{"id":29434,"date":"2021-03-01T21:31:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/?p=29434"},"modified":"2021-03-01T21:31:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:01:17","slug":"swachhta-saarthi-fellowships-launched-by-the-office-of-the-principal-scientific-adviser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/swachhta-saarthi-fellowships-launched-by-the-office-of-the-principal-scientific-adviser\/","title":{"rendered":"Swachhta Saarthi Fellowships launched by The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"qtranxs-available-languages-message qtranxs-available-languages-message-pa\">\u0a2e\u0a3e\u0a2b\u0a3c \u0a15\u0a30\u0a28\u0a3e, \u0a07\u0a39 \u0a16\u0a2c\u0a30 \u0a24\u0a41\u0a39\u0a3e\u0a21\u0a40 \u0a2c\u0a47\u0a28\u0a24\u0a40 \u0a2d\u0a3e\u0a38\u0a3c\u0a3e \u0a35\u0a3f\u0a71\u0a1a \u0a09\u0a2a\u0a32\u0a2c\u0a27 \u0a28\u0a39\u0a40\u0a02 \u0a39\u0a48\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/en\/\">\u0a15\u0a3f\u0a30\u0a2a\u0a3e \u0a15\u0a30\u0a15\u0a47 \u0a07\u0a71\u0a25\u0a47 \u0a26\u0a47\u0a16\u0a4b\u0964<\/a><\/p><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"innner-page-main-about-us-content-right-part\">\n<div class=\"text-center\">\n<h2>Swachhta Saarthi Fellowships launched by The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser<br \/>\n<span id=\"ltrSubtitle\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ReleaseDateSubHeaddateTime text-center pt20\">March 1st<\/div>\n<div class=\"pt20\"><\/div>\n<p>The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India under its \u201cWaste to Wealth\u201d Mission launched the\u00a0<strong>\u201cSwachhta Saarthi Fellowship\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0to recognize students, community workers\/self-help groups, and municipal\/sanitary workers who are engaged in tackling the enormous challenge of waste management, scientifically and sustainably. The Waste to Wealth Mission is one of the nine national missions of the Prime Minister\u2019s Science, Technology, and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC).<\/p>\n<p>The fellowship is an initiative to empower young innovators who are engaged in community work of waste management\/awareness campaigns\/waste surveys\/studies, etc. as Swachhta Saarthis and implement actions to reduce waste for a greener planet.<\/p>\n<p>The role of young students from schools and colleges, and citizens working in the community through Self Help Groups (SHGs), or in independent capacity, is key in sensitizing the communities towards waste management and offer innovative solutions for conversion of waste to value. This fellowship is aimed to empower interested students and citizens to continuously engage in their attempts to reduce waste in cities and rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the fellowships, Prof K. VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to the GoI said :\u00a0\u201cIndia is a diverse cultural wonder with our practices and lifestyle being confronted by many environmental challenges. Managing the waste we generate is one issue that has deep implications\u2014those who generate waste are often not those who clear it . The Swachhta Saarthi Fellowships will recognize exemplary people from any walk of life who go beyond the call of duty in tackling waste and manage it scientifically and sustainably. The fellowships will target the very grassroots of Indian community participation and recognise efforts made by citizens to make India a zero-waste nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Targeted to encourage community participation, the Swachhta Saarthi Fellowships invites applications from students and community workers who have done previous work or are currently engaged in waste management activities, including awareness campaigns, surveys &amp; studies. The three categories of awards under the fellowships are as below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Category-A<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Open to School students from 9th\u00a0to 12th\u00a0standards\u00a0engaged in waste management community work<\/li>\n<li><strong>Category-B<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Open to\u00a0College students\u00a0(UG, PG, Research students<br \/>\n)\u00a0engaged in waste management community work<\/li>\n<li><strong>Category-C<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Open to\u00a0Citizens working in the community and through SHGs, municipal or sanitary workers working beyond specifications of their job requirement\/descriptions<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The last date for applying to the fellowship is March 19th, 2021. Up to 500 fellows will be recognised under the fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>Details and application link is available at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wastetowealth.gov.in\/fellowship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.wastetowealth.gov.in\/fellowship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For any further information on the fellowships, contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Swapan.mehra@investindia.org.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swapan.mehra@investindia.org.in<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Malyaj.varmani@investindia.org.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malyaj.varmani@investindia.org.in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0a2e\u0a3e\u0a2b\u0a3c \u0a15\u0a30\u0a28\u0a3e, \u0a07\u0a39 \u0a16\u0a2c\u0a30 \u0a24\u0a41\u0a39\u0a3e\u0a21\u0a40 \u0a2c\u0a47\u0a28\u0a24\u0a40 \u0a2d\u0a3e\u0a38\u0a3c\u0a3e \u0a35\u0a3f\u0a71\u0a1a \u0a09\u0a2a\u0a32\u0a2c\u0a27 \u0a28\u0a39\u0a40\u0a02 \u0a39\u0a48\u0964 \u0a15\u0a3f\u0a30\u0a2a\u0a3e \u0a15\u0a30\u0a15\u0a47 \u0a07\u0a71\u0a25\u0a47 \u0a26\u0a47\u0a16\u0a4b\u0964 Swachhta Saarthi Fellowships launched by The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser March 1st The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India under its \u201cWaste to Wealth\u201d Mission launched the\u00a0\u201cSwachhta Saarthi Fellowship\u201d\u00a0to recognize students, community workers\/self-help [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":29435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[15831],"class_list":["post-29434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-swachhta-saarthi-fellowships-launched-by-the-office-of-the-principal-scientific-adviser"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}