Vidyasagar University, named after one of the most illustrious sons of Bengal as well as one of the doyens of Indian Renaissance, Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, has grown out of a long cultural and educational movement in West Bengal in general and in the undivided district of Midnapore in particular.

With a view of enhance the spread of Science and Technology in the specific regions of the country, the Inter Academy Panel has initiated the Focus Area Science Technology Summer Fellowship (FAST-SF).

The three national Science Academies of the country (Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru; Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi and The National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad) offer several two-month Summer Fellowships to enable students/teachers to work with eminent scientists of the country during 2017.

This coming year (2017) our focus will be on the North Eastern States of the country and the FAST-SF will be for students and teachers working in North-Eastern States. About 200 Fellowships will be offered to students/teachers working in these states.

• Summer Research Fellowship Programme [SRFP] 2017 : 30 November 2016.
• Focus Area Science Technology-Summer Fellowship [FAST-SF] 2017 : 15 December 2016.