Events

12 Sep 2017|Gurgaon (Manesar) | Amity University Gurgaon

Faculty Development Program on Funded Research Proposal Writing

Amity School of Applied Science, Amity University Gurgaon organized a Faculty Development Program on "Funded Research Proposal Writing" by Dr.Umesh Kumar Sharma (Scientist ‘E’, Department of Science and Technology) on 12th September 2017.

The welcome speech was given by Dr A K Yadav (Director ASAS), where he emphasized the importance of research and welcomed Dr Umesh. Dr Umesh started his session by describing the evolution of economic policy of Govt of India in the post-independence era towards research and development of Science & Technology. He lightened the audience about the different National funding agencies like DST, DBT, DRDO, CSIR, UGC, MNRE etc. He emphasized on the current thrusts on inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary researchers. He discussed various schemes at different sectors like INSPIRE for students and post-doctoral level ECR grant for young researchers. Dr Umesh also highlighted the institutional development schemes like DST-FIST, IRPHA etc. Dr Umesh concluded the session after detailing the audience about the art of “Project Proposal Writing” and motivate them to submit as much as possible proposals and motivate them not to get disheartened in case of a rejection.