SHASTRI INDO-CANADIAN INSTITUTE5, 
Bhai Vir Singh Marg, 
New Delhi-110001
We are pleased to announce the 
Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Government of India funded 
five new programmes for the year 2015-16, namely:
- Shastri Institutional Collaborative Research Grant 
(SICRG) 
 
- Shastri 
Mobility Programme 
(SMP) 
 
- Shastri Research Student Fellowship 
(SRSF) 
 
- Faculty Development Programme for Vocational Education 
(FDPVE) 
 
- Faculty-In-Residence Programme 
(FIR)
 
Most of these programmes are new initiatives 
of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute under the Xth Addendum to MoU with the 
Government of India. The 
focus areas are mainly Energy - including the Renewable Energy, Agricultural 
science/ Technology, Environmental Sciences, Teacher education and training, 
Health Science Education and Nursing, Marine Sciences, Ocean Studies apart from 
subjects relating to Humanities and Social Sciences.  The Institute has also 
included Vocational Education and Development Areas in its broader 
ambit. 
These programmes will be beneficial for the adoption of 
new methods of pedagogy, boosting research in cutting-edge technologies and 
building stronger academic networks between both countries.
In order to give a wider coverage to these programmes, 
we request you to kindly have it displayed on the notice boards and respective 
websites of your University/Institution. This will help in promoting our 
programmes and benefit the academic community. The details of the programmes are 
available at our website www.sici.org.in and www.sici.org  
Please note that all awards are subject to the 
availability of funds from MHRD.
email your queries at siciaffairs@sici.org.in 
SICI, India Office