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INSPIRE AWARD SCHEME
Implementation during
12 Five Year Plan
th
Guidelines for
Submission of Proposals by
States / UTs
for the year 2012-13
Government of India
Ministry of Science & Technology
Department of Science & Technology
INSPIRE AWARD Cell
Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road,New Delhi.110016
Tel: 011-26590422, Fax: 011-26534998, E-mail: us.inspire-dst@nic.in
Nation’s Endeavour to
Foster Science Leaders of
Tomorrow
INSPIRE AWARD SCHEME
Implementation during 12th Five Year Plan
Guidelines for Submission of Proposals by
States / UTs for the year 2012-13
1. Introduction
1.1 Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) is a national programme
implemented by the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India for attraction of talent
amongst the students to study Science and pursue career with research.
INSPIRE scheme has 3 components:-
(a) Scheme for early attraction of talents for Science (SEATs), which has two sub-components
(i) INSPIRE Award of Rs. 5000/- and (ii) Mentorship through global Science leaders at a
science camp;
(b) Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) at the rate of Rs. 80, 000 for continuing education
at B. Sc and M. Sc levels and
(c) Assured Opportunity for Research Career (AORC) for young researchers which also has
two sub-components (i) INSPIRE Fellowship and (ii) INSPIRE Faculty .
Hence the INSPIRE programme has 5 sub-schemes/components.
1.2 While the first component of the Scheme i.e. INSPIRE Award is being implemented centrally
through the States / UTs, the other components of the Scheme are being implemented centrally by
Department of Science & Technology (DST) through the concerned academic/research institutes
& Universities etc.
2. Salient Features of INSPIRE Award component:-
2.1 Under this scheme, as approved for the 11th Five Year Plan, 2 students were eligible from each
school of the country (from class 6th to 10th) during the Five Year Plan period for an INSPIRE
Award of Rs. 5000 each for preparing a science project/model. INSPIRE Award Warrant was
issued directly in the name of selected student and sent to him/her through State/school authorities.
Award amount includes cost of making a science project / model as well as cost of bringing the
project / model at District level Centre for Exhibition / Display Competition
2.2 All Awardees under the scheme are required to participate in the District Level Exhibition and
Project Competition (DLEPC). Best 5 to 10 per cent entries from the district are selected for
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participation in a State Level Exhibition and Project Competition (SLEPC). Best 5 per cent
entries from the State/UT, subject to a minimum of 5, are selected to participate at the National
Level Exhibition and Project Competition (NLEPC). At all levels, the projects are evaluated by a
Jury of experts. Participation/merit certificates are issued to the selected awardees of DLEPC,
SLEPC and NLEPC, as well as, mentor / teachers who guided them for the preparation of the
projects. The entire cost of organizing exhibitions at district, state and national level is borne by the
Department of Science & Technology (DST).
2.3 Merit based selection of the students for INSPIRE awardees is done by Head Master/Head
Mistress/ Principal of each school, who is required to send nomination of best children having
aptitude for science, with requisite details giving also the criteria adopted by the school for nomination
and selection. District education authorities compile details of the schools in their jurisdiction in the
prescribed format and send the proposal to DST through the State education authorities.
2.4 All schools in the country, recognized by the District / State Education authorities, whether
Government or private, added or un-aided, run by Central Government or State Government or
local bodies, and having classes 6 to 10 are eligible to participate in the scheme.
2.5 Proposals so received from the State authorities are processed in DST in accordance with the
norms of the scheme and the list of the selected students is sent to the banker of DST for preparation
of Award Warrants in the name of selected students. The Award Warrants so received from the
bank are sent to State authorities for onward delivery to the selected awardees through district
education authorities.
3. Present Status of Implementation of Scheme.
3.1 The scheme envisaged selection of one million (10 lakh) students during the Five Year Plan period
@ of 2 lakh awardees per year. There are about 4.5 to 5 lakh schools in the country which would
have classes 6 to 10. The scheme was launched during December, 2008. However, implementation
could start only in 2009-10, and 1.26 lakh Awards were sanctioned during that year. In addition,
2.50 lakh Awards were sanctioned during 2010-11. As on date more than 6 lakh Awards have
been sanctioned. (State wise list at Annexure-I)
3.2 Since the inception of the scheme, more than 2.5 lakh Awardees have participated in DLEPCs,
about 20 thousand selected Awardees of DLEPCs have participated in SLEPCs, and recently
about 700 awardees participated in the first ever NLEPC held at Delhi during August 14-16,
2011. All the 35 States/UTs are participating in the scheme.
3.3 Funds to meet the expenditure in connection with DLEPC, SLEPC are released to the State
Nodal Officer through electronic fund transfer to their notified bank account. As on date, an
amount of Rs. 75.40 Crores has been released to the States/UTs to meet the expenditure in
connection with DLEPC / SLEPC/ NLEPC.
4. Continuation of Scheme During the 12th Five Year Plan.
Scheme will continue during the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017), may be with an extended
coverage, under which a proposal to sanction one Award per school per year is under consideration
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of the Government. If approved, this would mean 2 million (20 lakh) Awards to be sanctioned
during the 5 year period @ of about 4 lakh Awards per year (assuming participation of about
80 to 90 per cent of the 4.5 to 5 lakh schools in the country).
5. E-management of the INSPIRE Award Scheme.
Under the Scheme, large number of nominations, running into lakhs, have to be processed for
selection of the students for INSPIRE Award. At present proposals/data is received from the
State authorities in the prescribed format in the simple MS Excel file and in-house processing of
data is done by DST to make selections. Considering the obvious limitations of such a process,
DST plans to e-manage the entire INSPIRE Award Scheme by using State-of-Art latest Information
Technology and engaging a competent e-management agency, which would have the responsibility
to develop an appropriate application software, which would enable e-filing of nominations by the
schools across the country, its processing by the District and State authorities as well as DST in
accordance with the norms of the scheme, transmission of data of selected students to the banks,
credit of Award amount to the bank accounts of selected Awardees (wherever notified) or
preparation of INSPIRE Award Warrants by the bank and their dispatch to the selected Awardees
and all such related activities concerning implementation of the scheme, management of the data,
generation of various MIS returns etc. However, this may take time and may become operational
in next financial year only i.e. w.e.f. 1.4.2013. Hence, it is proposed to continue the existing
system of sanctions based on proposals received from the States/UTs.
Accordingly following detailed guidelines are issued for submission of proposals by the States/UTs
for the year 2012-13:
6. Implementation of the INSPIRE Award Scheme during the 12th Five Year
Plan period – Guidelines for Submission of Proposals by State / UTs for
the Year 2012-13
6.1 Format and process for submission of proposals
Keeping in view the past experience, format for submission of proposals has been slightly modified.
Revised format is given at Annexure-II. All the schools must submit complete and correct details
in this format only duly observing the instructions for filling this format as given in Annexure-II A.
In particular, it must be ensured that complete name of the school, nominated student
and father’s name etc are entered in the format. District Nodal Officers (DNOs) Incharge of
INSPIRE will compile proposals of all the schools in their jurisdiction in MS-Excel format, and
after due verification and certification, send the same to State Nodal Officer (SNO) Incharge
INSPIRE of their respective State/UT. SNO would, in turn, compile proposals of all the districts
in his/her State/UT in MS-Excel format, and after due verification and certification, send the
same to Sh.Rajiv Malik, US (INSPIRE), along with one hard copy and one soft copy (on
email: us.inspire-dst@nic.in or to Sh. Sandeep Bansal, Scientist ‘C’ on his email:
sandeep.bansal@nic.in) from the official email of SNO/his authorized officer. DST would
process the proposals so received from various States/UTs in accordance with the norms of the
scheme and issue requisite sanctions. Copy of sanction along with list in soft copy will be sent to
the bank (on authorized email notified by the bank). The bank will prepare the warrants as per
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existing system and deliver the same to DST within 15 days of receipt of sanction from DST. DST
will, within 7 days of receipt of award warrants from bank, send the same to SNOs for onward
delivery to selected awardees through respective DNOs and schools. SNOs will ensure that
award warrants reach the selected awardees within a maximum of 30 days.
6.2 Organization of DLEPCs
All the selected awardees are required to participate in DLEPCs. DNOs should organize such
DLEPCs for the selected awardees of their districts within 30 to 60 days of receipt of award
warrants and send a list of best 5 to 10% awardees to their SNO. DLEPCs of awards sanctioned
till March 31, 2012 should be organized latest by May 31, 2012.
6.3 Organization of SLEPCs
Best 5 to 10% awardees of DLEPCs are to participate in SLEPCs. SNOs should organize such
SLEPCs within a maximum of 60 days of conclusion of DLEPCs and send a list of best 5%
awardees, subject to a minimum of 5, to DST. SLEPCs of awards sanctioned till March 31, 2012
should be organized latest by July 31, 2012.
6.4 Organization of NLEPCs
Responsibility for organizing NLEPCs rests with DST. As soon as DST receives sufficient
nominations from various States/UTs, it would announce a schedule for conduct of NLEPCs. 1st
NLEPC was organized by DST during August 2011. IInd NLEPC is likely to be organized by
DST at Delhi during August 2012. Hence all the States / UTs are requested to ensure the
SLEPCs of all the awardees sanctioned till March 31, 2012 is completed by July 31, 2012
positively. List of selected awardees of SLEPC for participation in the IInd NLEPC should reach
DST latest by 10th August 2012 alongwith brief write-up of the project in the format at
Annexure-VII.
6.5 Norms for conduct of DLEPCs and SLEPCs
There is no change in the norms for conduct of DLEPCs and SLEPCs as issued vide letter No.
12011/46/2010/INSPIRE dated 14.12.2010 (copy at Annexure- III). All the DNOs and SNOs
are requested to strictly observe these norms.
6.6 Format of Summary Report (SR) and Utilisation Certificates (UCs)
There is no change in instructions and format with respect to submission of SRs and UCs as issued
vide letter No. 12011-44/2010-INSPIRE dated 14.12.2010 (copy at Annexure-IV). All the
DNOs and SNOs are requested to ensure timely submission of SRs and UCs in accordance with
these instructions. Further release of funds to SNOs for DLEPCs and SLEPCs would be made
only on receipt of SRs for DLEPCs and SLEPCs already organized/ UCs for funds released till
March 31, 2012.
6.7 Timelines for submission of proposals
Proposals from States/UTs for the year 2012-13, in the prescribed format (Annexure-II), complete
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in all respects and conforming to these guidelines, should reach DST latest by June 30, 2012.
SNOs may issue suitable instructions to DNOs to obtain requisite proposals from all the schools in
their jurisdiction and compile and send the same to SNOs well in time to enable SNOs to send
proposals to DST within the prescribed time limits.
6.8 Release of funds for DLEPCs and SLEPCs
There is no change in the norms and instructions for release of funds by DST to States/ UTs for
DLEPCs/ SLEPCs as issued vide letter No. A-12011/01/2010-INSPIRE dated 23rd September
2010 (copy at Annexure V-A) and SNOs are requested to send timely proposals for release
of funds for DLEPCs and SLEPCs along with requisite confirmation from Secretary/
Principal Secretary Incharge of INSPIRE Scheme about the bank account of the SNOs
in which funds are to be transferred electronically (as per format given in Annexure-V-
B). Please note that even if bank account details of SNO has remained same, for release
of funds for the year 2012-13 onwards, the same need to be revalidated and sent again in
Annexure-V-B format duly countersigned by the Education Secretary in charge of
INSPIRE Award Scheme.
6.9 Submission of complete list of Schools under the jurisdiction of each District Nodal Officer
(INSPIRE)
Under the scheme, all schools in the country, which are recognized by the District / State Education
authorities, whether private (both aided and unaided) or Government (run by Central Government
or State Government or Local Bodies) which have any of the classes from 6th standard to 10th
standard (whether all or only some) are eligible to participate in the scheme. Hence, it is essential
to have a complete list of all the schools under the jurisdiction of each District Nodal Officer
(DNO) in the country. Such list would also be required for registration of the schools under the E-
management project referred to in para 5. Accordingly, all the District Nodal Officers are
requested to prepare a complete list of all the schools under their jurisdiction, (including
Private Schools, schools run by Central Government, Local bodies, etc. ) which have
classes 6th to 10th (whether all or only some) and send it to State Nodal Officer (SNO)
latest by 31st May 2012. State Nodal Officer in turn, will send list of all the District Nodal
Officer (covering all the revenue district of the State) to Department of Science &
Technology (DST) by 15th June 2012 to enable us to compile list of all the Districts in the
software for registration of schools and for sanctioning of the proposals during the current
year as well as remaining period of the 12th Five Year Plan. This list needs to be prepared
in the MS-Excel form only in the enclosed format (Annexure-VI) and need to be sent to
DST through SNO, both in hard copy, duly authenticated by DNO(s) as well as in soft copy
(either e-mail or CD).
6.10 Other important instructions to be kept in mind while sending the proposals
6.10.1 Generally, the children who have been nominated / selected under other similar schemes of Central
Government or State Government (for example, Jawaharlal Nehru National Science Exhibition for
Children, a Scheme of NCERT) should not be nominated under this scheme so that more and
more children get a chance to participate in different schemes of the Government.
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6.10.2 It must be ensured that the nominations of all the schools is obtained and compiled only in the MS
Excel format given in Annexure-II.
6.10.3 It must be ensured that complete name of the school, nominated students and father’s
name etc. are correctly entered in the format.
6.10.4 Only one child should be nominated from each of the classes 6th to 10th (i.e. 5 children from
schools having all the classes 6th to 10th, only 3 children from schools having classes 6th to 8th,
only 2 children from schools having classes 9th to 10th and so on).
6.10.5 The list will generally remain valid for 2 years. In case, towards the end of financial year 2012-
13, sufficient funds are available and some other states have not sent their complete proposals,
DST, may in its discretion, sanction more INSPIRE Awards out of list for 2012-13 to such
schools / States which have submitted complete proposals in Annexure-II format.
6.10.6 It may be noted that all types of recognized schools, whether Government (Central
Government / State Government) or Private (Aided or Unaided), or run by NGOs etc. are
covered under the scheme.
6.10.7. While sending the proposals, it should be ensured that adequate number of students is included
from SCs, STs and OBC categories, students belong to minority communities and maximum
possible representation is given to girl students in proposals from co- educational schools.
6.10.8 All the INSPIRE awardees would get a Certificate. In addition, Merit Certificates would
be given to the students whose projects / models are selected / adjudged best at the District /
State / National Level Exhibition.
6.10.9 The award amount would be sanctioned in the name of selected students and award warrants in
the name of selected students would be got prepared from the bank. All the award warrants of
a particular State / UT would be handed over to State Nodal Officer / his representative for
onward distribution to awardees through District / School authorities. As per the understandings
with DST’s bank issuing the award warrants, it is not compulsory for the awardees to open a
bank account to en-cash his warrant. The Award / Warrant can be en-cashed at any branch of
the bank (State Bank of India) at par.
6.10.10 Keeping in view the large number of schools and the students recommended from each school in
each class, proposals can be processed by DST only if accompanied by Soft Copy (in MS Excel
format in prescribed proforma duly filled in). In the absence of Soft Copy, it will not be
possible for Department of Science & Technology to process proposals and
sanction the awards. Hence, to avoid any delay, states are requested to ensure that
Hard Copy of the proposals is simultaneously accompanied by soft copy which can be
sent either on CD or through e-mail of concerned officers of DST.
6.10.11 (a) All awardees get an opportunities to display their project at the District Level Exhibition to be
organized by District Level Authorities. Projects at District Level would be judged by a 3-
member jury (2 locals- to be appointed by District / State authorities (from local college/
university / other reputed institutes faculty members) and 1 from DST panel – INSPIRE
7Mentor list available at DST website), who would select best 5 to 10% of projects /
models, for State level Exhibition.
6.10.11 (b) Selected projects at District level would get opportunity to participate in the State Level
Exhibition, to be organized by State authorities. Projects at State level would be judged by
a 3-member jury (1 local- to be appointed by State authorities and 2 from DST panel –
INSPIRE Mentor list available at DST website) who would select best 5% projects /
models, subject to a minimum of 5 for National level.
6.10.11 (c) Selected projects at State / UT level would get opportunity to participate in the National
Level Exhibition, to be organized by DST Projects at National Level would be judged by
jury appointed by DST.
6.11 Any selected INSPIRE Awardee, who fails to prepare the project and participate in the DLEPCs,
is required to return the Award Warrant / Award amount to School authorities, who will, in turn,
return the same to DNO (INSPIRE). DNO will return all such cases to DST through SNO
(INSPIRE) on six monthly basis.
7. Revalidation of INSPIRE Award Warrants
7.1 INSPIRE Award Warrants are valid for a specified period generally for six months. Hence, it is
essential that these are sent to the selected children without any delay, with instructions to encash
the same within the validity period. If, due to some reasons, INSPIRE Award Warrants have
expired, the same need not be sent back to DST or Bank. Only an intimation in this regard may be
sent to DST. Generally, the Bank will issue general instructions with regard to revalidation of such
INSPIRE Warrants for a specified period on the lines of instructions issued vide letter No. NDMB/
C&I/INST/2010-11/1169 dated 3rd September 2011 (copy at Annexure-VIII-A) under which
all expired warrants were revalidated upto 31st March 2012.
7.2 List of officers of SBI Main Branch to be contacted related to issues regarding INSPIRE Award
Warrants is at Annexure-VII-B.
7.3 State Bank of India (SBI) has also issued general instructions to all its branches with regard to
encashment of these warrants copy of which is available at Annexure-VIII-C.
8. Printing and dispatch of copies of these guidelines to all the schools
While sufficient copies of these guidelines are being printed by DST and sent to all SNOs and
DNOs (through SNOs only), and a copy of same is available on the website of DST, it appears
desirable that printed copies of these guidelines are sent to all the schools by respective DNOs by
getting sufficient copies printed locally, using the soft copy available on the web. The cost towards
this can be met from the funds released to DNOs (through SNOs) for conduct of DLEPCs. Or in
the alternate, SNOs can get sufficient copies of these guidelines printed at State level and send to
all the DNOs as per their requirement. The expenditure on this item can be debited to the funds
released by DST for SLEPCs / DLEPCs.
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8Annexure-I 9
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Annuexure-II 11
Note 1 Write CG for schools run by Central Government (e.g. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Navodaya Vidyalaya, Sainik School etc.)
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Write SG for schools run by State Government
Write LB for schools run by Local Bodies like Gram Panchayat / Block Panchayat/ Distt. Panchayat / Municipality / Municipal
Corporation
Write PA for Private Aided schools
Write PUA for Private Unaided schools
Write O for others (specify in brackets)
Note 2 Write R for schools located in Rural Areas
Write SU for schools located in Semi-Urban Areas
Write U for schools located in Urban Areas
Note 3 Write P for Primary schools (generally having classes upto 5th )
Write M for Middle schools (generally having classes upto 8th)
Write H for High or Secondary schools (generally having classes upto 10th )
Write HS for Higher Secondary school (generally having classes upto 12th )
Note 4 Write one numeral from 6 to 10 represent the class in which nominated student is studying)
Note 5 Here indicate Preference No. for the nominated child e.g. if 5 students are nominated one each from class 6th to 10th, for each
of the nominated child indicate preference nos. from 1 to 5; if only 3 children are nominated in middle school having classes 6th
to 8th, indicate preference nos. from 1 to 3.
Note 6 Write M for Male child
Write F for Female child
Note 7 Write G for General category
Write SC for Scheduled Castes category
Write ST for Scheduled Tribes category
Write OBC for Other Backward Class category
Abbreviations
TID : Temporary Identity No DST : Department of Science & TechnologyAnnexure-II A
Detailed Instructions for filling up the INSPIRE Award proposals
in the prescribed proforma (Annexure-II)
Under the scheme, a large number of nominations have to be processed for selection of the children
for the INSPIRE Award. Hence manual processing of proposals is not possible and it is essential that
hard copy of the proposals is accompanied by soft copy in MS Excel format only with all the columns
duly filled in. Considering that the electronic processing of the proposals for final selection of the children
requires the electronic file also to be uniformly prepared in a standard format and keeping in view the
experience of processing the proposals from some states, certain commonly committed mistakes have
been noticed, following detailed instructions are issued for the guidance of state / district / school
authorities for preparation of the proposals and filling the requisite details in the prescribed proforma.
Unless the proposals are correctly and completely filled in accordance with these requirements, it will be
difficult for the DST to timely process and sanction the proposals from a particular state. Hence, these
instructions may be adhered to by all concerned.
1. Schools and / or district authorities should not send proposals directly to DST. School
authorities within a district should send their proposals to the district authorities, who after compiling
these proposals should send the same to their state authorities. DST would entertain proposals only
from the state authorities and no cognizance would be taken by DST on the proposals received
directly from any school / district authority. The hard copy of the proposals sent by state authorities
to DST should be duly authenticated by the authorized officer of the state authorities.
2. It should be ensured that the soft copy and hard copy truly conform to each other. It is advisable that
the hard copy should be a print out of the soft copy, which will ensure that both hard copy and soft
copy conform to each other.
3. Proposals should be sent in the prescribed format (Annexure-II) in the MS Excel file only as
processing of proposals sent in MS Word or PDF or any other format is difficult.
4. All the columns in the proforma should be duly and correctly filled in. Wherever the entry in a
particular cell requires numerals to be filled, no English letters or Roman numerals should be entered,
the words “do” etc. should not be used even where the entries are repeated. Only Arabic numerals
should be used, for example, for information on the class in which student is studying (Col.12 of the
proforma), the Arabic numerals 6,7,8,9, and 10 should be used and not the Roman th th
numerals
th, th, th
VI,
VII, VIII, IX and X or the combination of Arabic numerals and letters like 6 , 7 , 8 9 10 as it
hampers with the electronic processing MS Excel file.
5. As the warrants would be issued by the bank based on details of child’s name father’s name, school’s
name etc. as given in the format. Care should be taken to correctly fill up such details so that
warrants are issued with correct particulars of the selected child and this would also ensure that
the child does not face any difficulty in encashing the warrants. Care should be taken not to merge
the cells in Excel sheet in the proforma as this also hampers with electronic processing.
6. The entries of a particular school in the file should be arranged in a sequence i.e. starting from class
6 and then class 7, 8, 9 and 10.
137. Only the students studying in classes 6 to 10 are eligible under the INSPIRE Award Scheme. Hence
no child studying in class 5 or below or class 11 and above should be nominated under this scheme.
8. Similarly from each class (from class 6 to 10), only one name should be
recommended. Recommending 2 or more names from the same class or omitting any class with
recommended child in col.10 is not allowed, and it also hampers the process of electronic processing
under a set programme for selection of children.
9. Proposal for entire State can be sent either in a single MS Excel file or different files can be sent for
each district.
10. Correctly fill up all columns upto 16 as per these instructions including notes given below the format.
Don’t fill Col. 17 and 18. These will be filled by DST.
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14Annexure-III
By Speed Post
No.A-12011/46/2010-INSPIRE
Government of India
Ministry of Science and Technology
Department of Science & Technology
Technology Bhavan
Qutab Institutional Area
New Mehrauli Road,
New Delhi.110016
Dated: 14th December, 2010
To
The Education Secretaries (School Education) of all the States / UTs (In-charge of INSPIRE
Award Scheme) (in name covers)
Subject: INSPIRE Award Scheme – INSPIRE Award Component – Organization of District
Level Exhibitions (DLEs) and State Level Exhibitions (SLEs) and release of funds to
the State / UTs for this purpose – Norms for organizing exhibitions and release of
funds
Sir / Madam,
In continuation of this Department’s letter of even number dated 3rd December 2010 on the subject
noted above, I am directed to forward herewith a copy of the revised norms for District / State Level
Exhibitions under the INSPIRE Award Scheme.
2. It is requested that these revised norms may please be strictly adhered to while organizing District /
State Level Exhibitions under the INSPIRE Award Scheme.
Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
(Rajiv Malik)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
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As on 14.12.2010
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY BHAWAN, NEW DELHI.
NORMS FOR DISTRICT / STATE LEVEL EXHIBITIONS UNDER THE INSPIRE AWARD SCHEME
(w.e.f. December 2010 onwards)
S.No. Item Broad Norms for organizing DLEs Eligibility for release of funds for No. of awardees to be
each DLE & items covered selected for SLE
1 2 3 4 5
1. District Level Exhibitions 1. One DLE to be organized for a group of 250 to 500 @ Rs.2000/- per awardee participating 5-10% of awardees
(DLE)Release of funds to awardees in DLE subject to a minimum of Rs.2.00 participating in DLE,
State Governments 2. In case there are more than 500 awardees in a lakh and maximum of Rs.10 lakh per subject to a minimum
particular district, more than one DLE can be DLE or amount sought by State based of 5
organized on estimated / actual expenditure,
3. In case number of awardees in a district is very whichever is less.
less, combined DLE for two or more neighbouring Broad items of expenditure covered
districts can be organized. (1) Boarding & lodging of INSPIRE
4. In case DLE for previous year’s awardees have Awardees (Note: Travel expenses
not been organized yet, a combined DLE for from their residence / school to
current year and previous year’s awardees can be the place of DLE are included in
organized subject to above stated conditions. the Rs.5000/- INSPIRE Award
5. Funds to meet the expenditure for DLEs to be amount)
transferred by DST through ECS mode to the .(2) Boarding & lodging and travel
account of State Nodal Officer (SNO) in expenses of accompanying
accordance with instructions contained in DST’s teachers (numbers to be kept at
letter No. A-12011/01/2010-INSPRE dated bare minimum)
23.9.2010 SNO to further transfer the requisite (Note : Accompanying parents
amount to the accounts of respective Distt. Nodal of awardees, if any, are normally
Officers (DNOs) expected to bear their own
boarding, lodging and travelS.No. Item Broad Norms for organizing DLEs Eligibility for release of funds for No. of awardees to be
each DLE & items covered selected for SLE
1 2 3 4 5
6. Each DNO to maintain proper records / accounts expenses. However, in some bonafide
of / deserving cases, especially in
(a) Amounts received and spent for DLEs the case of girls and
handicapped awardees,
(b) Details of DLEs organized (Dates / periods,
boarding & lodging etc. of such
number of participants, attendance sheet of
parents can also be met as a
awardees with requisite particulars, Details
special case).
of Jury etc.)
(c) List of awardees selected for SLE (3) Boarding and lodging of Jury
(d) Send utilization certificates and requisite members.
reports, including Jury reports, to the (4) TA/DA / Honorarium to Jury
SNO. Members
(e) Prepare such other reports / records /
accounts as instructed by SNO / DST from (5) All misc. expenses of
time to time organization of exhibition
7. Jury to assess / evaluate all the projects and (6) Publicity expenses
select the best projects for participating in SLE as
(7) Unforeseen expenses
per norms indicated in Col.5. Jury to consist of 3
persons (one from DST’s mentor list and 2 to be
selected locally by State / Distt. Authorities. Jury
to submit a comprehensive report on each DLE
8. DLEs to be videographed /photographed.
Electronic copies of photographs / videographs
of all DLEs to be sent to SNO.
9. Wide publicity to be made about the INSPIRE
Award Scheme
10. Time frame for organizing DLEs – within 30 to 60
days of delivery of award warrants to the selected
children.
11. Preferably to be organized in public buildings /
covered halls to minimize costs.
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12. Duration of DLE – 2 to 3daysS.No. Item Broad Norms for organizing DLEs Eligibility for release of funds for No. of awardees to be
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each DLE & items covered selected for SLE
1 2 3 4 5
2. 5-10% of awardees 1. SLE to be organized for a group of 500 to 1000 @ Rs.2500/- per awardee participating 5% of awardees
participating in DLE, selected awardees of DLEs. in SLE subject a minimum of Rs.4.00 participating in SLE,
subject to a minimum of 5 2. In case there are more than 1000 selected lakh and maximum of Rs. 20 lakh per subject to a minimum
awardees, more than one SLE can be organized. SLE, or amount sought by State, based of 5
3. In case SLE for previous year’s selected awardees on estimated / actual expenditure,
of DLEs have not been organized yet, a combined whichever is less.
SLE for the current year and previous year’s
selected awardees can be organized subject to Broad items of expenditure covered
above stated conditions (1) Travel expenses of selected
4. Funds to meet the expenditure for SLEs to be awardees participating in SLE
transferred by DST through ECS mode to the (2) Boarding & lodging of selected
account of State Nodal Officer (SNO) in awardees
accordance with instructions contained in DST’s (3) Boarding & lodging and travel
letter No. A-12011/01/2010-INSPIRE dated expenses of accompanying
23.9.2010. teachers (numbers to be kept at
5. SNO to maintain proper records / accounts of bare minimum)
(a) Amounts received and spent for SLEs and (Note : Accompanying parents
DLEs of awardees, if any, are normally
(b) Details of SLEs and DLEs organized expected to bear their own
(Dates / periods, number of participants, boarding, lodging and travel
attendance sheet of awardees with requisite expenses. However, in some
particulars, Details of Jury etc.) bonafide / deserving cases,
(c) List of awardees selected for National Level especially in the case of girls
(NLE) and handicapped awardees,
(d) Send utilization certificates and reports to boarding & lodging etc. of such
the DST. parents can also be met as a
(e) Such other reports / records / accounts as special case)
instructed by DST from time to time (4) Boarding and lodging of Jury
6. Jury to assess / evaluate all the projects at SLEs members.
and select the best projects for participating in (5) TA/DA / Honorarium to Jury
NLE as per norms indicated in Col.5. Jury to Members
consist of 3 persons (2 from DST’s mentor list and (6) All misc. expenses of
1 to be selected locally by State / Distt. organization of SLES.No. Item Broad Norms for organizing DLEs Eligibility for release of funds for No. of awardees to be
each DLE & items covered selected for SLE
1 2 3 4 5
Authorities. Jury to submit a comprehensive report on (7) Publicity expenses
each SLE (8) Unforeseen expenses
7. SLEs to be videographed /photographed.
Electronic copies of photographs / videographs
of all DLEs and SLEs to be sent to DST.
8. Wide publicity to be made about the INSPIRE
Award Scheme
9. Time frame for organizing SLEs – within 30 days
of organization of DLEs.
10. Preferably to be organized in public buildings /
covered halls to minimize costs.
11. Duration of SLE – 2 to 3 days.
3. National Level Exhibitions To be organized by DST on receipt of lists of selected
(NLEs) awardees of SLEs from States / UTs. Further details will
be intimated to the State authorities separately.
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No.A-12011-44/2010-INSPIRE
Government of India
Ministry of Science and Technology
Department of Science & Technology
....
Technology Bhavan
New Mehrauli Road,
New Delhi.110016
Dated: the 14th December , 2010
To
1. All the State Education Secretaries, Incharge of INSPIRE Award Scheme.
2. All the State Nodal Officers, Incharge of INSPIRE Scheme.
Subject: INSPIRE Award Scheme – organisation of District Level Exhibitions (DLEs) and State
Level Exhibitions (SLEs) – format of Utilisation Certificates and Summary Report on
the organisation of DLEs and SLEs.
In accordance with the norms of the scheme, States / UTs are required to send Utilisation Certificates
of the funds released to them for organisation of DLEs and SLEs and a Summary Report on the organisation
of such exhibitions. I am directed to enclose herewith a format of such Utilisation Certificates (UCs) and
Summary Reports on the organisation and exhibitions under the INSPIRE Award Scheme.
2. You are requested to issue necessary instructions to the concerned State / District authorities for
timely submission of the UCs and summary report to DST in accordance with the terms and conditions and
sanction orders issued from time to time. Copy of these formats is available at DST’s website
(www.dst.gov.in). Please note that consolidated Utilisation Certificates and Summary Reports
are to be sent by State Nodal officer to DST for SLE as well as DLEs. District Nodal Officer
SHOULD NOT directly sent these Utilisation Certificates and Summary Reports to DST.
Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
(N.J. Thomas)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
20Government of____________________
Department of ____________________
Ref. No. & Date of State Nodal Officer
Subject: INSPIRE Award Scheme – Organisation of District Level Exhibitions (DLEs) and State
Level Exhibitions (SLEs) – Utilisation Certificate (s) of funds released by DST.
Reference: (i) Sanction Order No.____________________ dated________________.
(ii)
Certified that out of an amount of Rs._________ lakhs (Rupees____________________ )
sanctioned and released vide reference (s) cited, an amount of Rs._________ lakhs
(Rupees____________________ ) has been utilised for the purpose it was sanctioned i.e.
organisation of DLEs & SLEs in the State / UT of _________________ in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the sanction order(s) and other instructions issued by DST from time to
time and in accordance with enclosed details.
Signature of State Nodal Officer
Incharge of INSPIRE Scheme &
Designation, with complete
address, telephone, fax & e-mail nos.
Dated:
Annexure to Utilisation Certificate No._______________________ dated______________
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No. A-12011/01/2010-INSPIRE
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
NEW DELHI.
Dated: 23rd September 2010
To
The Education Secretaries (School Education) of all the States / UTs
(Incharge of INSPIRE Award Scheme) (in name covers)
The State Nodal Officers of all the States / UTs
(Incharge of INSPIRE Award Scheme) (in name covers)
Subject: INSPIRE Award Scheme – Release of funds for organisation of State / District level
exhibitions – Request for furnishing details of the Bank Account in the prescribed
format.
Sir,
I am directed to refer to para 8 (c) of the General Guidelines / clarifications on the INSPIRE Award
Scheme (copy available on DST’s website : www.dst.gov.in). As per these guidelines, the State Nodal
Officer / other authorized officer / agency of the State Government, dealing with the INSPIRE Scheme
would be required to open a Bank Account specifically for the purpose of receiving funds from DST for
District and State level exhibitions and intimate the details of the Bank account so opened viz. name of the
Bank, Branch address, type of account, Bank account number, IFSC Code of the Bank / Branch, MICR
Code of the Bank / Branch, etc. These particulars will help in immediate transfer of funds from the Bank
account of DST to the bank account of State Nodal Officer (INSPIRE) through various Electronic Funds
Transfer modes.
2. With a view to ensure that funds from DST are credited to the correct account of the authorized
functionary of the State Government, and that such funds are duly accounted for and properly utilized, it is
essential to have duly authenticated details of this account signed by competent authority of the State
Government.
3. Accordingly, I am enclosing herewith a copy of the format for furnishing such details to DST. You are
requested to send these details in respect of your State, in the enclosed format, duly signed, in original, by the
State Nodal officer and State Education Secretary Incharge of the INSPIRE Award Scheme at the earliest
to enable us to transfer requisite funds to your State for organization of District / State level Exhibitions.
4. You may also put in place similar arrangements for opening of accounts by the District Nodal Officers
with proper checks to ensure that amount released by the State Nodal Officers to the District Nodal Officers
goes to the right accounts and is duly accounted for and properly utlised.
Kindly take necessary action at the earliest.
Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
(N.J. Thomas)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India
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INSPIRE AWARD SCHEME
Details of the Bank Account of the State Nodal Office (or other authorized officer/agency of the State
Government) for the purpose of receipt of funds through ECS Mode from Government of India, Department
of Science & Technology, New Delhi for District/State Level Exhibitions.
Name of the State :
DST’s Reference No. Letter No. A-12011/01/2010-INSPIRE dated 23.09.2010
State Government’s Reference No. Dated :
1 Name of account (SB/Current etc.)
2 Account No.
3 Name & Designation of the account holder (as it appears in the bank
account) (i.e. Title of the bank account)
4 Whether operated by one officer or more (If operated by two or
more persons ,give details of all the persons authorized to operated
this account under point 9 below)
5 Name of the Bank
6 Name and complete address of the BRANCH (with PIN code and
Branch Code, etc)
7 IFSC Code of the bank/branch
8 MICR Code of the bank/branch
9 Name, designation and contact details of the officer(s) authorized to
operate the above said account, including his/their mobile numbers
and official e-mail address
10 Contact telephone numbers (office) and official e-mail address of
the Branch Manager of the bank
11 Any other information relating to bank account
Important Notes:
a) The account opened for this purpose should be the official account of the State Nodal Officer (or
other authorized officer/agency of the State Government) and not the personal account of any officer.
b) The details in this format are required to be given on the official stationary of the State Govt. /State
Nodal Officer and are to be signed by the State Nodal Officer and countersigned by the State
Education Secretary I/C of the INSPIRE Award Scheme.
c) Original signed copy has to be sent in the name cover of Shri Rajiv Malik, Under Secretary, Department
of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli
Road, New Delhi – 110016, by Regd. Post/Speed Post and copy to be sent over Fax No.011-
26515637, from the official fax number of State Nodal Officer /State Education Secretary. Money
24will be released to this account through ECS only on receipt of original signed copy (These checks
are essential to ensure that amount get credited to the right account).
CERTIFICATE
Certified that above said account has been opened for the purpose of receiving funds from Department of
Science and Technology through ECS mode under the INSPIRE Award Scheme for conduct of State/
District Level Exhibitions and that the particulars given above have been duly verified and are correct.
Dated Signature of the State Nodal Officer I/c Dated Signature of the State Education Secretary I/c
of INSPIRE Award Scheme of INSPIRE Award Scheme
Name: Name:
Designation: Designation:
Address: Address:
Contact details Contact details
Tel (Office): Tel (Office):
Mobile: Mobile:
Fax: Fax:
E-mail (Official) E-mail (Official)
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List of schools under the jurisdiction of each District Nodal Officer (DNO), INSPIRE
Sl. Name Name of Name Name of Complete School Complete Contact No. Type Location Level Classes Total no.
No. of Revenue of Revenue Name of Code / Postal incl. Fax, if of the Type of of in the of
State Distt. Edu. Sub-Distt. School Identity No. Address any and e- school School School school students
Distt. (Tehsil / If any, as of the mail, mobile (see (see (see (see in the
Block/Mandal allotted by School, no. of Note 1 Note 2 Note 3 Note 4 school
/ Zone etc.) State with PIN Headmaster / below) below) below) below)
Government Code No. Headmistress
/ Distt. Edu. / Principal /
Authority. authorised
officer etc.
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SIGNATURES of THE AUTHORISED SIGNATORY
NAME: ______________________
DESIGNATION (with office Seal): _______________________
Contact Numbers: ________________
E:mail : __________________________
Note 1 Write CG for schools run by Central Government (e.g. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Navodaya Vidyalaya, Sainik School etc.)
Write SG for schools run by State Government
Write LB for schools run by Local Bodies like Gram Panchayat / Block Panchayat/ Distt. Panchayat / Municipality / Municipal Corporation
Write PA for Private Aided schools
Write PUA for Private Unaided schools
Write O for others (specify in brackets)
Note 2 Write R for schools located in Rural Areas
Write SU for schools located in Semi-Urban Areas
Write U for schools located in Urban Areas
Note 3 Write P for Primary schools (generally having classes upto 5th )
Write M for Middle schools (generally having classes upto 8th)
Write H for High or Secondary schools (generally having classes upto 10th )
Write HS for Higher Secondary school (generally having classes upto 12th )
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(To be given in simple MS-Word Format)
Name of the Project
Name of the Awardee :
Parent’s Name :
Photo of the Awardee Class :
(3 cm x 3 cm)
School Name & Address:
Name of the Teacher
(who assisted the awardee in project preparation)
Name of the District & State
A Brief Write-up on the Project
(no exceeding 200 words)
(SAMPLE)
INSPIRE is a National Programme implemented by the Ministry for attraction of talent amongst
students to study science and pursue career with research.
INSPIRE Scheme has three components : (a) Scheme for Early Attraction of Talents for Science
(SEATS), providing (i) INSPIRE Awards of Rs. 5000/- and (ii) mentorship through global science
leaders at a Science Camp; (b) Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) @ Rs. 80,000/- per year
for continuing education at B.Sc. and M.Sc. levels and (c) Assured Opportunity for Research Careers
(AORC) for young researchers to pursue doctorate research in Science backed by an assured
career opportunity.
Under the INSPIRE Award component, TWO students will be selected from each school of the
country during 11th Five Year Plan period for an INSPIRE Award of Rs. 5000/- each for preparing
a Science Project / Model. INSPIRE Award Warrant would be issued directly in the name of
selected students and sent to him / her through State / School authorities.
All Awardees will be required to participate in the District Level Exhibition (DLE). Best 5 to 10%
entries from District will be selected for participation in a State Level Exhibition (SLE). Best 5%
entries from the State, subject to a minimum of 5, would be invited to participate at the National Level
Exhibition (NLE).
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Name of the
Project
Colour Photograph of the Project
29Annexure-VIII-A
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State Bank of India Commercial & Institutional Division, 4th Floor, New Delhi Main Branch
11, Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110 001
Tel. 011-23374144, 4144, 41834184 & 4207 Fax. 011-23385887, 23748017 IP300402 Email: ngmcommercial 0065:@soi.co.in
3rd September 2011
Shri Rajiv Malik
Under Secretary
Department of Science and Technology
Technology Bhawan
New Mehrauli Road,
New Delhi-110 016
Dear Sir
INSPIRE PROGRAM
REGALIDATION OF INSPIRE AWARD WARRANTS
We refer to your letter No. A-12011-10/2010-INSPIRE dated 02.09.2011 regarding revalidation of the outstanding
INSPIRE Award warrants the validity of which has expired.
We confirm that all such warrants have been revalidated for payment upto 31.02.2011 and as such the
beneficiaries may please be advised to present the warrants for payment at the nearest branch of State Bank
of India. There is no need to send the warrants to us for revalidation.
As you are aware, the warrants are being issued for validity periods of six months only and it would be
desirable that the payment of the warrants is obtained by the beneficiaries within six months only to avoid
difficulties to the beneficiaries and also to enable effective reconciliation. We therefore request you to please
instruct the State Govt. authorities to ensure expenditious delivery of warrants to the beneficiaries for smooth
implementation of the program.
Yours faithfully
Assistant General Manager
30Annexure-VIII-B
List of Officers in the State Bank of India Main Branch
to be contacted for Bank related issues of INSPIRE
Award Warrants
State Bank of India
Main Branch, 11, Parliament Street, New Delhi. 110001
Tel: 011-23374050-71 Fax: 011-23365887
Sl. NO. Name & Designation of Officer Telephone / Fax / Mobile No(s).
1. Shri Rabindra Sharma, AGM 91-9650060130(Mb)
2. Shri Praveen Kr. Arora, Manager (Dev) 23374184
3. Ms. Asha Sharma 011-23374190
4. Sh. U.C. Suman 011-23748016
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CASH MANAGEMENT PRODUCT
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Saturday January 20, 2010
To All Branches of State Bank of India
No. CAG/CMP/M-DW/2585 Date : 29-01-2010
CASH MANAGMENT PRODUCT : INSPIRE AWARD WARRANT
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA : DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
We have to advise that at the request of Government of India, Deptt. of Science & Technology, Account
No. 31013934572 it has been decided by the appropriate authority to extend the facility of payment of Inspire
Award Warrants “AT PAR” at ALL branches of State Bank of India in India through Core banking
Solution through Menu “+Service Branch Clearing House - Dividend Warrant” Payment only. A User Manual of
“Processing of Dividend Warrants in CBS” for payment of the warrants at branches is already made available
with Service Desk CBD Belapur/ITSS Department of LHOs with detailed instruction.
2. The particulars of the captioned warrants are as under:-
(a) Account Number 31013934572
(b) Date of Warrant 28-01-2010
(c) Validity of the Warrant 3 (Three) months from the date of issue
(d) Amount of the Warrant Rs. 5000
(e) Legend/Superscription on the Payable at PAR at all branches of State Bank of
Instrument India in India. All branches to pay through CBS
Dividend Warrant Module only)
(f) Issued by State Bank of India
New Delhi Main branch (000691)
11 Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110001
(g) Whether payable collectable At PAR at All Core Banking Branches
(h) Authorized Signators Mr. V.P. Kardam
Manager, New Delhi Main Branch, SBI
(i) Handling Charges out of pocket Will be recovered cenarilly at CMP Mumbai
expenses and other charges
(j) Payment mode CASH/Clearing/Transfer
323. The payment of the warrants can be done either individually or through bulk upload in Core Banking
Solution as follows:
i) Payment of warrants received in Inward Clearing Screen No. 051071
ii) Payment of warrants by transfer to deposit account Screen No. 051073
iii) Bulk upload of instruments in Inward Clearing with account No. (IAN) format through trickle feed of
Core Banking Solution
iv) The master data for the warrants is being loaded on Core Banking Solution
v) The instruments presented for Payment in CASH to be paid by using internal (office account)
Current Account as presently dividend warrant module of CBS does not provide for cash payment.
4. In this connection, we would like to emphasis the following points
a) The Branch “SHOULD NOT” purchase or send the Dividend Warrant as a DDP on New Delhi Main
branch, Hyderabad (Code No. 00691)
b) The Branches “SOULD NOT” pay the Dividend Warrants uas a Cheque or a Debit Voucher by
debit to Account No. 31013934572
c) Branches should keep separately the paid dividend warrants under their custody until receipt of
further instructions from the CMP Centre, Mumbai
d) The Dividend Warrants invariably be paid through Menu “+Service Branch/Clearing House
- Dividend Warrant Menu – Payment “in Core Banking Solution only.
5. A Speciment of the Warrant is enclosed for your payment
6. Please arrange accordingly for any further clarification, the operating staff at the branch may be advised
to get in touch with the following officials at CMP Centre, Mumbai.
Sr. No. Name of the Official Tel. No. (Office)
a. Mr. Sanjay Tathod, Asstt. Manager 022/26814817
b. Mr. J.M. Ramugade, Asstt. Manager 022/26814819
c. Mr. Shirish Barve, Asstt. Manager 022/26812816
d. Mr. Atul Narayanrao Katekar, Chief Manager (Operations) 022/26814818
The fax numbers of the CMP Centre, CAG Mumbai is (022)-26875060 and 26875061
CMP Centre,
Transaction Banking Unit,
Corporate Centre
Andheri (E), Mumbai 400 093 Deputy General Manager
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