The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), London offers scholarships to Indian nationals residing in India and working in Public Sector Undertakings/ Organisations/ Firms, for undergraduate study in the following fields:

(1) Energy and Environment Management.

(2) Power System Engineering including Generation, Transmission and Distribution practices. These scholarships are for practical work experience attachments and not for advanced training as such; scholars are expected to work productively for the host company at graduate engineering level.

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Age - Below 33 yrs


2. Relaxation - 2 years in age limit for SC/ST


3. Academic -


• BE (Civil/Electrical/ Mechanical) with 60% marks
• Uniformly good academic record

The candidates should be sponsored by the employers and are expected to return to their job on completion of their training in UK and undertake to serve their employer for 3 yrs. Preference to candidates from Public Sector Undertakings, Bureau of Public Enterprises, FICCI and industries which have collaboration with industries in UK

4. Other -
   
   The candidate should
• be an Indian national


• be a young professional engineer


• be working in Civil/ Electrical/Mechanical Engineering industries especially those who have collaborative agreement with UK Firms


• have 2 years professional experience


• have adequate knowledge of India and UK


• stay consecutively for 2 yrs in India after return


• be sponsored by the employer


• return to the parent institution on completion of training


• undertake to serve the employer for 3 years

Scholarship details -

1. Number of Scholarships – 5


2. Duration - 4-12 Months


3. Value - £7,392.00 per annum (£616.00 per month). Free from U.K. Govt. Income Tax and other statutory deductions.


4. Passage Cost -


• Onward journey to be borne by the candidate/employer
• Return journey is borne by CBI if the training is for a minimum of 6 months

Application Procedure - Application in the prescribed format along with the necessary documents should be submitted. Employed candidates should apply through the proper channel.

Notification & Deadline - Notified in February Deadline as per the notification.

Contact Details -

External Scholarships Division (ES-4), MHRD
Director (Scholarships),
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Department of Secondary and Higher Education,
External Scholarships Division (ES-4),
A2/W4, Curzon Road Barracks,
KG Marg, New Delhi-110001.
Tel: 011 2338 6401
Fax: 011 2338 5337
Website: http://www.education.nic.in