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Visitor's Award
NationwideIndividualCentralCentral Sector SchemeMinistry of EducationOpen since 2023-12-31
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What this is
The Awards are given to recognize excellence in research and innovation of faculty members/researchers of the Central Universities
In detail
Visitor's Award under the Department of Higher Education provided To encourage excellence through competition. These awards would help to promote healthy competition amongst Faculties/Students of the Central Universities and motivate them to adopt best practices from around the world in the pursuit of excellence.
> Under the Visitor's Award, there are three categories:
- For Innovation.
- For Research.
2.1. Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
2.2. Physical Sciences.
2.3. Biological Sciences.
- For Technology Development.
> Who can nominate?
- Vice Chancellor/Dean/ Director/Professor of nominee's University.
> Selection Process
- The selection committee will invite online nominations in the prescribed formats in the web portal. The selection committee will devise its procedure to select the awardees, which will be put in the relevant portal. A panel of awardees would be prepared by a Selection Committee for final selection by the President, in the capacity of Visitor of Central University.
> Ceremony Details
- The awards shall be presented by the President of India at the time of Annual Conference of the Vice Chancellors of Central Universities or in the Visitor’s Conference held annually.
Who qualifies
- All faculty members and students of all the Central Universities will be eligible for the Visitor’s Awards.
What you get
- Citation and cash reward will be presented to the awardee. The total value of the cash reward will be ₹2,50,000/-
- If there are two or more recipients, the cash reward is subject to the condition that, each awardee will receive a minimum of ₹1,00,000/-
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Eligibility published here112 characters
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Benefit amount published hereamount or quantity stated
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Description more than a name130 characters
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Start date published here2023-12-31
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| schemeName | Visitor's Award | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeOpenDate | 2023-12-31 | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeCloseDate | ... | not published at source |
| nodalMinistryName | Ministry of Education | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| dbtScheme | False | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |