CfPs:: Seminar on Building Competitiveness in a Globalised World: Lessons from India's Plantation Sector; 23-24 Jan 2012

Seminar on Building Competitiveness in a Globalised World: Lessons from India's Plantation Sector
23 - 24 January 2012
Organized by: Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Call for Papers
Plantation sector is no more a mere foreign exchange earner but a key sector in India's inclusive development strategy. This is on account of its critical role in employment generation, (especially women labour) livelihood of small and marginal growers and backward communities, balanced regional development and in fostering environmental sustainability. This is, perhaps, the only sector where competitiveness determines decisively the ability to foster inclusive development on account of intense competition from desperate exporters with hardly any domestic market. However, our understanding on the varied constraints in the sphere of production, processing, marketing, trade, employment and innovation confronted by the sector is at best rudimentary which in turn undermines our ability to undertake informed policy making. The proposed seminar intends to take stock of these issues with special focus on plantation crops (preferably tea, coffee, spices and natural rubber). Comparative studies are especially welcome.

The seminar is being organized by the National Research Programme on Plantation Development (NRPPD) instituted by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India.

The broad themes include, but not limited to;

• Production conditions (focus on small holders)
• Marketing, price formation and price trends
• Market integration and trade performance
• Labour related issues
• Innovations in plantation: organizational, institutional and technological

Important dates:

• Submission of detailed abstracts : 30th September 2011
• Intimation after peer review : 7th October 2011
• Submission of full papers : 10th January 2012

Detailed abstracts (not less than 600 words)/full papers may be submitted at nrppd@cds.ac.in. Authors of selected papers will be offered travel support and local hospitality.For further details contact Prof K J Joseph, coordinator of the program kjjoseph@cds.ac.in

Further Details

2011 Emerald/IAM Indian Management Research Fund Award:: Call for Indian management research proposals

2011 Emerald/IAM Indian Management Research Fund Award: Supporting knowledge creation and dissemination for the social good in India

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Call for Indian management research proposals

This year, Emerald and the IAM – Indian Academy of Management – are delighted to offer a research grant for an Indian project in the field of management research. There will be one award of £2,000 (approximately US$3,000 equivalent) for the winning research project, and two awards of £500 each for highly-commended runners up, to fund or part-fund these projects.

Applications should address the creation and dissemination of knowledge for the social good with a specific orientation toward benefit for India.

Eligibility

The main member of the research team must be based in India.

Judging criteria

Each application will be judged, by a panel of experts, on the criteria below. The research must:

• Be of significance, and in particular, illustrate how it will benefit the social good.
• Demonstrate originality and innovation.
• Make an outstanding contribution to theory and its application.
• Illustrate the appropriateness and application of the methodology.
• Demonstrate sound implications for theory and practice.

Application requirements

Each proposal must be submitted using the online application form at:
http://ww2.emeraldinsight.com/awards/indianmgmt.htm

The following documents will be required electronically:

• A summary stating specific goals, outcomes and benefits of the research. This should not exceed 2,000 words (note that tables, figures, appendices and reference lists, if provided do NOT count to the 2,000 word total).
• A covering letter containing full contact details (affiliation, full address, telephone number/s and e-mail address) for all researchers involved in the project. Please state clearly which researcher will be the main point of contact.

The 2,000-word summary must:

• Display clearly a statement of purpose and intent.
• State clearly the methodology(ies) applied and explicitly describe the research process.
• State expected research outcomes and expected impact and possible application.
• Specify the expected timescales of the research process.
• Outline projected costs and total research grant required.

Key dates

The closing date for applications is 1 February 2012.
Winners will be announced in April 2012.

Last year's winner

Last year Emerald was delighted to receive almost 60 research proposals of outstanding quality. The winning research proposal was "Development Of Rural Healthcare Provisions In India: From The Perspective Of Effectuation" by Niharika Garud, Indian Institute Of Management Bangalore, India

"Winning the Emerald/IAM research award is exciting and a significant achievement for my research in rural healthcare sector. I feel honored and privileged to receive this recognition by prestigious and esteemed scholars. By participating in the Emerald/IAM award process, I was able to evaluate my work critically, and by doing so, I was able to articulate my ideas and be more precise about my research objectives. Being found worthy of the award and being recognized for my work in itself is a great reward which motivates other institutions to acknowledge and support this research further. The award motivates me to put more effort and strive harder to understand and solve social issues. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Emerald and Indian Academy of Management for supporting academic research around the world."

 

http://ww2.emeraldinsight.com/awards/indianmgmt.htm

Nepal Conference on improving research infrastructures with social media; 31 October to 3 November 2011

Nepal Conference on improving research infrastructures with social media

31 October to 3 November 2011

From 31 October to 3 November 2011 the Focuss.Info Initiative, Integrated Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) organise a conference in Nepal.

The overall objective of the Nepal Conference is to help institutes in Nepal, Bhutan and Northern India to develop effective 'infostructures' by promoting and inducing students, researchers and practitioners in the field of global development studies, knowledge intermediary and research how they can use the latest information sharing and collaboration tools. By giving the participants the skills and abilities to use these tools, the participants of the Nepal Conference can create cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural and cross-border networks in which the exchange of information and knowledge improves and the access - a fundamental human right that strengthens democracy - enhances.

The Nepal Conference will be set up as a back-to-back conference:

* 2-day conference for media, communication, information and knowledge professionals from Nepal, Bhutan and Northern India on 31 October-1 November 2011

* 2-day conference for academic and scientific professionals in global development aid from Nepal, Bhutan and Northern India on 2-3 November 2011.

On Tuesday 1 November the participants of both conferences will all meet during a social event in the evening.

If you want to become a participant during one of the two conferences, please apply for a ticket via our application form on http://www.focuss.info/nepal/

The deadline to apply for the Nepal Conference is on Monday 12 September 2011 at 12h00 (GMT +5:45)

CfEs: International Economic Development Research Annual (IEDRA) Award, 2011

EXIM BANK

International Economic Development Research Annual (IEDRA) Award, 2011

(In commemoration of Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary, 1889-1989)

 

The Award

Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) promotes India's international trade. Exim Bank has instituted an Annual Award for research in International Economics, Trade & Development and Related Financing. The objective of this Award is to promote research in International Economics, Trade & Development and Related Financing by Indian nationals at universities and academic institutions in India and abroad. The Award consists of a sum of Indian Rupees Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand (Rs. 2.5 Lakhs) and a Citation. The Award was instituted in commemoration of Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary (1889-1989).

 

The Entry

Research work by Indian nationals in International Economics, Trade & Development and Related Financing (either awarded a Doctorate or accepted for award of Doctorate) from a university or equivalent academic institution in India or abroad is a prerequisite for eligibility of the Award. Issues of relevance to India / Exim Bank such as those pertaining to foreign trade, foreign direct investments, joint ventures, international competitiveness, policies impacting trade and investment, monetary and fiscal interventions would be of particular interest. The Award would be given to a person eligible to receive an award in Indian Rupees. Exim Bank will accept, as entry, those thesis for which doctorate has been obtained/ accepted for award of Doctorate between January 1, 2007 and September 30, 2011.

Thesis can be submitted either in English or Hindi, and in the latter case must be accompanied by a version in English.

 

Terms And Conditions

Subject Matter

1. Research work in International Economics, Trade & Development and Related Financing either awarded a Doctorate or accepted for award of Doctorate from a university or equivalent academic institution in India or abroad by Indian nationals. Credit would be given for originality, clarity of presentation and relevance to Indian context.

2. Where the research work has been awarded a doctorate, Exim Bank will accept, as entry, thesis for which doctorate has been obtained during the four calendar years prior to the year for which the prize is to be awarded and upto the final date for receipt of entries in the year of the award.

 

Conditions of Entry:

1. An abstract of the thesis in the form of a well-written and self-explanatory essay covering theme, methodology, findings and conclusion (up to 5000 words) in English and/ or Hindi must be provided. Hindi abstracts must be accompanied by English translations.

2. All entries must be received by Exim Bank on or before 30th September 2011.

Further Details: http://www.eximbankindia.in/iedra11.pdf

Media article "India on Global R&D Map" by Pranav N Desai

India on Global R&D Map
by
Pranav N Desai
The New Indian Express; 16 Aug 2011

Globalisation of innovation has emerged as a contentious issue due to its differential impact on economies at different levels of development. There is also a growing realisation that R&D and codified knowledge are important but not the sole factors that promote innovations and that most of economically useful knowledge has a tacit dimension having equally vital role.

There are several actors, institutional mechanisms and processes including informal and formal interactions that help leverage tacit knowledge. Technological capabilities are enhanced by a learning that is determined not only by codified knowledge in R&D output such as publications, patents and designs but also by interactive learning processes of international collaboration, inward and outward foreign direct investments (FDI) and by the general socio-economic environment. This realisation has given boost to a rising trend in building global R&D alliances and knowledge networks. Recently, a good number of new technology or research alliances worldwide were reported in six major sectors: information technology (IT), biotechnology, advanced materials, aerospace and defence, automotive, and non-biotechnology chemicals revealing greater interdependence in these sectors. Thus, the emerging technologies have also helped unfolding the globalisation process. At the same time, social capital or research network capital is also surfacing as an explanatory variable of innovation.

India has attained a predominant position by attracting a major share of FDI in R&D in the last decade. It has achieved a trade surplus with the USA in R&D service trade. There is also a sudden jump in high-tech export of manufactured export in 2010. A significant structural change in manufactured exports has been observed. Between 2002-03 and 2007-08, the proportion of low-tech export declined from 66 to 56 per cent. As against this, the share of medium and high-tech rose from 22 to 30 and from 7 to 14 per cent respectively. Corresponding shares in patents filed under the PCT reveal that the high-tech patents enjoyed the maximum share of 56 per cent followed by medium-tech with 31 per cent and low-tech only 13 per cent.

This reveals rising technological capability and a positive signal though India will have to cover a lot of ground to reach the global average of 21 per cent. It is also essential to probe whether structure of technology-intensive exports holds any relationship with economic development. It is in the preceding context that India's different forms of international cooperation efforts require attention.

India's efforts in international science and technology cooperation were initiated in the 1950s. These efforts have been undergoing transformation through different phases of regulation and deregulation of economy. The unfolding of globalisation has tended to change the routes, nature and magnitude of this process. There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of international R&D collaborations. This phenomenon was confined to the triad countries (US, Europe, Japan) so far and South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore followed. Hence, it is not surprising that academic interest was confined to this region rather than to the emerging destinations of R&D collaboration.

In India, which has wide socio-economic disparities, this process might introduce new challenges and opportunities for innovations and policy-making. Scholars have argued that globalisation of R&D by foreign firms divert resources from the main development needs and create high-tech islands and widen disparities. Others perceive this process as capacity enhancing with the changing nature of R&D and collaboration pattern.

The structure of the International System of Innovation is also changing. As far as world share of gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) is concerned, North America still remains the dominant region with 37 per cent share. Asia has now emerged as the second largest investor, with 32 per cent, overtaking Europe. Asia also had the highest number of researchers in the world accounting for 37 per cent compared to Europe (33 per cent) and North America (25 per cent). The global share of North America in the patents issued by the USPTO and EPO remained at the top. The share of Asian countries was higher than Europe. During 2006, the share of patents originating from Asian countries in the patents issued to residents of foreign countries by the USPTO was also high. Countries like Japan, China and India contributed the overwhelming portion. Thus, the Asian regional S&T order still remains hierarchical as there is unequal distribution of S&T resources, intellectual property rights and the digital divide is threatening to widen. This also explains the divergence in their innovation system and its role in economic development.

With Asia's integration with the global economy there are signs of rapid intra-Asian economic integration. Apart from North-South and South-South FDI flows, it is estimated that intra-Asian FDI flows accounted for about 40 per cent of Asia's total FDI flows. Moreover, some changes are also taking place in the mode and structure of outward FDI (OFDI) from developing countries that may constitute the third 'wave' in OFDI. The value of OFDI stock from developing countries reached $859 billion in 2003, up from $129 billion in 1990, and has increased 11 times since 1985. Though these investments are mainly coming from the BRICS nations, the changing sectoral composition and diversification in destinations reflect increasing technological learning and capacities. Along with the increased levels of FDI, there has been increasing FDI in R&D activities. This is a new feature added, which is likely to hold greater influence on the National Innovation System (NIS) of the countries receiving greater share of the same.

India has emerged as the top destination of R&D investment globally out of the major strategic investments received during 2005. It is also interesting to note that even as percentage of total FDI, the share of R&D during 2002-2007 was 24 per cent and during 2005 the share was 65 per cent as shown in the global strategic FDI in R&D. It does not seem to be merely a coincidence that this region has recently witnessed economic revival and also an increasing share in the Indian Standards Institution.

Source: The New Indian Express http://expressbuzz.com/opinion/op-ed/india-on-global-rd-map/304741.html

Workshop on "Data Extraction and Visualization Techniques" at NISCAIR, New Delhi on Sept 10-11

Data Extraction and Visualization Techniques: A Two Day Workshop

Dates: September 10-11, 2011

Venue: NISCAIR Conference Hall, Satsang Vihar, New Delhi

Organized by: Society for Information Science (SIS), New Delhi

A key aspect of a successful study/report is how data is presented with clarity and is able to convey the meaning in a succinct way. Graphical and/or tabular form is the most preferred way of representation. Increasingly, with advanced representation techniques, newer approaches are visible in representation. These representations allow for more informed assessment of the underlying data and are able to provide insights that is not possible to be deduced from standard tabular/graphical representation.

The representation of data is playing a key role in Scientometrics/Informetrics as huge data in matrix form showing various linkage relationships among others need to be properly extracted and represented. This type of representation have multi-fold usage; for articulation of their research, and for policy makers for decision making process. Decision makes are increasingly looking towards these representations as it becomes less time consuming for them to infer from the data and also makes the decision making more accurate and verifiable.

Many information scientists have participated at International Conferences outside the country. All of them have felt that Indian participants are handicapped because of the inefficiency to work with "Visualization Techniques". The Indian participants are having enough analytical skills but may not represent their ideas as successfully as participants from other countries. With this background, Society for Information Science (SIS), a dynamic organization has decided to tackle this issue. A group of reputed faculty have been identified by SIS to train interested professionals.

SIS in collaboration with NISCAIR proposes to organize a two day workshop on "Data Extraction and Visualization Techniques" at NISCAIR, Satsang Vihar New Delhi from 10-11 September 2011.

The present workshop is intended to address two important issues: (a) show the potentiality of various publication and patent databases, and (b) demonstrate advanced visualization techniques and provide hands on training that can help represent the extracted data from these databases. The participants will also learn the basics of data extraction and visulisation. The learning kit will help them to progress further.

Who Can Attend this Workshop?
Any professional / scientist / researcher who handle large amount of data can be participants to this workshop.
Number of Participants: We propose to have only 10-12 participants to this workshop.
All participants will be requested to carry with them their laptops as this will help them to practice and use their data in future on the software they are now familiar to operate.
Participants coming from outside shall have to make their own arrangements for stay. If informed in advance the organizers shall help them in finding suitable accommodation in CSIR guest house for which they have to pay.

PROGRAMME
1st Day Inauguration
Introductory Lectures on data sources and their applications and Basic Indicators
Demonstration of different databases and basic its search features (covering publication and patent data).
* Introduction to Visualization Software's
* Data transformation
* Map/Visualization building
2nd Day Practical presentation and practice of data sources and its access from science databases and patent databases: Groups shall be formed and provided with data. Each Group shall practice Science Mapping techniques assisted by faculty. At the final concluding session of the workshop each group shall present their work. During this session participants may clarify their doubts.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE & FACULTY
1. Dr Gangan Prathap Director, NISCAIR, (Keynote Speaker)
2. Dr. Naresh Kumar President, SIS. (Chair)
3. Dr. Ramesh Kundra , Vice President, SIS, (SIS Workshop Convener)
4. Dr. Sujit Bhattacharya, NISTADS (Faculty)
5. Dr. Divya Srivastava, ICMR (Faculty)
6. Shri. N.K.Wadhwa, NPL(Faculty)
7. Dr. G. Mahesh, NISCAIR (Member)
8. Ms. Shilpa, NISTADS Faculty

Further Details

CfP: PSBT Open Frame 2011 - Intensive Workshops on Filmmaking

PSBT Open Frame 2011 - Intensive Workshops on Filmmaking

14-17 September 2011

Organized by Public Service Broadcasting Trust, New Delhi

at IHC, New Delhi

The Workshops are open to all those who have some background in formal/ informal filmmaking or training in filmmaking. We especially encourage first time and starting our filmmakers to apply. The Workshops will also be extremely helpful to those who aim to research, write, shoot and edit their own films.

The Workshops will take participants through the fundamental elements of the filmmaking process – planning and structuring the documentary, its aesthetics and technical requirements, research, script, camera, sound and editing - processes they may undertake themselves or delegate to specialists. The Workshops will equip them with an understanding of these significant stages, conceptual and technical clarity and learning how to transform ideas into films. It will sensitise them on how to work with their team/ crew to deliver the film they conceptualise and imagine.

Participants will be required to attend all the four modules of the Workshops and cannot register for/ attend select Workshops.

There will be a registration fee of Rs 2,500/- to cover part of the expenses towards organising the event, to be paid via cheque, within a week of hearing about selection. We can accommodate a small number of participants only, so please register at the earliest.

If you wish to attend the Workshops, please fill in the REGISTRATION FORM available below and email it to workshops@psbt.org

Participants from outside Delhi will need to make their own travel, board and lodging arrangements. Lunch will be served at the Workshops. Application Forms should reach us, latest by 20 August 2011. PSBT's selection of participants will be final and binding.

SCHEDULE

I. COMPLEXITY AND CLARITY: WRITING APPROACHES TO DOCUMENTARY by PAROMITA VOHRA
09:30 AM – 05:00 PM, 14 SEPTEMBER
In documentary films, a director also needs to be a writer – but someone who writes with film, not words. This Workshop will discuss approaches to structuring and planning a documentary with the idea of an evolving, rather than a fixed script, as suits the documentary purpose best; approaches to form in documentary; and share some possible ways in which to work so that the documentary does not end up being illustrated research but rather a composite, creative work exploring complex experiences and questions with clarity. We will touch on the different ways the script evolves through the stages of research, planning, production and post-production.

II. CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR THE DOCUMENTARY by AVIJIT MUKUL KISHORE
09:30 AM – 05:00 PM, 15 SEPTEMBER
The Workshop will focus on the aesthetics of documentary and how technical choices can affect and facilitate different languages of filmmaking. It will be profusely illustrated by short films and clips from various documentaries made in different genres, to highlight the various styles and approaches possible. Other than short films and clips from documentaries of different genres shot on different formats and a discussion on these, the sessions will include a discussion on the features of a camera, its analogy to the human eye and how its conscious use affects image making, illustrated by film clips; different camera formats and how one should choose one's kit for shooting a particular film; working with DSLRs and the protocols of tapeless media video production; screening of select rushes from a documentary, preferably a student film, and talk about the choices that can make the material more or less effective.

III. SOUND FOR THE DOCUMENTARY by SURESH RAJAMANI
09:30 AM – 05:00 PM, 16 SEPTEMBER
The Workshop will address questions and concerns ranging from the need for a sound person on a documentary shoot, the need for communication between the filmmaker and the sound person and the importance of SFX, to specific issues such as the problems of microphones on camera set ups, the use of radio microphones, the range of microphones available, elements of a standard sound chain and role of each item in the chain. There will also be demonstrations for first-hand experience and responding to specific queries raised by the participants.

IV. EDITING THE DOCUMENTARY by SANKALP MESHRAM
09:30 AM – 05:00 PM, 17 SEPTEMBER
The Workshop will discuss and attempt a better understanding on how time and space interact in cinema and create a completely unique experience. It will through illustrations and clips establish how the art of editing is actually the most central process of filmmaking.

Download Registration Form
Application Forms should reach PSBT latest by 20 August 2011.

Further Details

The Drucker Challenge essay contest

The Drucker Challenge essay contest

If you have not entered the "Peter Drucker Challenge" essay contest yet, do not fear as the due date has officially been extended to 15 August 2011.

Initiated and organized by the Peter Drucker Society Europe (PDSE), the essay contest has the overarching theme

"Management - what is it good for?"

The Challenge is aimed at young managers, entrepreneurs and students up to the age of 35. The authors of the top three essays will be flown to Vienna and invited to participate in the "Global Peter Drucker Forum 2011" in Vienna on 3-4 November. For the first time at this year's "Global Peter Drucker Forum" there will be a dedicated panel session with "Peter Drucker Challenge" winners to hear the perspectives of the younger generation.

In addition, up to 40 authors of high quality essays will get free access to the "Global Peter Drucker Forum 2011".

The length of the essays should be between 1,500 words and 3,000 words. For more information on how to participate see: http://www.druckerchallenge.org

Call for Authors: "Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia", edited by Robert Warren Howarth

Call for Authors: "Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia", edited by Robert Warren Howarth

Golson media is inviting academic editorial contributors to a new reference work about biomes and ecosystems to be published by Salem Press in 2013.

With approximately 600 articles in 4 volumes, Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia is a comprehensive review of key biological and geographic classifications tied to the high-school and college curriculum. The reference work will cover the broad scope of biomes and ecosystems around the world, from puddles on the street to coral reefs in Australia to rain forests in Brazil to the tundra in Siberia. Each article will delve into the properties that make the subject a biome or ecosystem, and how those features work together. Especially targeted toward high-school students, this outstanding reference work is edited to make the content readily accessible as well to patrons of public, academic, and university libraries. Pedagogical elements include a Topic Finder, Chronology, Resource Guide, Glossary, Appendix, and thorough index. Presented in an A-to-Z format, Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia is richly illustrated with photos, charts, and tables, all comprising an unprecedented and unique resource produced by Golson Media for Salem Press.

We are now making article assignments with a deadline of October 31, 2011.

Each article ranges from 600 to 3500 words and is signed by the contributor. The General Editor for the encyclopedia is Dr. Robert Warren Howarth, Cornell University, who will review all the articles for editorial content and academic consistency.

If you are interested in contributing to Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia, it can be a notable publication addition to your CV/resume and broaden your publishing credits. Moreover, you can help ensure that accurate information and important points of view are credibly presented to students and library patrons. Compensation is an honorarium payment of $25 up to 1000 words; $35 from 1001 to 2500 words; and $45 above 2501 words.

The list of available articles, style guidelines, and sample article are prepared and will be sent to you in response to your inquiry. Please then select which unassigned articles may best suit your interests and expertise.

If you would like to contribute to building a truly outstanding reference with Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia, please contact me by the e-mail information below. Please provide a brief summary of your background in biology, ecology, and environmental topics. Thanks for your time and interest.

Joseph K. Golson
Author Manager
biomes@golsonmedia.com
jkgolson@gmail.com

Science Reporter announces Science Fiction & Science Cartoon Competitions!

IT'S COMPETITION TIME ONCE AGAIN!

Science Reporter announces Science Fiction & Science Cartoon Competitions!

Science Reporter once again announces its Science Fiction and Science Cartoon Competitions. We invite original contributions from our readers. You may take part in any of the two competitions or even both.

• In the Science Cartoon category, not more than four original cartoons may be sent per entrant. And remember, the cartoons should relate to scientific topics only.
• In the Science Fiction category, readers are requested to send only one entry per entrant. The entries must be restricted to about 2000-2500 words.

All entries – Fiction as well as Cartoon – should be original and should be accompanied with a self-declaration saying that the contribution is original.

The winning entries will be published in Science Reporter. There is no entry fee.

The last date for receiving the entries is 15 October 2011.

Rush your entries to:

Editor, Science Reporter

Science Fiction/Science Cartoon Competition

National Institute of Science Communication And Information Resources

Dr K S Krishnan Marg

New Delhi-110 012

Or

Email at sr@niscair.res.in

Further Details

UNESCO Bangkok Internship Programme

UNESCO Bangkok Internship Programme

Blazing the Trail in Educational Innovation for Development

The Asia-Pacific Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) unit in the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok, Thailand, welcomes applications for internships.

About APEID: Established in 1973, APEID is an inter-country cooperation programme serving 46 member states in the Asia and Pacific region. It promotes educational innovation for development with a special focus on post-primary education. The goal of the programme is to improve the quality of education and foster innovation by promoting inter-country cooperation and partnerships in education. APEID's three main programmes are Higher Education, Teacher Education and ICT in Education.

Internship programme:

• The programme aims to familiarize interns with the day-to-day work and special mandates of APEID, increase their understanding of UNESCO and introduce them to the multi-national work environment of the UN.
• The programme plans to enhance the interns' capacities by combining their academic learning with practical research and by providing opportunities for interns to explore their own interests in a relevant field.

Internship description:

• Participate in regular or ad-hoc APEID meetings and related events
• Contribute to the conceptualization and planning of APEID events when necessary
• Assist in the preparation and organization of APEID meetings, seminars and conferences under various APEID projects, etc.
• Proofread reports and articles
• Prepare minutes of meetings, draft reports and publications
• Conduct research and prepare presentations on given topics
• Contribute articles for monthly newsletters and websites
• Conduct any other duties that may be assigned by their supervisors in APEID or the Director of UNESCO

Internship eligibility:

• This internship is open to applicants who are enrolled in postgraduate studies with specialization in an area that directly relates to UNESCO's APEID mandates.
• Applicants must fulfil the three-month minimum internship period with maximum stay of six months.

If you are interested in applying for an internship with UNESCO APEID, please fill the online application form at http://www.unescobkk.org/join-us/opportunities/internship-programme-and-volunteers/.

Apply by:

Ongoing but the applications will be reviewed quarterly. For example, applications submitted by August 30^th 2011 will be considered for internships starting between September and December. Only applicants who have been accepted will be contacted. No information concerning the application will be given over the telephone.

Please note this is an unpaid internship. Interns are to cover all their own expenses and obtain all necessary travel documents. There is no expectancy of employment at the end of the internship and interns are not entitled to apply for any regular position during the period of internship or six months immediately following the expiration date of the internship.

Contact: ict.bgk@unesco.org

 

Further Details: http://www.unescobkk.org/internships

Walk-in-Interviews for positions of Project Associates and Data Entry Operators at NISTADS, New Delhi

Advertisement for Walk-in-Interviews for positions of Project Associates and Data Entry Operators at NISTADS, New Delhi

 

Advertisement for WALK-IN-INTERVIEW for Project Associate / Data Entry Operators for the Activity entitled Global Strategy & Plan of Action on Public Health and Intellectual Property (GSPOA) of India: Status and Proposals. It is a limited tenure project. The project will have to be completed by 15^th November.

 

NISTADS will conduct WALK-IN-INTERVIEW for the selection of two candidates for Project Associate work and two candidates for Data Entry Operator work for the Activity entitled Global Strategy & Plan of Action on Public Health and Intellectual Property (GSPOA) of India: Status and Proposals on August 9, 2011. Selected candidates will have to undertake the completion of assigned work during the period of 15^th August- 15^th November.

 

Project Associates (2)

Concerned candidates for project associate (s) work should possess relevant post graduate qualifications in biological / health / pharmacy / social sciences / intellectual property law and sufficient research experience in the work to be undertaken in the project to be eligible for consideration in the project for the post. Selected candidate will get Rs. 20,000 per month during the relevant project period of 15^th August-15^th November.

 

Data Entry Operators (2)

Concerned candidates for data entry work should possess either MCA plus one year experience / BCA with three years experience in the area of secretarial work, data base building, database searches and report editing to be eligible for consideration in the project for the post.  Selected candidate will get Rs. 10,000 per month during the relevant project period of 15^th August-15^th November.

 

Below we indicate the scope of work proposed to be undertaken under this project.

1)       Investment in R&D and Innovation to address health needs of the country [including public private partnership models, push incentives for research by reducing inherent risks in R & D, and regulatory environment for rewarding sound research into priority diseases, including neglected tropical diseases (e. g devising a fast track system for grant of regulatory approval for marketing of new medicines based on national health priorities)]

2)       Mapping of Gap and Need Analysis on delivery and access of medicines, medical products & technologies (including medical devices) in the country, including impact of incentive mechanisms on innovation and access to medicines, medical products and technologies

3)       Mapping of Gap and Need Analysis on delivery and access of traditional medicines in India, including impact of incentive mechanisms on innovation and access to health products

4)       Impact of IPR and TRIPS Agreement on the development of, and access to, essential medicines and healthcare products in India

 

Interested candidates are requested to send their CVs before August 12, 2011 by 9.30 am to the email address of project leader Dinesh Abrol, Chief Scientist (dinesh.abrol@gmail.com) and project leader. Walk-in-interviews would take place in the forenoon of August 12. Interviews will start by 11.00 hrs. Interested candidates are requested to be present in NISTADS with the documents relevant to their qualifications and experience by 9.30 am on August 12, 2011.  

 

Dinesh Abrol, Chief Scientist, NISTADS, New Delhi

 

CfPs:: 53rd Annual Conference of Indian Society of Labour Economics, 17-19 December 2011, Udaipur, India

53rd Annual Conference of Indian Society of Labour Economics

17-19 December 2011

Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Call for Papers
The 53rd Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) will be held during 17-19 December, 2011 at Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan. Prof. S.S. Gill, Director General, Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh, will preside over the Conference. The topics for this year's conference are:

(i) Women's Work,
(ii) Labour and Environment, and
(iii) Social Protection for Workers in India.

Those who wish to contribute may send papers along with a summary of about 1000 words in hard as well as soft copy latest by 30 September, 2011 to the Hon. Secretary, The Indian Society of Labour Economics, NIDM Building, IIPA Campus, I.P. Estate, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi – 110002, INDIA. The soft copies may be emailed to: isle.conference53@gmail.com. The summaries of the selected papers will be brought out as a publication of conference summaries while selected papers will be reviewed and published in the future issues of the Indian Journal of Labour Economics.

Two awards have been instituted for best paper writers, below 40 years: Ruddar Datt Memorial Award and Sanjay Thakur Young Labour Economist Award (carrying prize money of Rs. 10,000 each). Those willing to be considered for the awards have to furnish age proof along with their full paper before the deadline.

For registration and reservation of accommodation for the conference, please contact either the Organising Secretary or Coorganising

Secretary of the Conference:
Prof. Anju Kohli (Mob: 09414165756/ Res: 0294-2521614/ Email: akohli2k@yahoo.com), Dean and Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University College of Social Science & Humanities, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur – 313001, Rajasthan, India
Dr. Anuprabha Choudhary (Mob: 09414158614/ 07597911168/ Res: 0294-2521614/ Email: anu_30p@yahoo.co.in) at the same address.

The registration fee is Rs. 600 for India, US$ 75 for SAARC countries and US$ 100 for other countries. For spouse or an accompanying person, the fee is Rs 500 for India, US$ 50 for SAARC countries and US$ 75 for other countries. Payments should be made in favour of the "Local Organising Secretary, 53rd Annual Conference of ISLE" through Demand Draft payable at ICICI Bank, University Campus Branch, Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Those who are not members of ISLE have to separately send the society's membership fee along with the filled out form available on the website, to the Hon. Secretary at the society address mentioned above. The annual membership fee for individuals in India is Rs. 400 and for overseas US$ 60. Individual life membership in India is for Rs. 4000.

Latest information on the conference can be obtained from www.isleijle.org or in email from isle.ijle@gmail.com

Last Date for Submission of Papers: 30 September, 2011

CfPs: National Seminar on "Need for Real Sector Reforms in Agriculture"

National Seminar on "Need for Real Sector Reforms in Agriculture"

29-30 September 2011

Organized by Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow, India

Call for Papers
Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow, India is a society established by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in 1983 as an apex level institute offering training, research and consultancy services on various aspects of agriculture, rural development and rural finance.
The need for Real Sector Reforms in Agriculture has been well recognized in the development policy perspective and is one of the issues to be explored in the context of the urgency of agriculture development and poverty alleviation. To unravel the areas for further policy options, BIRD is organizing a 'Two Days' National Seminar on 29 and 30 September 2011 in BIRD, Lucknow. Practitioners, economists, bankers, industrialists, policy makers and other stakeholders in the Govt. and private sector are expected to participate and deliberate in the seminar.
Papers are invited from subject experts, researchers and practitioners on the following broad themes:

•  Land and Institutional Reforms in Agriculture.
•  Reforms in Agriculture Input Management (Water, Seeds, Fertilizers, Farm Machineries, Pesticides / Insecticides, etc.)
•  Reforms in Agriculture Marketing, Trade and Supply Chain Management.
•  Reforms in Extension and Transfer of Technology.
•  Pricing and Subsidy Issues in Agriculture.
•  Forest and Agriculture - Clash of Interests or Protection of Domain?

Papers, not exceeding 5000 words, may be mailed latest by 30th August 2011 to Shri Sunil Kumar, Faculty Member (sunil.bird@gmail.com) or Shri S K Dora, Faculty Member (dora.sanjaykumar@gmail.com), coordinators for the seminar. The authors of selected papers would be invited for presentation and return economy airfare / II AC rail fare would be reimbursed to one of the authors. The author/s may also submit a declaration that the paper including the illustrations does not contain copyright material of any other author/s or publication.

For further details, please see BIRD website : www.birdindia.org.in

Financial Express article "Carbon for CBM Recovery"

Carbon for CBM Recovery

Coal resources that are too deep or thin for making can be targetted for carbon sequestration

by Malti Goel

Financial Express; Monday, July 25, 2011

Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/carbon-for-cbm-recovery/821719/0

Clean energy fuel is much in demand today. Natural gas has become a topic of debate as it is a clean and green fuel. It is mainly methane recovered from underground reservoirs and oil fields as associated gas. Combustion of natural gas gives rise to least emission pollution among fossil fuels.
Earlier, gas pipeline infrastructure did not exist and it was not possible to utilise the gas associated with oil. Long after technology has developed to separate natural gas produced from oilfields, efforts have begun in India to recover methane from coal beds. Coal bed methane is methane recovered from un-mineable coal beds. A large amount of methane gas gets associated with coal during coalification, some of it gets released during mining activity.
The CBM resource is estimated to be more than 1,000 trillion cubic metres. Coal mine methane (CMM), which is recovered from active mines, and abandoned mine methane (AMM) recovered upon closure of an active mine form additional resources. Several techniques have been put forward to recover methane stored in coal beds. First commercial CBM recovery was made by Great Eastern Energy Corporation Ltd (GEECL) in Raniganj coal fields, near Burnpur in West Bengal. A 70-km CBM pipeline has been laid for industry units in the coal belt. Success has been achieved in recovery of CMM. Coal India has ventured into CMM recovery in a big way.
At the same time, there are international concerns for carbon accumulation in the atmosphere from the use of fossil fuels, mainly coal combustion, giving rise to global warming mitigation actions. Carbon capture & storage (CCS) is one such pathway to reduce emissions in the atmosphere. It is based on capturing carbon from its large point sources and safely storing it in underground reservoirs so that it is permanently removed from the atmosphere. CCS is considered significant for oil and gas industry for enhanced oil recovery. Worldwide, efforts have been made to test carbon sequestration for enhanced oil recovery from depleted oil fields. In the same way, un-mineable coal beds are considered for enhanced coal bed methane (ECBM) recovery.
In this process of carbon sequestration carbon dioxide molecules get attached to coal and the trapped methane molecule is released. Coal beds have absorption capacity for carbon dioxide which is three times that of methane. In unmineable coal beds or in an abandoned mine, carbon dioxide sequestration by pumping flue gas (containing carbon) from a power plant into coal seams under pressure is being considered a possibility. It is estimated that primary CBM recovers 20-40% gas of what is in place, while injection of carbon can lead to 70-90% recovery of gas. Theoretically, 7.1 billion tonnes of carbon stored can produce about two billion cubic meters of gas. This would certainly ease the energy situation.
Coal resources that are too deep or too thin for mining can be considered as a carbon sequestration target. Several medium-to-large scale field tests have been reported worldwide. San Juan field of the USA has shown a carbon:methane ratio of 3:1 i.e., three molecules of carbon would displace one molecule of methane.
India is coal rich country, third in resources and fifth in production. While a new thrust is mounted on harnessing renewable energy sources, dependence on coal continues to grow. The CCS research and capacity building efforts have begun. India has huge Gondwana resources mainly Permian – 99.5% and remaining Tertiary. A few institutions in India have carried out research in ECBM. Classification of potential coal beds has been done for carbon dioxide storage in unmineable coal beds, grey areas and concealed beds. According to their preliminary assessment, potential sites of carbon dioxide storage exist in several coal beds in unmineable coal beds and grey areas. The contribution of different absorption mechanisms and chemical parameters, however, remain poorly understood and field testing is yet to begin.
Even though limited field experience exists worldwide with ECBM, should not India consider tapping the existing ECBM potential? Questions like whether carbon dioxide will remain entrapped and for how long and what coal types are suitable need further investigation. More studies on geological, geo-morphological and physico-chemical studies of reservoirs and cap rocks are needed. Certainly, ECBM in unmineable coal beds can produce more fuel synergy with carbon sequestration. Moreover, its recovery is feasible at shallower depths as compared to shale gas, which requires cost-intensive deeper drilling technology coupled with horizontal cutting techniques. It would be relevant to make investment to test the efficacy of ECBM in coal fields simultaneously, as the capabilities in CBM recovery or in shale gas are being developed.

The writer is CSIR emeritus scientist at CSSP, JNU and former adviser of department of science and technology.

 

CfP:: National Workshop on "Women in Scientific Research - Examining the Challenges and Identifying their Needs" at NEHU, Shillong

National Workshop on "Women in Scientific Research - Examining the Challenges and Identifying their Needs"

21 October, 2011

Hosted by Department of Anthropology, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong

Catalyzed and Supported by National Council for Science & Technology Communication, DST, New Delhi

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
A National Workshop, on the theme "Women in Scientific Research – Examining the Challenges and Identifying their Needs" will be held at the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. The objective of the workshop is to comprehend and record the different situations most working women confront in day-to-day life. This in turn is expected to facilitate an understanding of the different challenges women scientists face in pursuing their professions and allow a discussion on the 'real' requirements of women scientists/ professionals in the contemporary age of liberalization and globalization.

SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP
Women participation in science in India is quite low, even though there is no apparent professional gender discrimination in our country. Therefore, efforts are being made to understand the challenges women scientists actually face and what their real needs are. This initiative, taken by the DST which is one of the principal sponsoring agencies for scientific research, may help concerned policy makers in formulating governing rules in such a way that women's practical needs are taken care of and the present and future women scientists of the country do not find it such an uphill task to pursue a career in scientific research. The challenges faced by women scientists are much the same as those faced by all working women, and it is hoped that this workshop on examination of challenges and identification of needs may help benefit all those women who aspire to have a meaningful professional career.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE
Participant may be any member of society who is (i) interested in the issue, (ii) social thinker, (iii) working woman, (iv) student, (v) research scholar, (vi) teacher, (vii) woman scientist, and/ or (viii) policy planner/ maker.
Women, who could not pursue their career (in any specialization or training) even after adequate education, are specially invited to participate and share their thoughts on this issue, which might help in providing useful solutions to this current global problem. The intention of the workshop is to also provide a platform for analysis, which may provide pathways for converting challenges into opportunities.

SUB-THEMES OF THE WORKSHOP

• Analyzing why women do not opt for the profession of scientific research
• Examining the challenges faced by women scientists/ women professionals
• Social problems faced by working women
• Impact of marriage on career and profession
• Bringing up children – addressing the concerns of working mothers
• Identifying the needs of women scientists
• Women friendly scientific policies and programmes

SUBMISSION OF PAPER
§ Research-based/ thought-provoking/ experience-based papers on any of the issues given above.
§ Paper must be within a single-page in the format given.
§ Paper must contain (i) name (ii) designation (iii) address of participant, (iv) topic (chosen from list of sub-themes), (v) brief discussion of the topic according to one's own understanding of the issue with suggested solutions, wherever appropriate.
§ One participant may submit more than one papers, however each paper must be in context of only one particular sub-theme.
§ Some select papers will be chosen for oral presentation and all remaining accepted papers will be brought out for discussion during the workshop.
§ Accepted papers will be compiled and submitted to DST, New Delhi.

IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline date for abstract submission: 15th September, 2011
Accepted abstract(s) will be informed: 30th September 2011
Deadline date for full paper submission: 14th October 2011

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Call for Proposal: Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative (OSI)

Call for Proposal: Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative (OSI)

Introduction
The University Grants Commission, India, announces an open competition for the "Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative (OSI)". The OSI, which is a joint initiative of Indo-US Government, aims and focuses on the formation of higher education partnerships between US Institutions and Institutions of Higher Learning in India. The said joint initiative also aims at the development and enrichment of junior faculty at Indian Institutions of Higher Learning. The Indian Institutions recognized u/s 2(f) and 12B of UGC Act, 1956 and Institutions of National Importance may submit their proposals with a view to encourage mutually understanding and economic development through education cooperation in the field of Higher Learning.

Program Overview
To encourage mutual understanding educational reform and economic development the OSI enables Indian Higher Education Institutions to pursue objectives through exchange visits of faculty, administrators, post graduate Indian students, and US graduate students who can demonstrate the ability to work independently.

Project Objectives
The proposals should explain in detail how the project will enable the participating institutions to achieve specific institutional changes that will support the goals of the OSI. The proposals should outline a series of activities for meeting specific objectives for each participating institution. The benefits of the project to each of the participating institutions may differ significantly in nature and scope based on their respective needs and resource bases.
Project objectives may include the development or revision of courses, curricula, and programs of study at participating institutions to support mutual understanding, educational reform and economic development. Particular areas of interest include Indian junior faculty development programs in respective fields. The proposals may outline the parameters and possible content of new courses; new teaching specializations or pedagogic methodologies; collaborative research; new or revised curricula; and new programs for outreach to educators, professional groups, or the general public. Proposals may also describe strategies to promote administrative reform through faculty or staff development.
In most cases a limited number of related thematic objectives at each institution will be more feasible to achieve than a larger number of unrelated objectives.
The following fields are eligible:

• Energy Studies
• Sustainable Development
• Climate Change
• Environmental Studies
• Education and Educational Reform
• Community Development and Innovation

Eligible Institutions
The Universities/Institutions recognized under Section 2 (f) and 12 B of UGC Act are eligible to receive the grant.

Last date for the receipt of proposals is 1st November, 2011.

Further Details

Call for Registration:: WIPO Distance Learning/ Online Courses on Intellectual Property Rights

DL-101 General Course on Intellectual Property
Summary: This course covers the main areas of intellectual property, namely copyright, related rights, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial design, plant breeders' rights, unfair competition and international registration systems.
Tutored: Yes   Duration: 50 hours    Cost: Free of Charge   
Next Session:  October 1 to November 17, 2011 (Final exam: November 16 and 17)
Enrollment: July 1 to August 31, 2011
 
Advanced Courses
DL-201E Copyright and Related Rights
Summary: This advanced course covers the basic principles of international Copyright Law, international treaties, and recent developments and trends in the area of international copyright.  It also covers the role of WIPO in the worldwide protection of copyright.
Tutored: Yes   Duration: 100 hours   Cost: Fee-based
Next Session: Starting week of October 17, 2011
Enrollment: July 14 to August 14, 2011
    
DL-204E Biotechnology and Intellectual Property
Summary: This advanced course aims to illustrate how you can use the current IP system to protect and commercialize your biotechnological invention. After completing the study of this course, you should be able to develop a sound knowledge of the different legal instruments related to protection of your biotechnology invention and execute a strategy for commercializing your invention.
Tutored: Yes   Duration: 100 hours   Cost: Fee-based
Next Session: Starting week of October 24, 2011
Enrollment: July 14 to August 14, 2011

DL-302E Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications
Summary: This advanced course is intended to provide training material online to cover intellectual property aspects which are closely related to trade and competition in the globablized market.  Additionally, the course is intended to educate and raise awareness of some of the complex issues that surround the protection and management of intellectual property for branding.
Tutored: Yes   Duration: 100 hours   Cost: Fee-based
Next Session: Starting week of October 31, 2011
Enrollment: July 14 to August 14, 2011

DL-318E Patent Information Search
Summary: The intention of this distance learning course relating to patent information searching is to introduce you to, and illustrate the concepts, of searching patent information.
Tutored: Yes   Duration: 100 hours   Cost: Fee-based 
Next Session: Starting week of November 7, 2011
Enrollment: July 14 to August 14, 2011

DL-401E Managing Intellectual Property in the Book Publishing Industry
Summary: This course is intended to provide a basic guide to publishers who wish to increase their understanding of how to manage intellectual property (IP) rights in a business context. Based on conventional practices of publishing houses, it offers practical information to help publishers both to exploit IP rights as economic assets and to avoid infringing the rights of others. It focuses primarily on publishers of trade books. The concepts covered are equally relevant to publishers of other printed literature, such as textbooks, newspapers, magazines and corporate literature.
Tutored: Yes  Duration: 100 hours   Cost: Fee-based
Next Session: Starting week of November 7, 2011
Enrollment: July 14 to August 14, 2011

DL-450E Intellectual Property Management
Summary: The course, Intellectual Property Management, focuses on intellectual property from the perspective of 'why' and 'how' for participants who have already covered the basics of 'what' Intellectual Property is.  In the first three modules, it teaches about the economic significance of IP. Using management examples and established industry methodologies, it elaborates on IP asset identification, IP incubation, IP commercialization, IP valuation, and IP taxation. In the last three modules it offers an in-depth look at commercial activities in the digital area by looking at e-commerce and IP, digital management of creative works, and the strategic management of IP.
Tutored: Yes   Duration: 100 hours   Cost: Fee-based 
Next Session: Starting week of November 7, 2011
Enrollment: July 14 to August 14, 2011

Further Details and Online Registration

CfP:: 3rd International Conference on Mobile Communication for Development (M4D2012), 28-29 Feb; Ghaziabad

3rd International Conference on Mobile Communication for Development (M4D2012)

28-29 February 2012

Ghaziabad, India

Institute of Management Studies (Ghaziabad, India) in cooperation with HumanIT (Karlstad University, Sweden) invite you to the 3rd International Conference on M4D - Mobile Communication for Development, following the inaugural conference in Karlstad, Sweden in 2008 and second conference in Kampala, Uganda. M4D2012 aims to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners and all those with interests in mobile communication for development. M4D2012 will combine two days of workshops, discussions, demos, plenary, paper and panel sessions. The conference activities will take place at a reputed hotel in the National Capital Region of Delhi and the campus of Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad.
 
Call for Papers
M4D2012 strives to create an inclusive event where all types of actors and formats are included. If you wish to present a paper, demo or poster you submit either to the practitioner or the research track. The research track has a traditional academic conference design while in the practitioner's track industry, NGOs, and public bodies can discuss experiences, ideas and disseminate knowledge. However, this conference is not only for paper presenters but also for all who have an interest in areas of mobility, communication, social change and their intersections. It is our explicit aim to make room for extensive discussions and interaction between all participants throughout the conference. We therefore also invite the ideas of different kinds workshops, panels, demos and discussion formats. All topics that relate to mobile communication and development are welcome.
The suggested Topics (but not limited to) include:

• Social implications of mobile communications
• Mobile health
• Mobile communication and political participation/ change
• Agriculture, rural development and mobile communication
• Economic development and mobile communication such as mobile banking and mobile money
• Mobile learning
• Mobile communication and community awareness / development
• Mobile communication and disaster management
• Mobile communication and corruption fighting
• Mobile communication and election / government monitoring
• Mobile communication and community awareness / development
• Mobile communication and disaster management
• Mobile communication and climate control
• Challenges to the proliferation of mobile technology
• Mobile communication and women empowerment
• Mobile communication and surveillance
• Innovative applications for mobile communication

Important Dates
Paper/poster/demo submission     July 31,2011
Acceptance/review note         Sept 30, 2011
Travel grant application    Oct 15, 2011
Final paper submission        Nov 15, 2011  

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Publications of Office of Adviser to the PM Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations

Publications of Office of Adviser to the Prime Minister Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations

• Industry Innovation Clusters: Draft Concept Paper. The National Innovation Council (NInC) has undertaken efforts to seed strengthen and sustain Industry Innovation Clusters. This note discusses the existing ecosystem in the country and details the proposed interventions of the NInC for fostering a culture of innovations. Download Fulltext PDF
• University Innovation Clusters: Draft Concept Paper.This paper examines the need for seeding, strengthening and sustaining Innovation Clusters in Indian Universities. Universities are acknowledged as the knowledge and innovation torch bearers globally. Download Fulltext PDF
• Towards a More Inclusive and Innovative India: Strategy Paper. Strategy Paper on Creating a Roadmap for a 'Decade of Innovation'. Download Fulltext PDF
• National Innovation Council: An Introduction. PM has constituted a National Innovation Council with distinguished members from various fields. The NInC will seek to create a strategy for fostering innovations at the National, State and sectoral levels by focusing on five key parameters: Platform, Inclusion, Eco-system, Drivers and Discourse. Download Booklet
  
• Innovation in India, by National Knowledge Commission, 2007. Download Full-text PDF
  

Innovation Manifestos

• Knowledge Swaraj: An Indian Manifesto on Science and Technology, by Knowledge in Civil Society (KICS), India. Download Full-text PDF
• Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto, by STEPS Centre, UK, 2010. Download Full-text PDF
  

Other Relevant Documents

• Unleashing India's Innovation: Toward Sustainable and Inclusive Growth. Edited by Mark A. Dutz, The World Bank, 2007. Download Full-text PDF
• The Protection and Utilisation of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill 2008. (Indian version of the Bayh-Dole Act). Download Full-text PDF.
• Analytical Legislative Briefs of the Protection and Utilisation of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill 2008. Download Brief1, Brief2, Brief3
• Results Framework Document (RFD) for Department of Science and Technology (2010-2011). Download Full-text PDF
• The National Innovation Act of 2008. Download Full-text PDF 

Training Course on Research Methodology in Social Sciences; CSD, New Delhi; September 12-23

Training Course on Research Methodology in Social Sciences

September 12-23, 2011

Organized by : Council for Social Development, New Delhi

 

Aims and Scope

A common challenge faced by almost all social science researchers is that of choosing an appropriate methodology for their research and evaluation work i.e. Selection and formulation of the problems; review of relevant literature; conceptual framework; selection of research design; formulation of research questions/ hypothesis and testing of hypothesis; selection of sampling methods and its techniques; preparing of interview schedules, questionnaire and other relevant tools for data collection; collecting data from the field and field management; choosing suitable techniques of data analysis; using computer and information technology for data collection  analysis & report writing;  interpreting the data and reporting on the findings of the research study.

This training course has been designed keeping these problems in view. It aims at enhancing the knowledge of, and skills in, some of the widely applied survey research methods, basic statistical techniques and scientific report writing. The course addresses the needs of academic researchers and of the practitioners of development in the field.

 

Course Objectives

The objectives of the course are to:

• Explain the difference between social and natural science; pure and applied science and pure, applied & action research;
• Formulate and test a research questions/hypotheses;
• Describe different types of sampling techniques;
• Discuss the techniques of data collection, processing and analysis through the following methods:

• Participant Observation, Focused Group Discussion (FDG), Case Study, Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) and Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA);
• Questionnaire & interview techniques and Statistical methods;
• Computer Applications – Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) and Geographical Information System (GIS);

• Indicate the implications of social science researches in formulation, planning and implementation of various socio-economic development programmes and schemes; and
• Discuss the major sections/ chapters to be included in scientific report or thesis writing.

 

Target Participants

Research students/ academicians/ professionals from any social science background coming from universities, research institutions, government departments and Non-Governmental Organizations.

Methodology

Interactive class-room sessions, lectures and demonstrations by experts from the field, exercises, assignments, case studies, preparation & testing of questionnaire, interview schedule/guide, field visits, conducting pilot studies, report writing in small groups and presentation of research findings.

 

Expected Outcome

At the end of the programme, the participants will have enhanced capacity to carry out social science research projects on a scientific basis, to articulate their findings and conclusions in an effective manner, and to make suggestions and recommendations for policy changes in the desired direction.

 

Duration: Two weeks

Course Contribution

Participant's contribution for attending the training course will be Rs. 2500 (Rupees two thousand and five hundred only)

Important Dates:

Duly completed details of candidates should reach by: July 31, 2011

Selected candidates will be intimated by : August 8, 2011

Contribution of selected candidates should reach by : September 1, 2011

 

(Demand Draft should be made in the name of Council for Social Development, New Delhi)

 

Participant should send their details by Post/ Courier/ Hand or E-mail (preferably) to Ms. Purtika Kalra, Research Assistant at (researchmethod@csdindia.org; purtika@csdindia.org)

Announcement and proforma for participant details can be downloaded from www.csdindia.org

 

Note: Though CSD does not provide any accommodation facilities for outstation participants, we can try to arrange the same at moderate rates if request is received by the participant at least one month in advance.

 

Course Director

Dr.(Ms) M.K.Jabbi

Senior Fellow

Email: researchmethod@csdindia.org; purtika@csdindia.org

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Applications Invited for the New India Foundation Fellowships 2011

Applications Invited for the New India Foundation Fellowships 2011

The New India Foundation now invites applications for the sixth round of its fellowships. Applications as per the guidelines on the website may be submitted before 31st July 2011.

The core activity of the New India Foundation are the New India Fellowships, awarded to scholars and writers working on different aspects of the history of independent India. The duration of the fellowships is twelve months. Fellows are paid Rs. 70, 000 a month. Each year, a mix of young and experienced candidates are selected.

The New India Fellowships are open only to Indian nationals, including those currently living abroad. Fellowship holders are expected to write original books. Their proposals should be oriented towards final publication, and outline a road map towards that destination. The Foundation is ecumenical as regards genre, theme, and ideology: the only requirement is that the proposed works contribute to the fuller understanding of independent India. Thus Fellowship holders may choose to write a memoir, or a work of reportage, or a thickly footnoted academic study. Their books could be oriented towards economics, or politics, or culture. They could be highly specific-an account of a single decade or a single region-or wide-ranging, such as a countrywide overview.

The books that result from the New India Fellowship will convey original research in an accessible manner to different constituencies. To that end, each book will be published by a prestigious publishing house. The Trustees have wide experience of publishing with leading firms (Oxford University Press, University of Chicago Press, Blackwell, Penguin) in India and abroad.

Candidates for the New India Fellowship are Candidates for the New India Fellowship are sought through select advertising in leading journals. The Trustees shall assess the proposals and make a short list from the submissions. The shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview, before a jury consisting of eminent people from the worlds of scholarship, business, and social service.

How to Apply
Applicants for the New India Fellowships are invited to submit the following:

• CV with contact details (email ID mandatory)
• Book proposal
• Writing sample of at least 5000 words (published or unpublished)

Entries may be sent by post or courier to the following address. Email applications will not be entertained.

To
The Managing Trustee,
The New India Foundation,
22 A Brunton Road,
Bangalore 560025.

Deadline: 31st July 2011

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