BITS, Pilani, and HP Labs India jointly announce a unique PhD fellowship for research in the area of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) relevant to emerging economies such as India. This fellowship has been instituted to attract candidates of exceptional abilities to carry out research in this area. The fellowship would offer the selected candidate the opportunity of working to the highest academic standards, and also work with HP Labs, the corporate research group of HP and one of the worlds leading industrial research laboratories. The fellowship is offered for a year at a time, and will be renewed annually on satisfactory performance in studies and research, for a maximum of three years. The candidate would get a monthly stipend of Rs.20,000, and HP Labs India would pay the fees involved to BITS. An additional monthly allowance of Rs.20,000 would be available to cover the living expenses off-campus for the duration the candidate spends at HP Labs India, Bangalore. The fellowship will also cover expenses for presenting a paper at one selected International Conference during the fellowship.
