Highlights of Scholarship

• It is only for Indian students having Indian citizenship. NRI and international students are not allowed to apply for this scholarship.
• It is a one-year or two-year scholarship for students studying in Master level courses in any UK or USA university/ institution.
• Scholarship offers bright opportunities for young Indians to study in world’s top universities in relevance to India’s future requirements.
• Scholarship is focused on developmental studies especially Public health study, science, technology, engineering or developmental economics.

Eligibility for the Scholarship

• The applicant must be an Indian national, domiciled in India.
• He/ she must have an excellent academic track record along with some extra-curricular achievements.
• Applicants having work experience in the concerned field may be preferred over other students.
• Applicant should have confirmed admission letter from a university of UK or USA in the vast field of Developmental Studies especially in Science-Technology-Society (STS) studies, Public Health or Developmental Economics.
• The scholarship is only for fulltime courses in UK and USA only. Students studying online or by distance education can’t apply for this scholarship.

How to apply for Scholarship
Students can apply for the scholarship through online submitting their application. For more information you may send your queries to The Secretary, Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Bombay House, Homi Mody Street, Mumbai 400 001 or Phone +91 (22) 6665 8282 or can get more information by visiting the Sir Ratan Tata Trust’s website.

Degree #1
Bachelor & Master’s Degree in Business Administration
Do you have a dream to lead the peoples? A graduation degree of business administration will help you to enhance your skills of decision-making, team-building, problem-solving, communication skills to be a perfect team leader. Business administration is a new growing field of career providing uncounted chances in business, corporate, administration, public offices, MNCs.

Similar Degrees: Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Finance, Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Business

Related Careers:
Corporate Finance Analyst
Top level Administrative Services
Manager in various categories (like Human Resource Manager, Marketing Manger, Customer Care Manger and so on)

Degree #2
Bachelor & Master’s Degree in Computer Science
Computers are the vein of modern life to circulate blood in our technological infrastructures. Can you imagine something without computers? It is everywhere for every use. A degree in Computer Science can lift up your life by preparing you as a highly paid professional.

Similar Degrees: Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Computer Applications and Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Engineering (Branches of Computer Science, IT, Electronics & Communication, etc.)

Related Careers:
Computer Programmer
Software Engineer
Network Administrator
Computer Support Professionals

Degree #3
Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Engineering
There are lots of streams in engineering and its related subject that can give you desired career. Although all streams are not in much demand, but every discipline of engineering is growing day by day through becoming an essential part of industries as well as our life. To choose a degree course in engineering is a good choice for students.

Similar Degrees: Master’s Degree in Science subjects (Physics, Chemistry, etc.) and Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Related Career:
Engineers
Scientist in engineering branch
Computer Professional
In-charge or Heads in technological departments

Degree #4
Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Commerce
Accounting is a subject growing since its origin, as it is a bare necessity in business. A degree in commerce is an ultimate option to adopt lifetime safe and secure occupation with sure guarantee of better future.

Similar Degrees: Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Finance, Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Accounting, Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Accounts

Related Career:
Accountant
Financial Analyst
Financial Advisors

Degree #5
Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Medical Sciences
What would be happen if we have no doctors or medical practitioners? Medical science is not a new field but it is also growing rapidly and generating millions of jobs in medical sectors. It is a unique subject which offers you lot of money along with social services. As a doctor you can save people’s life to help into live a healthy life.

Related Degrees: Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Pharmacy, Bachelor/Master’s Degree in Health Care Services

Related Career:
Doctors and Surgeons
Researchers
Medical Scientist
Administrator in Health Institutions

Stanford University was founded by a Californian tycoon and politician Leland Stanford in 1891 in memory of his son Leland Stanford Jr. who died at the age of 16 from typhoid. It was started with 559 students and 15 faculty members which has became a highly prestigious institution with more than 6,900 undergraduate and 8,400 graduate students. Stanford had to face financial problems after death of Leland Senior in 1893 even its campus was also ruined in 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Later its administration decides to promote it. Frederick Terman supported it financially to build self-financed institution. It got its reputation after 1960. It changed itself into a research university in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and social sciences.

Presently Stanford University is a group of seven schools including School of Engineering, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, School of Education, Graduate School of Business, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford Law School. It is also a founding member of the Association of American Universities. In the beginning of the university, ratio of male and female students was fixed 3:1 which is now 2:1.

Stanford University is governed by a corporate trust governed by Board of trustees. Board of trustees has 35 members who are elected for five-year terms (they can’t be chosen more than two times). Board appoints a President to follow the responsibilities of CEO. President appoints vice presidents and other staffs. The University is organized into seven schools through the Academic Council formed by the faculty members, senior fellow, the president of the university, academic administrators and elected representatives of the faculty. Besides this Stanford University has also Associated Students of Stanford University to handle the university administration, all registered students are its members.

Its alumni and faculty members are the pride of Stanford University which motivated the world through their initiative efforts to startup new life changing venture like Internet, Google, Yahoo, Wipro, and much more. Stanford community has been awarded with 50 Nobel Prize, in which 19 Nobel winner are serving the university with winners of 4 Pulitzer Prize winner, 8 Wolf Foundation Prize, 6 Koret Foundation Prize including several another awards.

Harvard is built on 210-acre land at Harvard Yard in Cambridge. It has nearly 2,100 faculties with 6,700 undergraduate, 12,500 graduate and professional course students. Its alumni list contains world’s most influential names of history including eight US presidents and 75 Nobel Laureates. In the beginning of institution, ministers and officials were trained here to execute the higher administration of the government. Later it started professional courses later in twentieth century Harvard achieved international reputation by becoming a prominent place for higher study. In 1879, Harvard started its first affiliated or sister college as Radcliffe College, which is also a prominent school for women in US. In 1999, Radcliff College was merged with Harvard University and was titled as Radcliff Institute for Advanced Study. In twentieth century Harvard started several more colleges, schools including Harvard Business School, Graduate School of Design, Harvard Medical School, John F. Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Law School.

Harvard University is administered by two boards—the Harvard Corporation (also known as the President and Fellows of Harvard College, founded in 1650) and the Harvard Board of Overseers. The President of Harvard University is appointed by the Harvard Corporation which governs overall functioning of the Harvard University including 16,000 staff and faculty.

Harvard has been accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges from 1929. It offers 46 undergraduate, 134 graduate and 32 professional degree courses in various subjects. Harvard University follows the semester calendar which starts in early September ending in mid May. Harvard earned an international prestige in education. In Times Higher Education World University Rankings Harvard got first rank as well as it got first rank in both of Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and QS Global 200 Business Schools Report. Some of its alumni are Barack Obama, present President of the US, Aga Khan IV, Chilean President Sebastian Piriera, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William S. Burroughs, Natalie Portman, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Al Gore, Goerge W. Bush and so on.

MIT was a step to follow the scientific and industrial growth and it adopted the European polytechnic university model to enrich practical experiences of students. MIT also served the Government of US in Second World War as well as cold war through its research work into developing computers, radars, artificial intelligence for advanced machines. It is built on a 168-acre land near the Charles River Basin. We can assume its quality through its faculty list which has been supported by 76 Nobel Laureates, 50 National Medal of Science and 35 MacArthur Fellows. MIT spends nearly $718.2 million in research every year.

Initially it was dedicated to only physical science and engineering later it added new subjects such as biology, economics, management, architecture & planning, humanities, arts and social sciences. MIT was developed as an institute for science subjects subsequently it has become a big banyan tree which has five schools, one college, 32 academic departments equipped with advanced infrastructure laboratories.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is operated by a non-profit organization and governed by the appointed board of trustees which is known as the MIT Corporation. It has 43 elected members (for five year), 25 life members (can vote until their 75th birthday), 3 elected officials (President, Treasurer and Secretary), other members and alumni association. MIT’s financial management is taken care by MIT Investment Management Company (MITIMCo) a subsidiary agency of MIT Corporation.

MIT organizes collaboration and association with other reputed universities of the world as well as big corporate to provide maximum benefits to its student such as Harvard University, (their association is known as Harvard-MIT division of Health Sciences and Technology) and University of Cambridge (known as the Cambridge-MIT Institute). Besides this, MIT has its own publication unit named MIT Press that is publishing more than 200 books and 40 journals annually on various subjects including science, technology, arts, architecture, new media, etc.

MIT operates undergraduate and graduate program for the students. MIT has enrolled more than 4200 undergraduate and 6100 gradate student in 2009-2010 session. It has 1009 faculty member including 198 women. MIT has set a record in education as its faculty members are awarded by the Nobel Prizes (27 times) in various streams of science. Likewise its alumni list are the most impressive list of the world with the maximum number of the members (more than 120,000 alumni and alumnae) in all branches of education, in which 76 MIT alumni have won the Nobel Prize for their work. Some MIT alumni are— former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former National Economic Council chairman Lawrence H. Summers and many more. Its alumni had established the biggest corporation in the worlds such as Intel, McDonnell Douglas, 3Com, Qualcomm, Bose, etc.

In other words, we can say that MIT has a wonder in itself which had produced and trained the more talented peoples in the world for the growth of science and technology, engineering and other subjects. Today it has a self-defined name in education which is a dream for every student and faculty.

In view of a student homework may be useless, unnecessary burden but in views of teachers it is a learning tool and an essential part of study. Although there are several methods available to finish homework quickly but all of them are not suitable for students. Here you can read some good sweat short tips to accomplish your homework at the earliest without any stress.

Choose a quiet & peaceful place: A quiet and peaceful place will help you to concentrate mind so that you can do homework properly. Your study place must be free from noises, disturbance or other distractions.

Make a study group: It becomes very easy to do homework if you are studying with a group as it provides you help in concerned problems. You can discuss problems with your friends, classmates without wasting your time to solve it. If you don’t have study group, you can join your friend’s groups.

Leave unsolved question: It is not necessary that you follow the sequencing order of questions. If you feel some problems which you can’t solve, leave it and move to the next question. This will help you to save your time. Later you can ask it from your subject teachers.

Tuition: There is a principle, “An individual can’t learn each and everything” that’s also applicable on students. A student may not be good in one or more subjects. If you have difficulties in a particular subject, you may get help from your home tutor. Remember, ask your question after doing exercise yourself else you may not learn the subject.

Go school with homework: It is possible that you may not complete the assignment but do as much as you can. Your teacher will appreciate your efforts to do homework. Later you can get help of your teachers to solve your problems.

Don’t go to school without doing homework: If you have not completed your school assignment, there is no need to afraid. Whatever you have done, show to your teachers, they will prefer something than nothing.