Two projects funded by BRFST have won BEST POSTER awards at the 25th National Symposium on Plasma Science & Technology (PLASMA-2010) held at Guwahati during 8-11 Dec 2010

Characterization of fusion debris on tokamak window and development of an automated setup for cleaning the window

S. Sasanka Kumar, CUSAT, Cochin

NFP Project : NFP-08/LP/01 : "Improvement of optical transmission characteristics of Tokamak optical windows",

Dr. M. K. Jayaraj, CUSAT, Cochin

Optical effect on photo emissivity coeficients (PECS) of neutral He line emissions and its impact on line ratios

Jalaj Jain, BIT Jaipur

NFP Project : NFP/DAQ/A09/02 "Development of Penning Discharge Source for Establishment of a Novel Calibration Technique for VUV Spectrometer-Detector System Based on this Source and ADAS code"

Dr. Ram Prakash, BIT Jaipur

With effect from 1st September 2010, the BRFST Board has enhanced the research fellowships of the project staff employed in projects sanctioned under the National Fusion Programme (NFP). The amended fellowships are as follows ;

JRF :   Rs.16,000/- p.m.  (+ HRA as per PI's institute norms) – Fresh Postgraduate (MSc.,         M.Tech., MCA etc).

SRF : Rs. 18,000 p.m. (+ HRA as per PI's institute norms) - Post graduation + 2 years research experience.

Qualification : NET qualified OR 1st Class in the qualifying examination.

Please note that the basic qualifications for JRF/SRF and especially for a non-NET candidate must be strictly followed.

There will be no enhancement for non-NET qualified project staff who do not have 1st class in the qualifying examination.  

For non-JRF/SRF category staff, the old fellowship norms will continue i.e., 

Project Assistant - I : Fresh B.Tech/BE : Rs. 8,000/- p.m. (+ HRA as per PI's institute norms)

Project Assistant - II :B.Tech/BE  with 2 years experience : Rs.10,000/- p.m. (+ HRA as per PI's institute norms)

The project staff with BE/BTech qualifications should have completed their course and should be a full-time staff in the project.

Non-scientific staff (Tech. Assistant, Project Asst. etc) will not be supported by BRFST. Non scientific staffs are to be provided by the PI's institute.

The PI's can implement this scheme with effect from 1-September 2010. The PI may request for additional budget if required, to adjust this excess expenditure. 

From April 2010, BRFST will support partial funding for foreign travel (subject to approval of the Board on a case-to-case basis), for presentation of research papers arising out of BRFST funded projects that have been accepted for presentation in a foreign conference. This support will be available only for project staff working in the project and registered for PhD and will be subject to scrutiny and approval by the Board. Funding will be provided only after the student undertakes the journey. Please note that BRFST does not support registration fees & other expenses for foreign conferences.