Committed to achieve excellence and with quality outputs in R&D in frontier areas, professional consultancy and contract services in chemical, bio and allied sciences to be offered to customers in public and private domains at national and international levels. Economic development & industrialization of the country. To put to effective use the immense material resources of North Eastern region and to provide R&D inputs for developing the economy of the NE region in particular and the country in general

a. The scholarship is exclusively meant for students from North East India.b. The students must have obtained minimum 70% marks (or 7 in 10 scales) at 10+2 examinationand passed in the year 2016only.c. Student must be admitted to a basic science course at degree level.d. Only the scholarship holder will be eligible for availing the training stipend. e. Economically weak students will be given preference.

The scheme provides for the award to one student from each state of NE Region per year.Selection will be made by an Award Evaluation Committee in 4 steps-. Seeking application from the students scoring minimum 70% (or 7 in 10 scales) in 10+2 examination through advertizing in news paper. The economically weak students will be selected for the award. Among the economically weak students, selection will be made in order of merit. Personal Interview will be held for the final selection, if necessary.

Value of Scholarships:The value of the scholarship will be 1000/- per month.In addition, a stipend of 1500 p.m. will be provided for a maximum period of six months training / project work during the entire course. Payment of Scholarships: (a) The selected students will be eligible to receive the scholarship and stipend from the date of joining the undergraduate/ integrated course. (b) The amount of scholarship and the stipend will be remitted by the CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, directly to the bank account provided by the student at the time of application. Duration of Scholarship: The duration of the scholarship and the stipend will be for a period of 3 years expected to cover the period of the course to which the candidate is admitted. The stipend will be for a period of six months (maximum). The payment of scholarship, however, will be guided by the fulfilment of Clause VII. Important Dates: Duly filled application forms along with the required documents in a sealed cover should be sent by Speed post or Registered post only at the Head, Research Planning and Business Development (RPBD) Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat-785006, Assamon or before 12th September 2016.