Early Career Grants are designed to offer less experienced individuals an opportunity to lead a project.

Grant projects last one calendar year or less. If you apply for more than one year of funding, your proposal will be sent back to you to revise and resubmit for the next deadline. Projects are typically funded for US $5,000 and cannot exceed US $10,000.

Eligibility
There is no maximum age limit for Early Career Grant applicants. However, applicants must be at least 18 years old at the time of application submission. Applicants are not required to have an advanced degree. Anyone with more than five years of professional experience in the field of their project focus does not qualify for an Early Career Grant and should apply for an Exploration Grant instead.

If you have previously received an Early Career Grant or a Young Explorers Grant from National Geographic, you may submit a new proposal after you have closed your previous grant record.

How to Apply
Visit How to Apply section to learn more about eligibility requirements and how to prepare your proposal. Early Career Grant applicants may be asked to submit a two-minute video that will be used to help evaluate the proposal. You may speak in your primary language, but if that is not English, you MUST add English subtitles or attach an English video transcript.

IRDAI proposes to offer internship to students who are pursuing Graduate and Post graduate courses or Research from reputed universities and educational institutions during the Summer recess.

IISER Thiruvananthapuram offers a two-month visiting students programme during summer 2020 to enable motivated students to work with IISER faculty. Bachelors and Masters students in science/engineering with an inclination towards research in basic sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics) are invited to apply for the programme.

Institute for Sustainable Development & Governance, a public policy think tank based in Trivandrum ( http://isdg.in) is hosting a Youth Leadership Summit on Sustainable Development Goals from May 2nd 2019 to May 4th 2019 at Bodhigram, Adoor, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India.

Who can participate?
College students of all ages

The programme will be a residential and a fully sponsored one.
There is no registration fee.
Only first 50 registrations will be accommodated

For registrations, please send an email to isdg@ccds.in wtih all the personal details and leave a text message to Mr. Anil, 8301870991.

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MyGov.in is organising an online quiz on Elections in India
Start Date : 14/03/2019 17:00
End Date : 20/03/2019 23:59

FEFKA Director's Union is organising a Short Film Fest at National level. The competition is open to all without any age bar.

• Arabic Poetry
• Arabic Elocution
• Arabic Research Project

അറബി ഭാഷാ-സാഹിത്യമത്സരങ്ങൾ ഫാറൂഖ് കോളേജിൽ

ഫാറൂഖ് കോളേജ്  അറബിഗവേഷണ വിഭാഗം കുവൈത്ത് സാഹിത്യകാരി ഡോ. സുആദ് സ്വബാഹ് പുരസ്കാരങ്ങൾക്കായി അറബി ഭാഷാ-സാഹിത്യ മത്സരങ്ങൾ സംഘടിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. അറബി കവിത, അറബി പ്രസംഗം, ബിരുദാനന്തര അറബിക് ഗവേഷണപ്രബന്ധം തുടങ്ങി മത്സരയിനങ്ങളിൽ യഥാക്രമം ഒന്നാം സ്ഥാനത്തിന് 25000 രൂപ, രണ്ടാം സ്ഥാനത്തിന് 15000 രൂപ, മൂന്നാം സ്ഥാനത്തിന് 10000 രൂപ* ലഭിക്കുന്നതാണ്.

ബിരുദാനന്തര അറബിക് ഗവേഷണപ്രബന്ധം

കേരളത്തിലെ അംഗീകൃത കോളേജ്/പഠന വകുപ്പിലെ എം.എ അറബിക് വിദ്യാർത്ഥികൾ വകുപ്പ് മേധാവിയുടെ സാക്ഷ്യപത്രത്തോടൊപ്പം ജൂൺ പത്തിന് മുമ്പായി സമർപ്പിക്കുന്ന പ്രബന്ധങ്ങളാണ് മത്സരത്തിൽ പരിഗണിക്കപ്പെടുക. ഒരു സ്ഥാപനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പരമാവധി രണ്ട് പ്രബന്ധങ്ങൾ മാത്രമേ പരിഗണിക്കുകയുള്ളൂ.

അറബി കവിത
ഏപ്രിൽ ഒന്നിന് മുമ്പായി സംക്ഷിപ്ത വ്യക്തിവിവരണത്തോടൊപ്പം "പ്രകൃതിദുരന്തങ്ങൾ" എന്ന വിഷയത്തെ ആസ്പദമാക്കി ഏപ്രിൽ ഒന്നിന് മുമ്പ് സ്വീകരിക്കുന്ന കവിതകളാണ് മത്സരത്തിൽ പരിഗണിക്കുക. പതിനെട്ട് വയസ്സിന് മുകളിലുള്ള കേരളീയർക്ക് അറബി കവിത മത്സരത്തിൽ പങ്കെടുക്കാം.

അറബി പ്രസംഗം
സംക്ഷിപ്ത വ്യക്തിവിവരണത്തോടൊപ്പം ഏപ്രിൽ ഒന്നിന് മുമ്പ് രജിസ്റ്റർ ചെയ്യുന്ന വിദ്യാർത്ഥികൾക്കും ഗവേഷകർക്കും പ്രസംഗ മത്സരത്തിൽ പങ്കെടുക്കാം. എലിമിനേഷൻ, ഫൈനൽ എന്നിങ്ങനെ രണ്ട് റൗണ്ടുകളുണ്ടാകും. വിജയികൾക്ക് ക്യാഷ് പ്രൈസിനോടൊപ്പം സാക്ഷ്യപത്രവും മെമന്റേയും നൽകുന്നതാണ്. വിശദമായ വിവരങ്ങൾക്കായി 9446729866, 9747395076 എന്നി നമ്പറുകളിൽ ബന്ധപ്പെടാവുന്നതാണ്. മത്സരവിവരങ്ങൾ വെബ്സൈറ്റിലും ലഭ്യമാണ്.

National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) is a joint venture between Govt. of India (through ministry of railways) and participating state governments (Gujarat & Maharashtra).
NHSRCL is mandated to build India’s first high speed rail (commonly known as Bullet Train) between Mumbai & Ahmedabad.

With the construction of High-Speed rail corridor, India will join the elite club of 15 nations having this sophisticated technology within our reach. This project will bring a world-class cutting-edge technology to the service of this nation along with the transfer of technology from Japan.
Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail will cover distance of 508 Km in approximately three hours while covering twelve stations in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Union territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli.

The High-Speed Rail (HSR) project apart from being a technological marvel, would afford many quantifiable benefits like saving in travel time, vehicle operation cost, reduction in pollution, job creation, reduction in accidents/ enhanced safety, imported fuel substitution, and reduction in pollutants. The project will also boost the infrastructure and add to the growth of economy.

NHSRCL is organizing a contest for the name and mascot for India’s first high speed train. Name and Mascot should represent the true nature of high speed rail and all the socio-economic benefits that will come with the introduction of this technology in India.

There will be two separate entries for
1) Train name
2) Mascot design

The selected entry will be awarded a cash prize and five consolation entries will be awarded as follows
a) Mascot design: Winning prize: INR 1,00,000/- and five consolation prize for INR 10,000/- each
b) Train set name: Winning prize: INR 50,000/- and five consolation prize for INR 5,000/- each

The last date of submission is 25th March, 2019.

For any queries, wirte to:
Nishank Bhanu
Asst. Manager
Email: amcomm@nhsrcl.in (link sends e-mail)
Phone: 011-28070101

Link to participate

IoT Challenge 2019 is an Event based on IoT (Internet of Things), which will be held at RADIANCE 2019 IIT Bombay on 17th March 2019.

The 2019 Padma Awards emphasizes on acknowledging the tireless efforts of those who have been rendering services to their communities and the society at large. Through this quiz based primarily on the lives of India’s heroes, MyGov makes an honest attempt at giving them their due recognition. At the same time, the selected participants get a once in a lifetime opportunity to attend the Padma Awards Ceremony to be held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Terms and Conditions
Questions for the quiz are primarily based on the lives of the Padma Awardees 2019. But like any test, do expect some surprise elements to keep things interesting.
This is a timed quiz with 10 questions to be answered in 90 seconds.
You can skip a question and come back to it later.
The quiz will start as soon as you click the ‘Start’ button.
Top selected participants may get an opportunity to attend the Padma Awards Ceremony to be held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
MyGov holds the right to disqualify participation of any user for any misconduct or improprieties.
MyGov reserves the right to cancel or amend all or any part of the Quiz and/ or the Terms & Conditions/ Technical Parameters/ Evaluation Criteria. However, any changes to the Terms & Conditions/ Technical Parameters/ Evaluation Criteria, or cancellation of the Contest, will be updated/ posted on the platform.Please note that the selected participants will have to bear their travel, lodging and other miscellaneous expenses.
MyGov will not be responsible for any of the above expenses.
Participants have to provide the following information to register for the quiz:
Name, DOB, Email  Address,  Mobile Number, Complete Address

EXPERT OPINION: Knowing the Padma Awardees well, will ensure maximum success!Winner selection and announcement for the contest hosted on MyGov shall be at the sole discretion of the organizing ministry/department.

Click here to participate

MyGov.in is organising an online quiz on Health and Wellness Centres for all Indian citizens above the age of 12.

End Date : 20 Mar 2019, 11:59 pm
Online quiz will be conducted by MyGov at https://www.mygov.in/
The Quiz is open to all Indian Citizens
Duration of the Quiz is 100 seconds during which a maximum of 10 questions can be answered
.The quiz will be in English.
The criteria of selecting the winners will be maximum correct answers in the shortest time subject to the stipulation of 10 questions attempt and 100 seconds duration.
MoHFW reserves the rights to cancel or amend all or any part of the Quiz and/or the Terms and Conditions.
However, any changes to the Terms and Conditions or cancellation of the Quiz, will be updated/ posted on the platform.
The quiz is open only to Indian Citizens above the age of 12.
An individual can participate only once in the quiz.Employees, directly or indirectly, connected with Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and MyGov are not eligible to participate in the quiz competition.
The same mobile number and same email address cannot be used more than once to participate in the quiz.

Winners will be awarded following cash prizes:-
1st prize- Rs. 10,000 (one contestant)
2nd prize- Rs. 7500- (two contestants
)3rd prize- Rs. 5000- (two contestants)

Discovery/detection/noticing of use of any unfair/spurious means/ malpractices including but not limited to impersonation, double participation etc. during the participation in the quiz will result in the participation being declared null and void and hence, rejected.
The organizers of the quiz competition or any agency acting on their behalf reserves the right in this regard.
The selected winners should have bank account in their own name.
Winner selection and announcement for the contest hosted on MyGov shall be at the sole discretion of the organizing ministry/department.

Click here to take part in the quiz

THEMES & ISSUES

ELIGIBILITY

REGISTRATION

• Registration amount is Rs. 250 for Single Author and Rs. 400 for Co-authorship 
• Co-authorship is allowed to the maximum of 2 authors.
• Participants can submit the Registration fee via PayTm – For Single Authors HERE and For Co-authorship HERE
• After the payment, all the participant(s) must fill the registration form HERE

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS

• All the entries must be typewritten and in not more than 1500 words excluding footnotes.
• The submission must be made only in *.doc or *.docx format HERE 
• The submission should strictly follow the following rule
  • Font – Times New Roman
  • Font size – 12
  • Line spacing – 1.5
  • Alignment – justified
• 19th Edition of Bluebook should be followed for citation.
• The content should be the original work of the writer and should not have been given to any other competition or for any publication.

• Content
• Uniqueness
• Quality of language

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE & DEADLINE

REGISTRATION DEADLINE

PRIZES: CASH PRIZES & CERTIFICATES

CONTACT

• Email us at  ijlmh.journal@gmail.com

Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCDNER) is new sub-scheme under NMSA through which assistance is provided for Organic Farming clusters in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The scheme aims at development of certified organic production in a value chain mode to link growers with consumers and to support the development of entire value chain starting from inputs, seeds, certification, to the creation of facilities for collection, aggregation, processing, marketing and brand building initiative. The detail copy of guidelines can be downloaded from http://agricoop.nic.in/guidelines/integrated-nutrient-management.

Objectives
1. To develop crop commodity specific organic value chain and address gaps in organic crop production, wild crop harvesting, organic livestock management and processing handling and marketing of organic agricultural products
2. To facilitate partnerships between farmers and organic businesses (Farmer Producer Companies) in domestic and export markets
3. To empower producers with program ownership by organizing them into FIGs with the final aim to federate into farmer producer organizations/ companies
4. Develop NER products as brands/labels through brand building and facilitating stronger marketing access under the ownership of growers’ organizations/ companies
5. Creating state specific lead agency (Organic Commodity Board or Organic Mission) for coordinating, monitoring, supporting and financing the development and operationalization of entire value chain.

The contest is open to all Indians residing in India.

The last date for submission of entry is 3.3.19 till 1700 hrs.

The Designer of the finally selected Logo will get a prize of Rs. 10,000 only.

All Indian citizens are invited to participate in the contest by registering on the MyGov platform and uploading designed logo on the creative corner for PKVY scheme.

Click here to read terms and condition

Click here to visit MyGov.in site and submit your entry

The Parampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) is the first comprehensive scheme launched by the Central Government as a centrally sponsored programme (CSP), where the Central and State Government share the funding in varying ratio. It is 100% in UT, 90:10 in North-Eastern and Hilly States and 60:40 in case of other States. The scheme is implemented by the State Governments. It is implemented on a cluster basis of 20 hectare each. The farmer within the cluster is given financial assistance upto a maximum of 1 ha and the limit of assistance is Rs.50,000 per ha during the conversion period of 3 years. The target is to promote 10,000 clusters covering 2 lakh ha over the period of 3 years, 2015-16 to 2017-18.

Objectives
• To promote eco- friendly concept of cultivation reducing the dependency on agro-chemicals and fertilizers.
• To optimally utilize the locally available natural resources for input production.
• To promote use of local indigenous traditional techniques for management of plant nutrition and plant protection.
• To develop 10,000 organic clusters of 50 acres each.
• To develop potential markets for organic products.

The contest is open to all Indians residing in India.

The last date for submission of entry is 3.3.19 till 1700 hrs.

The Designer of the finally selected Logo will get a prize of Rs. 10,000 only.

All Indian citizens are invited to participate in the contest by registering on the MyGov platform and uploading designed logo on the creative corner for PKVY scheme.

Terms and conditions click here
Click here for further details and submission

സൃഷ്ടികള്‍ അയക്കേണ്ട വിലാസം
ഡോ. പി ടി മാലിനി
അസോ. പ്രഫസര്‍
രസതന്ത്ര വിഭാഗം
സാമൂതിരി ഗുരുവായൂരപ്പന്‍ കോളേജ്
കോഴിക്കോട് -673014
email: ptmalini [at] gmail.com

Maharishi Markandeshwar University is organizing National Model Parliament, MMMP’19

Eligibility
Students/ Scholars registered in Graduate/Post Graduate/ Ph.D. course in any institution/College/University and students of 10th to 12th Class are eligible to participate in the Model parliament.

Date and Venue
26 FEBRUARY 2019
 Committee Hall, Administrative Block, MM(DU), Mullana - Ambala
Timing: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM

AGENDA OF THE PROGRAMME:
“10% Reservation in Jobs and Education for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in the General Category”

The Participant is required to submit the scanned copy of the REGISTRATION FORM complete in all respect along with screenshot of transactionon mmdu.model.parliament2019@gmail.com by 16thFebruary, 2019 and the hard copy of the same must be submitted to the organizers at time of event.

GENERAL RULES
There will be individual participation.
The participants shall report at the venue hall by sharp 8: 30 a.m.
No formal dressing is required. However, it would be appreciated for wearing an attire similar to the politician of their constituency, carried in decent manner.
Participants may use bilingual language during their speech.
Constituencies would be allotted anonymously.
There is no limitation on the number of participations from one institute. (i.e. any number of students can participate from one institute).
Participants should seek confirmation of their registration prior one week of the event.
Participants creating any kind of indiscipline shall be disqualified on the discretion of the judges.
Participants thereby should adhere by the rules and regulations of the event.

MMMP’19 Rules of Procedure
The rules of MMMP’19 resemble as far as possible the rules and procedures of Lok Sabha.
For complete rules and regulations click here

Registration Fee
Students: Rs. 1000/-
Observer: Rs. 500/-
Registration fees must be remitted online on or before 16th February,2019

The UN Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Cities initiative has selected Noida and Greater Noida to participate in the 'University City' category, as the only invitee from India and they will be competing with elite university cities such as Cambridge, Palo Alto and Heidelberg, among others. Overall, 25 cities across the world have been selected in five categories.

GNIDA has come up with Video Film making competition. It is a unique platform for people interested in excellence in film making. The competitions aim to inspire, nurture and integrate, all congregation of people.

Purpose
The competition aims to provide a unique platform for all artists/film makers and students.
It will ignite young minds with innovative approach to video film making.

The participants are required to conceptualize the development of the Greater Noida City in the next ten years. The creative ideas portrayed through a short video film will eventually help in building Greater Noida a Smart and Happy City.

Themes
To ensure better quality participation from the general public, it is proposed to invite ideas for improvement under various themes. Following are such sample themes:

* Street cleanliness
* Traffic management
* Women safety
* General patrolling
* Maintenance of parks
* Street lighting
* Use of water resources
* Use of Solar power
* Public transport
* Others _______________________ (Themes suggested by Participants)
Scope
The competition is open to all interested students willing to provide video film in MP4/MOV format. On implementation these futuristic videos will benefit GNIDA and the public of Greater Noida.

Eligibility and Rules
* Submission can be made by individuals in their personal capacity, or by institutions like NGOs, colleges etc.
* An individual should not be associated with the multiple teams
* An individual or an institution can submit maximum one video film.
* All submissions will be accepted ONLY through the portal www.greaternoidaauthority.in/videofilmmaking
* No personal queries/visits/postal mail will be entertained in this regard.
* All submissions should have complete contact information of the participant.
* A team must use either a DSLR, mobile camera, professional film camera with at least 1080p or 1080i video capture. For Mobile Filmmaking, a mobile camera with a minimum capture of 1080i or 1080p should be used. To assure noiseless sound quality, an external microphone should be used.
* The minimum duration of the film should be three minutes while the maximum can be five minutes.
* The final video must be uploaded in MP4/MOV.
* Films must be the original work of the individual or team and must not infringe upon any third-party’s rights.
* Must be suitable for publication.
* Must not contain obscene or pornographic material; may not contain defamatory statements about any person, company, organization or entity.
* Must not invade privacy or other rights of any person, company or entity.
* Must not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations; and may not contain any copyrighted elements not owned by the team, individuals.
* Entries not satisfying the above listed themes shall be disqualified.
* The winners will be selected by a board of juries and their decision will remain final.
Timelines

Following are the important dates:

*• Video Film submission link goes live at 1700 hours on Monday, 14th January,2019
* Last date for video film submission: 31st March, 2019
* Date for Declaration of results: To be announced
* Awards ceremony: To be announced
Screening and selection process
* Initial screening and shortlisting by three-member Jury: To be announced
* Final selection of top three video films by GNIDA authorities: To be announced
Awards
* A certificate and cash award of Rs. 15,000 will be given to the top video film.
* A certificate and cash award of Rs. 10,000 will be given to the second video film.
* A certificate and cash award of Rs. 5,000 will be given to the third video film.
* The next seven submissions on merit will each be given a certificate.
Shortlisting and selection criteria
A. To maintain objectivity in screening and selection of video film making, we will use the following four criteria:

1. Relevance of the video film to the above specified themes.
2. Novelty/uniqueness of the video film.
3. Possible impact of the video film.
4. Should be implementable.
Each video film will be rated on a scale of 10 (equal weightage) for each of the four criteria, taking the maximum score to 40.

B. Final selection of top three video film will be done exclusively by the GNIDA authorities based on online submissions. There will be no personal meetings/interviews. If found necessary, authorities may seek clarifications from those submitting the video films.

Application Process / Guidelines
1. Upload your content onto your Google Drive. You can create a new Gmail account if not available
2. Access GNIDA website https://www.greaternoidaauthority.in/videofimmaking
3. Go through the contest details and click on the registration button to register for the competition.
4. The final content can be uploaded by clicking on the submission link.
5. A form with Bennett University logo will appear.
6. Select the file from your Google Drive where the video content has been uploaded and then click on the submit button. No modification can be made once the content is submitted.
7. Each student can only submit single response after signing into their google account.