Council
of Scientific & Industrial Research CSIR,
Anusandhan
Bhawan,
2
Rafi Marg, New Delhi – 110 001
Email:
caird@csir.res.in
CSIR AWARD FOR S/T INNOVATIONS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
.…..Recognizing
and honouring outstanding S&T innovation that has made a visible impact and
helped in transforming life in Indian villages……
1. Purpose of the Award:
The Award will recognize those outstanding S&T
innovations that have helped transform the lives of rural people or alleviated
the drudgery of the rural people or have helped in generation of employment.
Successful S&T innovations that are implemented at ground level thus will
be considered. The innovation applied for, should simultaneously have also
broaden interactions among academic, R&D and rural financial institutions,
industry and commercial sectors, and rural people and provided newer vehicles
for participatory developments.
2. The Award:
This annual award consists of cash prize of Rs. 10
lakh, a citation and a plaque.
3. Eligibility:
Any Indian team, or an organization, or a company
registered in India will be eligible to apply.
4. Selection Criteria:
The technological innovation should have:
• Created a paradigm shift in standards of quality
of life or alleviated the drudgery of the rural people;
• Demonstrated competitive advantage and positive
user response;
• Helped in generation of rural employment in the
country; and
• Shown a new way of conducting business to achieve
social and economic transformation in the domain of rural development.
5. Selection:
For selecting the awardee, a two-tier selection
process will be adopted. The initial screening, to shortlist the qualifying
applicants out of the total applications received, will be done by a committee
of eminent experts representing diverse disciplines. The Committee will be
chaired by an eminent rural development expert / social scientist/
technologist/ member of the CSIR GB. The shortlisted applicants will then be
considered by a high-level expert committee chaired by an eminent rural
development expert / social scientist/ technologist / Chairman of the CSIR
Advisory Board.
The Award is normally presented along with the CSIR
Diamond Jubilee Technology Award and Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Prizes.
6. Application for the Award:
The application for the award could be made in
response to the advertisement issued by CSIR which will also be available at
the CSIR website http://www.csir.res.in. The format of the application is provided in
the Annexure. The application should be sent in a plain paper through secured means
to:
Head,
Planning and Performance Division (PPD),
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research,
Anusandhan Bhawan,
2 Rafi Marg, New Delhi – 110 001
Email: caird@csir.res.in
APPLICATION
Nominations for the Award in prescribed format should reach
CSIR in soft (MS word file) and hard form (printed copy by post) on or before
21st July 2014
For application form and further details: http://www.csir.res.in/PDF/CSIRAwardforSnTInnovationsforRuralDevelopment_2013.pdf
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