NEWS LETTER AND RECENT ACTIVITIES

Relief Fund from IJAA

1. BRIDGE 2012 fellowship program. (3 Nos.)

2. EIIRIS Fellowship provided by Toyohashi University (3-4 Nos.) – They are providing only to IJAA members

Our alumni association has been designated to nominate 3 (Three) BRIDGE fellows for this year. Details regarding BRIDGE fellowship and application forms and policy details can be found from the following link.

You can find out more details about Bridge fellowship - Indian Alumni Associations from the following link

Visit period and Dates

1. A period of from 14 to 45 days

Last date for the application submission: 15 th March 2012.

Please submit your application forms to bridgeindianprogram@gmail.com

While submitting the application forms please mention in the subject line "Bridge Fellowship Application Form 2012" and your name.

Points to be noted:

Of the shortlisted candidates, the first preference shall be given to JSPS fellows who have completed JSPS fellowship program and are having at least 5 years of post JSPS experience as well as currently working in India. However, if candidates are not available in this category, then preference shall be given to others.

Members who have joined Indian JSPS Alumni Association after the announcement of Bridge Fellowship program by JSPS (2012) shall not be eligible for consideration for this year’s round.

Along with your application, please submit a brief statement about your efforts and activities done so far to broaden the information about the JSPS programs and Indian JSPS Alumni Association.

Please submit your host professor’s acceptance form along with your application form. (Japanese and English version)

2) I am really happy to inform that this year EIIRIS (Electronically inspired interdisciplinary research institute-( http://www.eiiris.tut.ac.jp/introduction/index.html ), Toyohashi showed their interest to provide 3-4 fellowships to our members for short term visit up to one month to their institute. (I am personally thankful to the Director and Deputy Director and Chief Scientist of EIIRIS for accepting my proposal and their interest in our association). They are very active and emerging as one of the top institute and would like to develop long term collaboration opportunities with our members. This fellowship they are providing for visit to their instituted and for scientific discussion to find out the areas in which they can collaborate in future. They will provide the accommodation in the university (one room set with kitchen etc..- Needs to pay 40,000 yen for one month). Fellowship amount can be from 300,000 – 450,000 for one month depends upon your position in your institute and this one is including your flight ticket.

Hope our members would grab this opportunity to develop long lasting collaboration with this institute.

For this fellowship there is no restriction similar to bridge fellowship. Anyone can apply for this fellowship. (If our members’ are interested to apply only to this fellowship program – please provide your resume and details of your current research interest- No particular format – If you want to apply for both, then please use the Bridge Format and also submit the above mentioned one – If you are interested only in Bridge Fellowship – Please use only the bridge fellowship application form). Since we are forwarding all the application forms to EIIRIS of our members who are interested in this program, final decision will be from EIIRIS institute. They select and provide fellowship to our members.

Last Date for EIIRIS Fellowship – 15 March, 2012
Prof. D. Sakthi Kumar, Chairman, IJAA

Dear Indian JSPS Alumni Members,

I am sure that you all would be aware about the multiple tragedies struck to Japan recently. Still aftershocks are raking Japan mostly in the north eastern side of Japan (counted so far 650 and continuing….), and many great men are heroically fighting to control the nuclear radiation coming from the crippled nuclear reactors. All these things started around four weeks ago and within 3 min, on that fateful day, until then everything was safe and all who were in Japan were enjoying their life and expecting the Sakura Blossoms.

These points out about the helplessness of human beings when these kinds of nature's fury lashed out on them and it reminds us that no one is safe in this world. This brings the sentence written by Mr. Mahesh Dattani in "The Week” to my notice that "Sometimes, the ultimate test of a civilisation's greatness comes at the time of adversity. Not a single culture or nation exists that has not been struck by natural or man-made disasters. The world has survived wars, natural calamities and pestilence. In most instances, what brought the nation back on its feet was the sense of community that compelled people to help one another.”

Yes, that is true, this is the time which we have to come together as community to help Japan who gave us a helping hand at the beginning of our career and most of us reached the current position based on that. I am sure; many in our association remembered it and that is why I had received lot of mails from our members saying that we have to help Japan back. I am happy that our members lived up to their expectations at this difficult moment of Japan. Our executive committee decided to request to our members to provide their "One day salary” to show the solidarity with Japan as the Japan Relief Fund of Indian JSPS Alumni Association. (If you would like to provide more, we are always happy to receive the same – Our gesture is important that "We all are with you - Japan” – Not the amount).

When I had mentioned our executive committee's decision to JSPS, Prof. Motoyuki Ono, President of JSPS had sent a letter to me addressing to our members to distribute among our Indian JSPS Alumni Members; expressing his appreciation and thanks to each and every Indian JSPS Alumni Members for being along with Japan at this difficult moment. Please find the letter attached to this mail.

I am also attaching a badge along with this mail. If your institution allows, then please wear the badge for one day to show the solidarity with Japan and pray for the souls departed us on that eventful day. (If you could send a photograph of yours' wearing the badge, we would upload the same in our web site)

For receiving the relief fund, we are going to use the same account which we are operating for our next seminar to be held at TVM, Kerala. Please transfer your amount to this account.

Account Name: M/s ICFST 2011
Account No: 556502010003154
Money transfer: IFSC Code: UBIN0555657
Bank Name: Union of Bank, Poojapura Branch, Thiruvannathapuram-695 012, Kerala
Last date of receipt: April 30 th,
Note: Please mention that this transfer is for " Japan Relief Fund- IJAA”

Yours sincerely,
For Executive Committee,
Prof. D. Sakthi Kumar, Chairman, IJAA

Bridge 2010 fellowship program

Dear JSPS Alumni members….. I am very happy to announce BRIDGE 2010 fellowship program. Our alumni association have been designated to nominate 2 (two) BRIDGE fellows for this year too. Details regarding BRIDGE fellowship and application forms can be found from the following link.

and more details about Bridge fellowship - Indian Alumni Associations from the following link http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-plaza/bridge/india/index.html

Visit period and Dates

• 1. A period of from 14 to 45 days
• 2. Under this recruitment, revisits are to be started during the following period:

1 July 2010 through 31 March 2011

Last date for the application submission: 10 th April 2010.
Please submit your application forms to bridgeindianprogram@gmail.com
Points to be noted:

• Of the shortlisted candidates, the first preference shall be given to JSPS fellows who have completed JSPS fellowship program and are having at least 5 years of post JSPS experience as well as currently working in India. However, if candidates are not available in this category, then preference shall be given to others.
• Members who have joined Indian JSPS Alumni Association after the announcement of Bridge Fellowship program by JSPS (2010) shall not be eligible for consideration for this year's round.
• Along with your application, please submit a brief statement about your efforts and activities done so far to broaden the information about the JSPS programs and Indian JSPS Alumni Association.
• Please submit your host professors acceptance form along with your application form.

"Registration form for the annual get together 2010, May 10-11, IIT Delhi,New Delhi" Last date March 10 th. Click here to Download

Dear JSPS Alumni members…..

Warm greetings from Indian JSPS Alumni Association.

May God bless you and your family throughout year 2010 and wish that it's each and every moment be a memorable one.

Wish you and your family A Very Happy New Year!!!!

I am very happy to inform you all that our alumni association have been designated to nominate 2 (two) BRIDGE fellows; a novel coneptual program introduced by JSPS to promote and strenghten the continued research contacts developed by JSPS fellows during their tenure and to promote Alumni Associations .

Details regarding BRIDGE fellowship and application forms can be found from the following link.

and more details about Bridge fellowship - Indian Alumni Associations from the following link

This fellowship will be provided each and every year from this year onwards. Though first time JSPS is providing only 2 fellowships through Indian JSPS Alumni Association, number of Bridge fellowships might be increased from next year onwards. Since the fund is allocated to this financial year which ends by March 31st 2010, persons who would be able to start their Bridge fellowship tenure before March 31, 2010 should apply (selected fellows should start the fellowship tenure, not to complete the tenure...)

Last date for the application submission: 11 th January 2010.

Please submit your application forms to bridgeindianprogram@gmail.com

Points to be noted:

• 1.Of the shortlisted candidates, the first preference shall be given to JSPS fellows who have completed JSPS fellowship program and are having at least 5 years of post JSPS expereinceas well as currently working in India. However, if candidates are not available in this category, then preference shall be given to others.
• 2.Members who have joined Indian JSPS Alumni Association after the announcement of Bridge Fellowship program by JSPS shall not be eligible for consideration for this year.
• 3.Along with your application, please submit a brief statement about your efforts and activities done so far to broaden the information about the JSPS programs and Indian JSPS Alumni Association.

JSPS Alumni get together and Seminar 2010

I am happy to inform you all that we will be conducting our JSPS Alumni get together and science seminar from 2010. This year we shall start it from Delhi (Most probably by the end of February or early March 2010 –exact date and information shall be updated soon ). Our yearly seminar shall be conducted at different places in India, every year. More information regarding our JSPS Alumni Association activities shall be provided in subsequent mails.

Once again wish you all A Very Happy New Year and all the best for your BRIDGE application form.

If you have any qurries please feel free to contact me.

Yours
Dr. D. Sakthi Kumar
Chairman, Indian JSPS Alumni Association

Started discussion on official logo and Letter head for our Association in our Yahoo group.

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