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August 17 - 21, Mumbai India
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Air travel support (Air Fellowship)

This fellowship is to cover airfare to/from Mumbai, India for students participating in the 2010 Asian Science Camp.  It is offered to only a fraction of participating students.  If you wish to apply for this fellowship, you may please consult your country's/region's contact person. 

Applicant requirements

Applicants should be students selected to represent their country/region for the 4th Asian Science Camp to be held in Mumbai, India form August 17-22, 2010.

How to apply

Please send the required documents via email, attaching the documents in either PDF/Word/Open Office/RTF files to Ms. Sumana Amin at     asc2010@hbcse.tifr.res.in. Please note that the last date for sending the documents has now been extended to July 10, 2010.  The total size of all attachments should not exceed 1 MB.

The following documents are required for applying for air-fellowship (in English)

  1. Bio-data giving academic record.
  2. Scanned copy of certificate of performance in the last major examination.
  3. Two write-ups of 400 words each on
    1. Why do I want to study science ?  Or What do I like about science?
    2. What do I expect to gain from the Asian Science Camp?
  4. Recommendation from one teacher.


We will notify the result of the applicants to their contact persons around July 10, 2010.

Mode of disbursement

Students who win the fellowship will be reimbursed for two way air travel ticket by economy class between Mumbai, India and their home country.  They should , therefore, purchase their tickets by the shortest route for the travel well in advance and at reasonable price.  No expenditure other than air fare will be reimbursed.  The reimbursement will be done on arrival at Mumbai after producing the return air ticket. 

Kindly note: Government of India, which is sponsoring the whole event, requires that the air fellowship awardees should travel by Air India (the official airlines of Government of India) as far as possible.  

For any queries, you may please contact
Ms. Sumana Amin
2010 Asian Science Camp Secretariat
Email :   asc2010@hbcse.tifr.res.in
Tel : +91-22-25562132,  Fax : +91-22-25566803, 25585660

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