IITI DRISHTI CPS Foundation under National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) supports the technology development and commercialization endeavors of meritorious scholars and faculty at various levels of education including undergraduate (UG), postgraduate (PG), and Ph.D. Keeping this in mind, the CHANAKYA Fellowship Schemes has been launched. CHANAKYA stands for Comprehensive and Holistic Advancement of NAtional Knowledge Yield and Analytics. These fellowship aim to identify and support breakthrough ideas in the area of Cyber Physical Systems. Ideas having the potential to solve pressing and compelling problems faced by End Users (Industries, PSUs, Government organizations, Line ministries, Educational Institutes, City administration, Agriculture and Society), using concepts of CPS (Data modeling, simulation, and visualization) are sought. Ideas having high potential for patenting, licensing, and commercialization are highly encouraged. Specific application verticals and focus areas are Blended Learning and Gamification, Smart City, Smart Farming, Smart Healthcare Systems, Climate change and predictions, MSMEs, Industry 4.0, Agriculture, and Education.

Eligibility: Students registered in any UG/PG/Ph.D. program and Faculties in India can apply for the fellowship.

For any queries, please write to fellowships.drishticps@iiti.ac.in