What is Visitor’s award?

Visitor’s Awards conferred annually to promote healthy competition amongst Faculty/Students of Central Universities and motivate them to adopt best practices from around the world in pursuit of excellence.

What are the number of Award in each section?

There will be only one award in each category/subcategory and these Awards will be given annually.

How to apply for visitor’s Award?

Applicant may log on to the official website of Rashtriya Puruskar Portal i.e., https://awards.gov.in/.

Under the Visitor's Award, how many categories?

Under the Visitor's Award, there are three categories: 1. Visitor's Award for Innovation 2. Visitor's Award for Research Visitor's Award for Research (Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) Visitor's Award for Research (Physical Sciences) Visitor's Award for Research (Biological Sciences) 3. Visitor's Award for Technology Development

Vice Chancellor/Dean/ Director/Professor of nominee's University.

How many No. of Awardees ?

There will be only one award in each category/sub category.

Who will Present the Award?

The awards shall be presented by the Hon’ble President of India at the time of Annual Conference of the Vice Chancellors of Central Universities or in Visitor’s Conference held annually.

Visitor's Award

By Expertie Editorial Team · Expertie editorial desk

Overview

About VA

The Visitor's Award recognises research and innovation by faculty members and researchers at India's central universities. It is conferred by the President of India, who is the Visitor of India's central universities. The awards were instituted in 2014 and first conferred in 2015.

There are several categories. They cover research in the humanities, arts and social sciences, in the physical sciences and in the biological sciences, with separate categories for innovation and for technology development, and one award for the best central university overall. The aim is to encourage healthy competition among central universities and push them towards excellence. Each award carries a citation and a cash component.

Administration now sits with the Ministry of Education. From the eighth edition onward it invites applications from central universities and forwards the recommended names to the President's Secretariat for final selection and approval. Only faculty members and researchers at central universities are eligible; they are put forward by their universities for their work in the relevant field.

Sources: myScheme (Government of India) - Visitor's Award · Manorama Yearbook - What are Visitor's Awards conferred by the President? · Careers360 - Five professors conferred with Visitor's Awards by President Droupadi Murmu

Who runs it

Provider

Ministry of Education

Central Government

Central Sector Scheme

At a glance

Key details

Level	Central
Scheme type	Central Sector Scheme
Category	Education & Learning
Beneficiaries	Individual
Benefit type	Cash
Application mode	Online

Calendar

Important dates

Across all open application cycles.

Important dates by cycle
Cycle	Stage	Date
Current	Applications open	2023-12-31

Who can apply

Eligibility criteria

All faculty members and students of all the Central Universities will be eligible for the Visitor’s Awards.

What you get

Award & benefits

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/-

What to prepare

Documents required

1. Have a soft copy of your Photograph ready (maximum 1MB).

2. Once mobile numbers and emails are registered, they cannot be changed.

3. You can submit multiple applications in the same or different categories/subcategories.

4. Soft copies of the current resume, technical information, report of functional efficiency, and details of any external evaluation done should be kept ready beforehand in pdf format and size should not exceed 10MB each.

5. You will need to provide details like name, email, and contact number of two referees (one of whom shall be the Vice Chancellor of your University, and the other will be your Director/Dean/Professor familiar with your work) to whom your application will be forwarded for submission of their recommendation online.

6. A soft copy of the photograph (.jpeg) of the subject, if any, should not exceed 10MB.

7. A PowerPoint presentation should not be more than 5 slides and size must not exceed 10MB.

8. Video relating to entry in the form of a link.

9. Once submitted, an application cannot be edited or deleted.

Step by step

How to apply

1
Apply online
See the official links below for the application portal.

Source

Official links

Guidelines Registration Apply Portal myScheme (Government of India)

Questions

VA – 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.

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