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Fellowship for Women in Science
Undergraduate Program • Ongoing
About
This Fellowship was initiated by the IISc AANA Midwest Chapter in 2022 with an award of three fellowships to women students of the BSc(Research) program of IISc. Each student was awarded a fellowship for the entire duration of their undergraduate study. Subsequently, in 2023, three more fellowships were awarded.
The objective of these fellowships is to support IISc’s efforts in enhancing the number of women students enrolled in this program. IISc has started making additional admission offers to women students to enhance their ratio in various course programs. Efforts of our esteemed alums in establishing this fellowship is therefore deeply appreciated by the students and the IISc administration.
The primary goal of the team behind this establishing this fellowship is to raise an endowment to support at least three fellows annually through their studies, totaling at least 12 fellowships concurrently.
Donate
IISc AANA wishes to make this a global effort to champion the cause of bringing more women into science and technology. Our goal is to fund three fellows annually for four years, totaling 12 fellowships in steady state. To ensure sustainability of this effort, IISc AANA is setting up an Undergraduate Women’s Fellowship Endowment Fund at IISc. We need your help to reach our goal of a US $450,000 endowment!!
Through IISc Foundation
If you live in the USA, you may please donate though the IISc Foundation. Your donation would be pooled under IISc AANA fellowships to set up this endowment.
Special named fellowships (one-time, multi-year, or perpetual –similar to those listed here) can be established at IISc with a minimum contribution to support at least one student for four years.
For those living in USA
If you live in USA and has USD funds to donate, you may contact the IISc Foundation directly for exact requirements suiting your interests and for help in documentation for instituting exclusive named Fellowships.
For those in India or other countries
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Student Testimonials
The AANA Fellowship is having a significant impact on my academic pursuits and progress towards aspirational goals by providing opportunities to gain new knowledge and skills, as well as funding to support research and scholarly activities. It is helping me in progressing towards my aspirational goals
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About IISc-AANA Midwest Chapter
Indian Institute of Science Alumni Association of North America (IISc-AANA) started its operation in Silicon Valley and has a network of IISc alumni throughout North America. It is a volunteer organization, whose mission and vision is “Giving Back” to the alma mater and to society. Founded in 2006, IIScAANA owes its success to numerous dedicated volunteers who have given freely of their time, intellect and resources to enrich this alumni/ae network.
The Midwest Chapter is one of nine chapters in North America and encompasses the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Early Donors of this AANA Midwest Chapter Initiative
- Pankaj Agarwal, Chicago, Illinois
- Ravi Anupindi, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Vasuki Arumugam, Chicago, Illinois
- Dilip and Tanima Das, St Louis, Missouri
- Sajal and Rupa Das, Rolla, Missouri
- Murali Ghantasala, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Raj Jain, St Louis, Missouri
- T. Krishnaprasad, Dayton, Ohio
- Viswanathan Natarajan, Chicago, Illinois
- Ravi Ramakrishnan, Chicago, Illinois
- Mrinalini C. Rao, Chicago, Illinois
- Monica Valluri, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Ravi and Vidhya Shankar, Chicago, Illinois