Scholarship
AICTE-INAE Distinguished Visiting Professorship Scheme(DVPS)
Overview
About DVPS
The AICTE-INAE Distinguished Visiting Professorship Scheme brings experienced engineers from industry into engineering classrooms. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) launched it jointly in 1999 to strengthen industry-institute interaction. It sits under the Ministry of Education, and INAE administers the appointments alongside AICTE.
The purpose is to move current, practical industrial knowledge into technical education. A distinguished visiting professor delivers lectures on the state of an industry and its research needs, guides student projects and theses tied to industrial problems, contributes to curriculum development, and helps build cooperative programmes between colleges and industry. The benefit is a cash one: appointees receive an honorarium for each day of lectures, along with reimbursement of travel, and lectures may be delivered in person or online.
This is an individual scheme rather than a student scholarship. It is meant for senior professionals with substantial engineering and industry experience, and since 2018 retired INAE Fellows are also eligible. Appointments are made to visit AICTE-approved engineering colleges and institutions, where students and faculty are the intended beneficiaries of the lectures, project guidance and curriculum input a visiting professor provides.
Sources: INAE – AICTE-INAE DVP Scheme · INAE – Academia Industry Interaction · myScheme – AICTE-INAE Distinguished Visiting Professorship Scheme
Who runs it
Provider
Ministry of Education
Central Government
Department Of Higher Education
At a glance
Key details
| Level | Central |
| Scheme type | Central Sector Scheme |
| Category | Education & Learning |
| Beneficiaries | Individual |
| Benefit type | Cash |
| Application mode | Offline |
Calendar
Important dates
Across all open application cycles.
| Cycle | Stage | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Current | Applications open | 1999-01-01 |
Who can apply
Eligibility criteria
| The Industry Experts should have a minimum graduate degree in engineering or an equivalent qualification. | |
| The Age of a Distinguished Visiting Professor shall be in the range of 40 to 75 years. | |
| The applicant must have minimum Ten (10) years experience in Industry; and the individual must have distinguished work experience, as evidenced by development of products, technology, processes, patents, publications, awards etc. | |
| All retired INAE Fellows also can apply under this Scheme. | |
| Note: For exceptional cases the Selection Committee may relax age limits. |
Who cannot apply
Exclusions
- The DVP on completion of a tenure is not eligible to re-apply.
What you get
Award & benefits
- The Distinguished Visiting Professor will be reimbursed air-fare in “Y-Class” or actual fares if performed by Rail or approved INAE rate if travel is performed by Road.
- The Distinguished Visiting Professoris entitled to an honorarium of ₹ 10,000/- per lecture day.
- For on-line sessions of DVP Programs, the Experts will be paid only Honorariums of ₹ 10,000/- per day without travelling/lodging expenses based on mutually decided timings between concerned DVPs in association with the concerned Institutes.
What to prepare
Documents required
Step by step
How to apply
- 1Apply offline
See the official links below for the application portal.
Source
Official links
Questions
DVPS – FAQ
Disclaimer
Scheme details are compiled from myScheme, the Government of India’s official scheme-discovery platform, and are reproduced without alteration. Amounts, deadlines and eligibility change between cycles — always confirm on the official links above before applying. Expertie does not process applications or charge fees.