Thursday 16 February 2012

InvEnt Scholarship 2012


The Avery Dennison Foundation InvEnt (Invention + Entrepreneurship) scholarship programme aims to reward invention, innovation and excellence in high-achieving students studying in the fields of engineering and technology at selected higher education institutions in India and China. These scholarship awards are part of a programme offered by the Avery Dennison Foundation to inspire the spirit of invention among students. The InvEnt Programme also includes a series of engaging on-campus Discover Innovation Workshops for awardees and other interested members of the academic community at participating colleges.

The participating colleges are M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore;  Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani; Anna University, Chennai and  Pune Vidhyarthi Griha's College of Engineering and Technology, Pune.

Selected students will receive US$ 1,200 scholarship to be used in their second year of study.

Eligibility criteria


All Indian nationals, who are currently enrolled in the first year of studies at a participating college are eligible to apply. The candidate should be interested in invention and innovation in science and technology and should be studying any one of the following academic fields: chemical engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, textile engineering or print engineering.

Deadline

The deadline for submitting the application form is February 20, 2012.

For details and to download the application form, log on to  http://www.iie.org/avery-dennison

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