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Scholarships

A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award. These days, many government as well as private institutions are ready to offer merit/means based scholarships for students. Please go through the following material carefully in case you wish to lighten the financial burdens of higher education.

List of Fellowship Schemes for higher studies:

1. Hongkong Pd fellowship scheme
http://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/hkphd/hkphd.htm
2. Singa Phd fellowship scheme:
https://www.singa.a-star.edu.sg/index.php
3. Chevening Scholarship
http://www.chevening.com

Internship Opportunities

An internship is a pre-professional work experience that provides students, recent graduates, and those seeking to change careers with the opportunity to gain experience in a particular career field. For students, internships also supplement academic classes and, in some cases, earn college credit. For recent graduates and individuals considering a career change an internship is a way to try a new job without making a permanent commitment. An internship is a way to test the waters in a variety of career fields, to gain "real-life" experience, and a way to decide on - or opt out - of a certain vocation.

Here are some links helpful if you wish to undergo an internship/training:

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/internshipssummerjobs/a/findinternship.htm

N.B.- Seniors who have already gone through an internship during your course, please help to broaden the help to your juniors. Some inernship experiences can also be shared here. Just run a mail here.