visit the UKIERI website.

For further information please contact John Philip at john.philip@in.britishcouncil.org

Best regards,
Ruchika Castelino
Head Education Promotion-India
Education UK
British Council
17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg
New Delhi-110001
India
Tel: 00 91(0)11-41497126
Fax: 00 91 (0)11-23710717
www.educationuk-in.org

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