Topical Research School (TRS):

Format:

(a) It should be held at a place which is not a TPSC centre.

(b) It will cater to Ist year Ph.D. students and M.Sc. students.

(c) The duration will be four (4) days.

(d) There will be 4 faculty members, 2 will be from the local area or from the nearby areas and the other two can be from distant centres (but from same geographical region).

(e) There should be at least 30 participating students, of which at least 15 should be from outside the host institution.

(f) Selection of the participating students should be done by the local Convener.

Budget per TRS:

(a) Travel for 4 faculty members :Rs 30,000.- (max.)

(b) Travel for 15 outstation students:Rs 20,000.- (3-Tier AC)

(c) Boarding & Lodging for all:Rs 30,000.-

(d) Honorarium for the speakers: Rs 10,000.-

(e) Contingency etc. Rs 10,000.-

    Total Rs 1,00,000.-

(f) Suggested no. of TRS per year: 4 (four)

Suggested venues for TRS:

NEHU Shillong / Tezpur / Silchar / NBU Siliguri;

Sambalpur / Berhampur /;

ISM Dhanbad / Science College, Patna / Magadh Univ;

Jaipur / Udaipur (M.S. Sukhadia Univ) / Kurukshetra /

Jammu Univ / Pilani;

Raipur / Jabbalpur / Indore / Baroda / Bhopal / Gwalior;

Mysore / Waltair / Tirupati / Mangalore / Coimbatore / Goa;

Kohlapur / Solapur / Nagpur

Burdwan / Durgapur.