NBHM: Scholarships for PG (MA/MSc) in Mathematics

National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) was established in 1983 under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to foster the development of higher mathematics in the country and give financial assistance to research projects and to doctoral and postdoctoral scholars.

Programme: Scholarships for pursuing M.A. / M.Sc. degree in mathematics

Eligibility: Applicants must be motivated B. A. / B. Sc. first class degree holders, or students, who have appeared for B. A. / B. Sc. final year examination and expect a bachelors degree with first class, or B.Sc. (honours) degree holders with at least second class, or students who have appeared for B.Sc. (honours) final year examination and expect a B. Sc. (honours) degree with at least second class. Students who have completed three years of an integrated M. Sc. course with cumulative grades equivalent to first class are eligible to apply. Students with good academic record and who are in M.Sc. (Part-I) or in the fifth year of a 5 year integrated M.Sc. course are also eligible to apply.

Age Limit: Applicants should be below the age of 23 years as on January 1, 2011. Exceptional cases, however, may be considered on merit.

Scholarship: Successful candidates will be eligible to receive a scholarship of Rs. 6,000/- (Rs. six thousand only) per month, during their two-year (oneyear if the student is granted the scholarship during the second year) M.A./ M. Sc. programme. The scholarships are sanctioned for one year at a time and are renewable at the end of the year, subject to satisfactory progress. Students who are in M.Sc. (Part-I) or in the fifth year of a 5 year integrated M.Sc. course will get the scholarship only for one year. To avail of the scholarship the students have to be enrolled in an appropriate institution, in India, for an M.A. / M.Sc. degree in Mathematics. The scholarship will be paid through the institution they join.

Selection Procedure: Selection will be made on the basis of a written test followed by interview of short-listed candidates. The written test will be held on Saturday, September 24, 2011. The questions will be primarily in the areas of Algebra, Analysis and Geometry. The test will be for two and half hours and involve questions with short answers. (Please visit our website for question papers for some earlier years.)

The written test will be conducted at the following centres:
Zone 1 : Chandigarh, New Delhi
Zone 2 : Allahabad, Indore, Jabalpur
Zone 3 : Mumbai, Goa, Pune, Vallabh Vidyanagar
Zone 4 : Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Ranchi, Shilong
Zone 5 : Chennai, Bangalore, Cochin, Hyderabad

How to Apply: Applications on plain paper should be made in the format given at the end of the advertisement. They should be sent in duplicate along with a recent passport size photograph attached to each copy and a self-addressed envelope to the appropriate person for the Zone in which the candidate wishes to appear for the written test. The envelope containing the application should be super-scribed “NBHM M.A. / M.Sc. Scholarships”.

Addresses of persons (zonal coordinators) to whom the applications should be sent, are given below.

Address for sending completed applications:

Zone 1:
Prof. Gurmeet kaur Bakshi
Department of Mathematics, sudeshkaur@yahoo.com
Punjab University,
Hans Raj Gupta Hall,
Chandigarh 160 014.
email: gkbakshi@pu.ac.in

Zone 2:
Dr. Kalyan Chakrab
Harish-Chandra Research Institute,
Chhatnag Road, Jhusi,
Allahabad 211 019.
email: kalyan@mri.ernet.in

Zone 3:
Prof. Nitin Nitsure
School of Mathematics,
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba,
Mumbai - 400 005.
email : nitsure@math.tifr.res.in

Zone 4:
Prof. S.C. Bagchi,
Stat-Math Unit,
Indian Statistical Institute,
203 B.T. Road,
Kolkata 700 108.
email: somesh@isical.ac.in

Zone 5:
Prof. S. Kesavan,
Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
C.I.T. Campus, Taramani,
Chennai - 600 113.
email: kesh@imsc.res.in

Important dates:

o    Last date of receiving application: August 01, 2011

o    Date of Written Test: September 24, 2011

Address: National Board for Higher Mathematics
Department of Atomic Energy
Anushakti Bhavan,
C.S.M. Marg,
MUMBAI 400 001

Email: msnbhm@dae.gov.in

Website: www.nbhm.dae.gov.in