Wells Fargo Women MTech Fellowship has been instituted at IISc and aimed at encouraging highly talented women students to pursue careers in deep technology sector in order to address the gender inequality in science and technology.
The fellowship is given to incoming MTech students of Department of Computational and Data Sciences (CDS) starting from batch of August 2021.
Entitlements of the Fellowship
- Enhanced fellowship of Rs. 25,000 per month for 24 months
- Travel cum contingency amount of Rs. 2,50,000 for international/national travel and other expenses to support research including buying a laptop
- Attractive research grant for the dissertation advisor
Eligibility & Selection
All Women MTech. students of course and research programs in every batch. The selection committee will consist of CDS department faculty members.
About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo India is a critical component of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”) strategy to leverage distinct advantages in doing business in a global environment. Wells Fargo India is primarily an extension of the technology, operations, knowledge services, and corporate support teams of Wells Fargo. It engages in application development and support, testing, other technology functions, international operations, knowledge support, and middle and back-end banking process solutions for a wide spectrum of Wells Fargo’s needs. The entity currently has offices in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Chennai.
2021 Awardees
- Shreeparna Dey
- Prajakta Sanjay Bhorse
2022 Awardees
- Tanaya Mallik
- Jinka Naga Sai Gowri
- Ruchi Bhoot
2023 Awardees
- Dona Burman
- Sameeksha Bhatia
- Ira Singhal
- Sakshi Srivastava