Raman Charpak Fellowship

The Raman-Charpak Fellowship is a flagship programme for Indo-French researchers mobility implemented by the Indo-French Centre for Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR/CEFIPRA) and is jointly funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India and the French Institute in India (IFI), French Embassy in India, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Government of France.

It aims at fostering mobility of highly qualified Indian & French PhD and French Master’s students between the two countries for a duration of 2 to 6 months in order to broaden the scope and depth of future engagements in Science, Technology and Innovation.

You can learn more about the programme and conditions for applications here.

You can view the guidlines for the fellowship program here.

Timeline for Applications

Indian & French PhD Students and French Masters’ Students
Launching	February, 2022
End of Deadline	31 March, 2022
Evaluation	April / May 2022
Declaration of Result	June, 2022
Starting date of fellowship	After September, 2022

Warwick Manufacturing Group

IIT Kharagpur has an active student internship program with the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) at the the University of Warwick, UK where every year they offer funded internships to about 10 UG and PG students. As part of the internship programme, the student spends 2-3 months at WMG working on a project jointly formulated by his/her home supervisor at IIT Kharagpur and host supervisor at WMG. After coming back from the internship the student is expected to continue working on the same project at IITKGP for his/her BTP or MTP.

For more information click here.

Foreign Govt. Scholarships

The Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Government of India, maintains a list of scholarships offered by various countries around the world to Indian students. The complete list may be found at: link.

IITKGP Foundation Scholarship (Internship)

The IITKGP Foundation of USA has instituted a fund for the students of IIT Kharagpur, to be awarded each year for availing high-quality international research and professional internships. Grants of USD 3000-5000 will be awarded to around 15 exceedingly meritorious students across all levels and departments/schools/centres based on the quality of the host institution/company, the quality of the proposed internship and the academic standing of the applicant. The awardee can also arrange additional sources of support, if necessary but should duly disclose them to the Foundation. Application procedure: Log in to the Foreign training portal

IITKGP Foundation Student Competition Support

The IITKGP Foundation of USA has set up top-up funding for IITKGP student teams for attending various international competitions. Only those teams who qualify for Institute travel grant for attending the competition are eligible to apply. Please contact OIR for more details.

DAAD

The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), as a publicly funded, self-governing organisation of the institutions of higher education in Germany, promotes international academic exchange as well as educational co-operation with developing countries through a variety of funding and scholarship programmes. For more information refer to link.

Fulbright Scholarship

The Fulbright Program is administered by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. The Fulbright Program awards approximately 8,000 grants annually. Roughly 1,600 U.S. students, 4,000 foreign students, 1,200 U.S. scholars, and 900 visiting scholars receive awards, in addition to several hundred teachers and professionals. For more information refer to link.

IUSSTF

The Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF), established under an agreement between the Governments of India and the United States of America in March 2000, is an autonomous, not for profit society that promotes and catalyzes Indo-US bilateral collaborations in science, technology, engineering and biomedical research through substantive interaction among government, academia and industry.