C V Raman International Fellowship for African Researchers in India, 2013

FICCI, on behalf of Department of Science & Technology is inviting applications for C V Raman International Fellowship for African Researchers. The Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Ministry of External Affairs(MEA), Government of India through the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce& Industry (FICCI) have launched this fellowship in 2010. The Fellowship provides opportunities to conduct collaborative research / training at universities and research institutions in India.  Three types of fellowships Post Doctoral Fellowship, Visiting fellowship and Senior Fellowship for 6 months, 3 months and 1 moth duration respectively are offered. The application deadline is  31^st July 2013.

Study Subject(s):

Fellowship is offered for collaborative research with leading research groups in Indian universities and R&D institutions in areas of Sci & Tech.

Course Level: This scholarship is available for pursuing research / training program.

Scholarship Provider: Fellowships are offered by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Ministry of External Affairs(MEA), Government of India through the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce& Industry (FICCI).

Scholarship can be taken at: India

Eligibility: 

The applicant should be actively engaged in research at a university or research institution in the African country and should meet the following eligibility criteria for each of the three categories:
-Post Doctoral Fellowship : Ph.D
-Visiting Fellowship : Ph.D / M.Tech / M.Sc. (Engg / Technical) or 4 to 6 years research / teaching experience
-Senior Fellowship : Senior Experts / Scientists / Professors

Scholarship Open for International Students: 

The students of Africa can apply for this fellowship.

Scholarship Description: 

The Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Ministry of External Affairs(MEA), Government of India through the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce& Industry (FICCI), have launched the prestigious C V Raman International Fellowship programme for African Researchers in 2010 to provide them opportunity to conduct collaborative research with leading research groups in Indian universities and R&D institutions in areas of Science & Technology.The objective of this Fellowship is to provide opportunity for African researchers to conduct collaborative research in various areas of science and technology in different Indian universities and R&D institutions under guidance of host scientists in India. The programme allows such African researchers to advance their own research capabilities while contributing to the progress of research in India. Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) is the ‘Coordinating Partner’ for C V Raman International Fellowship Programme. FICCI, on behalf of Department of Science & Technology, invites applications from African researchers for the award of the Fellowship.

Number of award(s): Not Known

Duration of award(s): 

Three types of fellowships Post Doctoral Fellowship, Visiting fellowship and Senior Fellowship for 6 months, 3 months and 1 moth duration respectively.

What does it cover?

 Sustenance Allowance
-Post Doctoral Fellowship : Rs 40,000/- per month including accommodation, food and local travel expenses
-Visiting Fellowship : “Rs 50,000/- per month including accommodation, food and local travel expenses”
-Senior Fellowship : Rs 50,000/- per month + accommodation (accommodation in host institute’s guest house with reasonable facilities / hotel with a cap of Rs 2500 per day).
-Contingency Grant :To cover unforeseen expenses relating to lab/field research, books, stationeries, medicines and other miscellaneous expenses, if any
-Post Doctoral Fellowship : Rs 20,000/
-Visiting Fellowship : Rs 10,000/-
-Senior Fellowship : Rs 10000 + local travel grant(upto max.Rs.30000)
-Air Fare : A round trip air ticket by economy class.

Selection Criteria: Not Known

Notification: 

Selection / acceptance letters will be sent to all successful candidates after the final announcement of the selection committee. Names of fellowship awardees along with their respective host researchers and institutions, along with their research themes will also be posted on www.indiafrica-sti.in , www.indoafrica-cvrf.in , DST website (www.dst.gov.in) and FICCI website (www.ficci.com).

How to Apply:

 Applications may be submitted online, via e-mail to scholars-at-ficci.com or by post to FICCI, New Delhi, India. Application process is as follows :
-Step 1: Applicant registers online or Downloads the application form
-Step 2: Applicant arranges all necessary documents (mentioned below) required for application
-Step 3: Applicant establishes contact with his / her prospective host scientist in India and secures an official consent letter from the concerned Indian host institute
-Step 4: Applicant submits his / her application to FICCI, through any of the modes – online / email / hard copy

Scholarship Application Deadline: 

The application deadline is  31^st July 2013.

Note : Selected applicants are required to finalize their duration of stay in India from Jan/Feb 2013 onwards under this fellowship in consultation with their respective host scientists and promptly inform FICCI through email at scholars-at-ficci.com.

Mo Ibrahim Foundation MSc Scholarship in Governance and State-building in UK, 2013

Mo Ibrahim Foundation is funding one MSc Scholarship in Governance and State-building to start in September 2013 at University of Birmingham, UK. Student must have a first class honors or equivalent degree. English proficiency is required. African nationals are eligible for this scholarship. Preference is given to nationals of sub-Saharan African countries. Applicants have an opportunity of a six-month internship at IDD and six months with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation in London with a full scholarship.

Study Subject(s):

The scholarship is provided to study MSc in governance and state-building at University of Birmingham in UK.

Course Level:

This scholarship is for pursuing Master’s-MSc degree level at University of Birmingham.

Scholarship Provider: Mo Ibrahim Foundation

Scholarship can be taken at: UK

Eligibility:

 -The entry requirements consist of: -1st class Honors degree or equivalent from an approved university. Adequate capacity in written and spoken English.
-For those whose first language is not English, evidence of this capacity is required.
-Applicants should reach at least level 6.5 in the IELTS or 580 /93 for TOEFL. Please check the University website for more information on English language requirements.
-Experience in economics and statistics, demonstrated through a good mark received for at least one course at undergraduate level.
-Applicants must be African nationals domiciled (or permanent residents) in an African country.
-Preference will be given to scholarship candidates living in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries:

 Nationals of Africa (Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe) can apply for this Master’s scholarship.

Scholarship Description:

The International Development Department is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity to undertake the MSc in Governance and State-building, followed by a six-month internship at IDD and six months with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation in London with a full scholarship. Applicants must have the equivalent of a first class UK bachelors degree and be African nationals domiciled (or permanent residents) in an African country. Preference will be given to scholarship candidates living in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Governance and State building programme is one of the specialized streams within international development, and takes an interdisciplinary standpoint, combining the theoretical rigor of political economy and the practical experience of development. The good governance agenda occurs now increasingly alongside debate on state-building, which encompasses issues such as accountability and transparency, corruption, conflict, political settlement, human rights, participation, access to justice and democratization. Governance and state-building are of particular interest to governments, non-governmental organizations and development agencies, as well as to a growing and vibrant academic community.

Number of award(s):

 Mo Ibrahim Foundation is providing one scholarship for our MSc in Governance and State building, to start in September 2013.

Duration of award(s):

The scholarship will be for a two-year programme, with the successful candidate undertaking the full MSc programme and then six months within the Foundation as an intern, based in London.

What does it cover? 

The scholarship includes:
1.Full tuition fee
2.Air fare to and from the United Kingdom and visa
3.Monthly stipend of £920 for 18 months
4.Arrival allowance of £920 The remaining six months for the internship will be funded directly to the successful candidate by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.

Selection Criteria: Not Known

Notification: Not Known

How to Apply:

Applications must be received through the University online application system by the 31st May 2013. In addition to the usual documents to be submitted, applicants should also upload a 500 word statement and CV. This statement should set out why the applicant is the best candidate for the scholarship. Applicants must then send an email to Mrs Debra Beard (d.l.beard-at-bham.ac.uk) informing her of their wish to be considered for the Mo Ibrahim Scholarship and their ID number. Please include ‘Mo Ibrahim Scholarship’ in the subject line of the email.

Scholarship Application Deadline: The deadline for applications is 31st May 2013.

MALECELEA ATAHADHARISHA KUHUSU VURUGU ZINAZOENDELEA NCHINI

Waziri Mkuu Mstaafu John Malecela akifafanua jambo

Wakati Waziri Mkuu Mstaafu, John Malecela ameonya Watanzania kuhusu mpasuko wa kidini akibainisha kuwa utaigawa nchi vipande vipande, Rais Mstaafu, Ali Hassan Mwinyi ametoa wito maalumu akiwataka waumini wa dini tofauti kuvumiliana.

Malecela na Mwinyi walitoa kauli hizo mjini Dodoma na Kibaha, Pwani jana kwa nyakati tofauti, wote wakiwa na nia ya kusisitiza ulinzi wa amani ya nchi inayoanza kutetereka.

Kauli ya Malecela

Malecela alisema kwa namna ilivyo sasa, Tanzania imekuwa ni tofauti na ile aliyoanza kuiona yeye katika kipindi cha uhuru kwenye miaka ya 1960 wakati huo nchi ikiwa moja na watu wake wakiwa ni wamoja.

“Msipokuwa makini na amani yenu, nchi hii mtaigawa vipande vipande na kamwe amani ya kweli haiwezi kupatikana kwa mambo ya kusingiziana, badala yake tusaidiane sisi kwa sisi, na sisi na viongozi,” alisema.

Onyo la Malecela limekuja kutokana na mfululizo wa matukio ya uvunjifu wa amani na mpasuko wa kidini unaoanza kujitokeza nchini.

Malecela alieleza wasiwasi wake juu ya tofauti za kidini katika ibada maalumu ya kuombea amani iliyofanyika katika Kanisa Anglikana Chiwondo lililoko kijiji cha Hombolo katika Manispaa ya Dodoma.

Anafuata nyayo za viongozi wa kitaifa walioonya masuala ya udini kama Rais Jakaya Kikwete, Rais wa Zanzibar, Dk Ali Mohamed Shein, Waziri Mkuu Mizengo Pinda na Marais wastaafu, Mwinyi na Benjamin Mkapa pamoja na mawaziri wakuu wa zamani, Edward Lowassa na Frederick Sumaye.

Alisema waliovamia na kupiga bomu kanisani Arusha ambapo Balozi wa Vatican nchini, Francisco Montecillo Padilla alinusurika kuuawa, si wajinga na wanaweza kufanya mambo kama hayo eneo lolote nchini.

 “Kujenga nchi ni kazi ngumu sana lakini kuibomoa ni kitendo cha muda mfupi ambacho kinaweza kufanyika kwa kutumia sekunde chache ni lazima kuisaidia serikali katika kuitafuta amani,” aliongeza Malecela.

  Malecela ameonya baadhi ya watu kutochukua sheria mikononi kuhusu yale yanayowapata na badala yake waiachie Serikali yao kufanya uamuzi wa nini kifanyike ili amani ibaki.

Nasaha za Mwinyi

Kwa upande wake Rais Mstaafu Mwinyi alisisitiza amani idumishwe na kuwataka Waislamu na Wakristo kupendana na kuvumiliana ili jamii iweze kuishi bila hofu.

“Haiwezekani dini moja kuitaka dini nyingine isiwepo,” alisisitiza Mwinyi. Mwinyi alitoa msisitizo huo jana mjini Kibaha wakati akitoa mawaidha yaliyolenga kusisitiza amani nchini kufuatia matukio kadhaa yaliyoripotiwa kutokea  nchini na kudaiwa yanahusiana na masuala ya kidini.

Alisema si ajabu kukuta hata sasa baadhi ya watu wameingiwa na hofu na waumini wakisikia kitu hata kama ni paka wanakimbia na kuacha mahubiri.

 “Hakuna sababu ya kutufikisha hapo jamani, mbona dini hazijaanza leo? Tangu enzi watu wanaabudu kila mtu kwa imani yake, watu wanaoana, wanakula pamoja, wapo ofisi moja, magari wanapanda pamoja sasa iweje hii itokee leo hii?” alihoji Mwinyi.

MWANAFUNZI WA CHUO KIKUU AKATISHA UHAI WAKE

Mwanfunzi wa Chuo Kikuu aliyejinyonga Yobe Magongoninga Mfune (23)

MWANAFUNZI wa Chuo Kikuu cha Bunda kilichopo mijini Lilongwe nchini Malawi, amejinyongwa kwa kutumia mkanda wa begi lake la kusafiria. Mwanfunzi huyo aliyetambulika kwa jina la Yobe Magongoninga Mfune (23) alikatisha maisha yake huku sababu za kifo cha kikiwa siri kati yake na Mungu wake.

Msemaji wa Jeshi la Polisi nchini Malawi Rhoda Manjolo alisema kwamba, Mfune alikuwa mwanafunzi wa shahada ya kwanza katika fani ya utawala wa mazingira na maliasiri.

Manjolo alisema, marehemu alikutwa amejinyonga katika chumba chake kwenye hosteli za chuo hicho. Hata hivyo Polisi walisema kwamba, marehemu alikuwa na mahusiano na mwanamke mmoja aliyewahi kufanyakazi katika chuo hicho kwa siku za nyuma.

Msemaji wa Polisi nchini Malawi aliongeza kwamba, marehemiu alikuwa akiishi na rafiki yake katika chumba hicho ambaye aliondoka tangu may 6 mwaka huu na aliporudi akakuta mlango umefungwa kwa ndani ndipo alipoamuwa kutoa taarifa kwa uongozi wa chuo ambao waliamuwa kuvunja mlango huo kuingia ndani.

Alisema kwamba baada ya mlango huo kufunguliwa hawakuona mtu lakini walipofungua kabati la nguo wakakutana na mwili wa marehemu ukiwa unaning'ining'ia. "Uchunguzi wa madaktari unasema kwamba kifo cha mwanafunzi huyo kilitokana na msongo wa mawazo"alisema Manjolo.

Hata hiyo marafiki wa karibu wa mwanafunzi huyo walisema kwamba, siku chache kabla ya marehemu kufariki dunia aliwahi kuandika katika ukurasa wake wa Face Book kwamba "nitaweka historia nyingine mpya ambayo sijawai kuiweka tangu nilipozaliwa, na kumbukukumbu yake haitakaa ikafutika tena,na baada ya hapo sitajali wala kuwa na mahusiano na mambo yote ya hapa duniani, bali itakuwa juu yangu na Mungu wangu"ilisema sehemu ya status za marehemu.

TANZANIA YAHOFIA KUWA NA WAKATI MUGUMU KIMATAIFA

Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushiriakiano wa Kimataifa Bernard Membe akifafanua jambo

TANZANIA iko hatarini kuingia katika mgogoro mkubwa wakidiplomasia dhidi ya nchi za Falme za Kiarabu (UAE) na Saudi Arabia kutokana na tuhuma za kigaidi zinazo wakabili raia wa nchi hizo.

Taarifa zilizonaswa na MDI Blog kutoka Wizara ya Mambo ya Nje ya nchini na Ushirikiano wa Kimataifa zinaeleza kwamba nchini hizo zimeanza kuihoji serikali uhalali wa kuwashirikilia raia wake.

Hatua ya kukamatwa kwa raia wa nchi hizo kwa tuhuma za ugaidi uliofanyika jijini Arusha katika Kanisa Katoliki Parokia ya Olasiti nje kidogo ya Jiji hilo ulioua watu watatu na kusababisha watu zaidi ya 62 kujeruhiwa viabaya ni ishara mbaya kwa mahusiano ya kidiplomasia.

"Serikali imepokea taarifa kutoka nchi hizo ikihoji uhalli wa raia wake kukamatwa kwa tuhuma za ugaini, hatua hii inaweza kuwa mbaya zaidi endapo itabainika kwamba watuhumiwa hao si magaidi, kwani masuala ya diplomasia baina ya Tanzania na nchi hizo inaweza kuwa mbaya zaidi, tena ukizingatia kwamba serikali inapata misaada mingi kutoka nchi hizo,kutokana na mahusiano mazuri baina yetu na wao"kilisema chanzo hicho.

Taarifa hizo pia zilidhibishwa na Waziri Bernard Membe wakati akizungumza na gazeti moja la kila siku nchini Tanzania ambaye leo anakwenda jijini Arusha kufuatilia suala hilo na hasa kwa kukamatwa raia wa kigeni wakihusishwa na tukio hilo, wakiwa ni miongoni mwa watu 12 wanaoshikiliwa na polisi wakituhumiwa kuhusika na shambulio hilo lililoua watu watatu na wengine zaidi ya 60 kujeruhiwa.

“Ninakwenda Arusha leo ili kufahamu undani wa suala hili. Baada ya kwenda ndiyo nitakuwa katika nafasi ya kuongelea mambo haya,” alisema Membe wakati alipoulizwa jana kuhusu malalamiko ya nchi za Saudi Arabia na Falme za Kiarabu (UAE) kuhusu kukamatwa kwa raia wao. Watu wanaoshikiliwa na polisi kwa tuhuma hizi ni pamoja nja Victor Ambrose Calist (20), Mwendasha Bodaboda na mkazi wa Kwa Mrombo, Jeseph Yusuph Lomayani (18) mwendesha Bodaboda, Mkazi wa Kwa Mrombo jijini  Arusha.

Wegine ni George Batholomeo Silayo (23), mfanyabiashara na mkazi wa Olasiti, Arusha, Mohamed Sulemani Said (38) mkazi wa Ilala, Dar es Salaam na Jassini Mbaraka (29) mkazi wa Arusha. Wale wanaotuhumiwa kutoka nje ya Tanzania ni pamoja na raia wa Falme za Kiarabu (UAE), Said Abdalla Said (28), Abdulaziz Mubarak (30) na Said Mohsen wakati Jassini Mbaraka (29) anatokea Saudi Arabia.