*Announcement of programmes for the year 2018-19* Dear Shastri friends! Greetings! Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute is pleased to announce its programmes for the year 2018-19, namely: 1. Shastri Institutional Collaborative Research Grant *(SICRG)* 2. Shastri Mobility Programme *(SMP)-*for Academicians & Administrators 3. Shastri Research Student Fellowship *(SRSF)* - for a) Doctoral, b)Postdoctoral and c)Students 4. Shastri Programme Development Grant *(SPDG)* 5. Shastri Publication Grant* (SPG)* 6. Shastri Membership Development Grant* (SMDG)* 7. Shastri 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 https://sici.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=55c04a2e238405f8d14f371ca&id=3804dbeb88&e=4b0b79c774 https://sici.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=55c04a2e238405f8d14f371ca&id=8fb8b683cc&e=4b0b79c774of MHRD, Govt. of India i.e. Food Security and Sustainable Development, Energy, Environmental Science and Climate Change, 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 & Defense, 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 web portal www.shastriinstitute.org https://sici.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=55c04a2e238405f8d14f371ca&id=c9a3576d01&e=4b0b79c774. Applications are to be submitted through the Grant Management System http://gms2.shastriinstitute.org/login https://sici.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=55c04a2e238405f8d14f371ca&id=e91db4d55e&e=4b0b79c774 . In case of any difficulty in submission, scholars can contact the Shastri India office for assistance at email id siciapplications@sici.org.in The deadline to receive application for the programmes *SRSF, SMP & SICRG* is *27thJune, 2018** and *for *SMDG, SPDG and SPG is **July 25, 2018* by* 5:00 PM.* *Note: *Programme namely *Faculty in Residence Programme (FIR) is *open for non-members also. Sincerely, *Reshma Rana Verma* *Incharge-Programmes & LibraryShastri Indo-Canadian Institute* *5, Bhai Vir Singh Marg* *Delhi-110007* ​