Dear Moderator, Please circulate this announcement on LIS forum. Best Reshma ------------------------------------------ Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute is pleased to announce its programmes for the year 2017-18, namely: * Shastri Institutional Collaborative Research Grant (SICRG) Shastri Mobility Programme (SMP)-for Academicians & Administrators Shastri Research Student Fellowship (SRSF) - for a) Doctoral, b)Postdoctoral and c)Students Shastri Programme Development Grant (SPDG) Faculty-In-Residence Programme (FIR)/ Global Initiative For Academic Network (GIAN)* Applications from all domains of studies like Social Sciences and Humanities, Arts, Commerce & Management and STEM subjects are accepted. However, applications are encouraged in the focus areas of SICI and priority areas of MHRD, Govt. of India i.e. Food Security and Sustainable Development, Energy, Environmental Science and Climate Change, Archival Studies, Agricultural Science & Technology, Health Care Sciences, Nursing, Marine Sciences and Ocean Studies, Information & Communication Technology, Sustainable Habitat, Nano-technology Hardware, Water Resources & River Systems, Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, Security & Defence, Gender, Bi-lateral Trade and Investment, Securing Future of Children and Youth, Higher Education, Teacher Education and Training. In order to give a wider reach to these programmes, we request you to kindly have it displayed on the notice boards and respective websites and forums of your University/Institution. This will help in promoting our programmes and benefit the academic community. The details of the programmes are available at our website www.sici.org.in and http://www.sici.org.in. However, very soon we will migrate to our new web portal http://www.shastriinstitute.org.in. Applications for this round are to be submitted through the Grant Management System http://www.shastriinstitute.org/gms. In case of any difficulty in submission, scholars can contact the Shastri India office for assistance. The deadline to receive application for the programmes is 23rd July, 2017. Sincerely, * Reshma Rana Verma* Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute 5, Bhai Vir Singh Marg Near Gole Dakhana Delhi-110007 011-23743114; 23742677 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.