The Indian Statistical Institute invites applications for the
Ambarnath ? Shanti Ghosh Travel Grant : 2012-2013. The conditions for
the award and the manner in which the applications are to be sent are
set out below :
1. The Travel Grant will be given once in two years from the proceeds
of the Ambarnath ? Shanti Ghosh Endowment Fund.
2. Statisticians and Probabilists, working in India, not above 45
years of age on 31 March 2012, intending to travel abroad (other than
SAARC countries) for academic work will be eligible to apply for this
grant. Preference will be given to those attending major International
Conferences in Statistics/Probability Theory.
3. The travel support will be upto a maximum of Rs.64,000/- for the
current award. The parent Institution of an awardee or any agency
providing travel support for the same purpose will be officially
informed of the grant awarded, so that they can take this into account
when considering the award of a complementary grant. The travel money
will be given to the awardee only as reimbursement after completing
the journey.
4. The applicants intending to travel during 01 April 2012 ? 31 March
2013 may furnish travel plan, biodata and recommendation from the
departmental head. A proforma of the application form is enclosed,
photocopy of which can be used, if needed. Applications may be sent to
either of the two addresses given below so as to reach positively by
31 March 2012.
5. Travel plan accompanied by full text of the paper, letter of
invitation, acceptance of paper from the hosts specifying financial
support, if any, will be needed to formally award the grant. Copy of
air-tickets, proof of payments along with certificate of
attendance/participation from the hosts and all the relevant boarding
passes will be required for claiming the reimbursement.
6. The selection of an applicant for the travel grant will be made by
a Committee constituted by the Director, ISI. An awardee should not
have received this award during the previous 6 years. If no suitable
applicant is found in a particular year, the deadline for application
and the travel period may be deferred by at most one year at the end
of which the committee may decide not to award the Grant if there is
no suitable applicant even at that stage. The decision of the
Committee would be final.
Addresses for sending application :
Professor Amita Majumder Dr. Arijit Chakrabarti
Economic Research Unit (ERU) Applied Statistics Unit (ASU)
Indian Statistical Institute Indian Statistical Institute
203 Barrackpore Trunk Road 203 Barrackpore Trunk Road
Kolkata 700 108 Kolkata 700 108
A copy of this announcement appears at the URL http://www.isical.ac.in