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PROFORMA- VIII APPLICATION PROFORMA FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ORGANIZING POPULAR LECTURES ON BIOTECHNOLOGY BY EXPERTS* Proposals must be submitted to Under Secretary, HRD Division, Department of Biotechnology, Block 2, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003 at least three months in advance of the scheduled date of the lectures. 1. (a) Name and address of the : organizing institution (b) Whether the institution is actively : working in the areas of biotechnology (c) Status of the institution (please tick) : £ Central / State Government Department £ University / College / School (Govt.) £ University / College / School (Pvt.) £ Research Institute £ Professional Body £ Registered Society £ Others (to be specified) Note: In case of Registered Society / Private School, College, University etc., copies of the following documents should be enclosed:­ (i) Registration Certificate (ii) Memorandum and Articles of Association (iii) Bye laws of the Society etc. (iv) Audited Statement of Accounts of the Society etc. for the last three years 2. Name, designation and address of the coordinator. 3. Details of the lectures: Lecture No. Lecture No. Lecture No. I II III (i) Name of the speaker : (A brief Bio-data of the speakers should be attached) * The details of scheme are at Appendix (ii) Whether Internal or External : (If external, name of the organization to which the speaker belongs to should be mentioned) (iii) Title/Topic of the lecture : (Please indicate in brackets the Sl. No. of the broad subject area from the list enclosed with the scheme) (iv) Duration of the lecture : (v) Language in which the lecture : is to be delivered (At least one lecture should be in Hindi or in local language) (vi) Tentative date of the lecture : 4. Class and the likely number : of the audience (i) From within the organizing : Institution (ii) From other institutions : (please mention the names of the institutions. A minimum of 200 students from outside the organizing institution should attend the lecture) (iii) General Public : 5. Mode of publicity for : the lectures 6. Mode of transportation of : the audience (If it is proposed to hire the transport despite the transport being available with the organizing institution, reasons for hiring the transport should be furnished) 7. Name, designation and address of the : authority who will be responsible for submitting the audited (or signed by Finance Officer in case of Govt. institution) Statement of Expenditure (SE) and the Utilization Certificate (UC) 8. Details of previous grant, if any, : received from DBT in the past 9. Designation in whose name Demand : Draft/Cheque is to be issued 10. Broad Details of the total estimated expenditure for the lecture series: S.No. DBT reference No. and date Purpose of grant Amount of grant Whether UC/SE furnished (If yes, copies of the same should be enclosed. If not, the reasons thereof) 1. 2. (i) Honorarium to the speakers & Coordinator -Rs. _____________ (ii) Transportation of the audience -Rs. _____________ (to and fro) (iii) Printing of the lectures (500 copies) -Rs. _____________ (iv) Contingencies -Rs. _____________ (v) TA/DA for external expert(s) -Rs. _____________ (On actuals as per the norms of the host institution) __________________ Total It is certified that the above proposal for the financial assistance has been submitted after carefully going through the guidelines of the scheme on the subject and all efforts will be made to organize the lectures as per these guidelines and expenditure will be met as per the terms and conditions of the sanction order. Name & Signature of the Signature of the Head of Applicant the organizing institution (with seal) (with seal) Appendix Department of Biotechnology Popular Lectures in Biotechnology by Experts for popularization of Biotechnology 1. About the Scheme:- The Department of Biotechnology will consider proposals under the Scheme - Popular Lectures in biotechnology by Experts for popularization of biotechnology for financial assistance from Institutions / Universities which are actively working in the research area of Biotechnology. The Popular Lectures in biotechnology by experts should be organized for students from schools, colleges, universities & also for general public to bring general awareness among them about the basic concepts, recent advances & potential of modern Biology & Biotechnology. 2. Terms & Conditions:­ i) The institution should organize a series of three lectures in a financial year, two by internal experts and one by an external expert. If suitable experts, for two lectures are not available with the institution, institutions can propose to organize one lecture by internal expert and the two by external experts. ii) Out of the three lectures atleast one lecture should be organized in Hindi or in the local language. iii) The topic of lecture should be selected on the basic concepts & recent advances in modern biology / biotechnology from the list of tentatively identified priority areas enclosed at Annexure - I. iv) The institution should identify a coordinator who would co-ordinate the organization of the lectures. Responsibility of the coordinator would include publicity for lectures, correspondence with schools etc., transport of students, arrangements for lectures, tea etc. v) In the proposal for financial assistance the dates, topics, names of lectures & their speakers should be informed. vi) Wide publicity should be given for the lectures. vii) About 200 students outside the institution should attend each lecture. viii) The lecture text should be illustrative with diagrams, photographs, tables etc. and not merely descriptive. Also it should be in a printed form having atleast 10 pages of each lecture. Printed copies of the lectures should be distributed to the audience and also should be sent to the libraries of the local schools, ix) colleges etc. It should clearly indicate on the cover page that the programme has been sponsored by Department of Biotechnology. The Department of Biotechnology will provide a lump sum grant upto @ Rs.8,000/- per lecture towards meeting the related items of expenditure for arranging the lecture. In addition, grant for payment of TA/DA to external expert speaker will be provided as per entitlement & government norms. x) The lectures should be organized within a period of six months from the date of issue of the sanction by DBT. xi) The Institute should send five copies of each lecture to the Department of Biotechnology. xii) A report on the lecture series should be sent to Department of Biotechnology giving various details like number of participations, name of participating institutions, duration of each talk and the list of schools, colleges etc. to which copies of the lectures have been sent. xiii) The Department will release 50% to the Private Institutions and 75% to Government Institutions of the approved grant initially and the balance will be released after the receipt of the Utilization Certificate and Statement of Total Income & Expenditure in the proforma enclosed at Annexure - II. Annexure - I PRIORITY AREAS IDENTIFIED FOR "POPULAR LECTURES" BY EXPERTS 1. Application of Engineering in Biotechnology. 2. Large scale production of Biologicals 3. Computer applications in Biology (modelling and simulation) 4. Plant tissue and cell culture and its applications 5. Biological Nitrogen fixation 6. Gene transfer in plants 7. Aquaculture 8. Embryo transfer Technology 9. Basic concepts in Molecular Biology 10. Biotechnology in Health care 11. Drug delivery 12. Molecular Biology of viruses 13. AIDS and fungal pathogenesis 14. Immunology at Cross roads 15. Immunodiagnostics and Health Care 16. Current trends in Cancer Research. 17. Molecular Epidemiology 18. Biotechnology of Post Harvest Technology 19. Gene Therapy 20. Production of Biologicals of Human Origin 21. Vaccines and their Production 22. Biotechnology and food production 23. Biotechnology for population control 24. Protein Engineering 25. Enzyme Engineering in Health and Industry 26. Hybridoma Technology 27. Biometallurgy 28. Biological control of pests. 29. Bioinformatics 30. Host-Parasite interaction 31. Biotechnology and forestry 32. Biotechnology Education 33. Biotechnology in Sericulture Annexure - II UTILIZATION CERTIFICATE (For the grant released for Popular Lectures in Biotechnology by experts) 1. Titles of the Lectures : 2. Name of the Organization : 3. Coordinator : 4. Amount received from DBT & balance claimed : 5. No. & date of sanction order : 6. Actual Expenditure Incurred : (Statement of Expenditure enclosed) 7. Unspent balance refunded in favour of DDO, DBT : (Please give details of cheque No. etc.) Certified that the amount of Rs. ....(Rupees ... only) mentioned against Col.4 has been utilized on the Scheme for the purpose for which it was sanctioned and that the balance of Rs. ......... remaining unutilized amount has been refunded to Department of Biotechnology (vide letter No.......dated .......) Certified that I have satisfied myself that the conditions on which the grants-in-aid was sanctioned have been duly fulfilled and that I have exercised the following checks to see that the money was actually utilized for the purpose for which it was sanctioned. Kinds of checks exercised: 1. 2. 3. Course Coordinator Finance / Accounts Officer (with rubber stamp) (with rubber stamp) Head of Institute (with rubber stamp) Statement of Expenditure referred to in para 6 of the Utilization Certificate showing the grants received / claimed from the Department of Biotechnology and the Expenditure incurred for the Popular Lecture in Biotechnology by Experts held on ..... Income Expenditure (i) Grant received from DBT : .... (ii) Grant to be received from DBT : .... (iii) Other sources : .... (i) Printing of Lectures : ..... (ii) Transport charges for the students / audience. : ..... (iii) Other expenditure : .... (please specify) Subtotal : .... (iv) TA/DA to external speakers : .... Total Total Course Coordinator Finance / Accounts Officer* (with rubber stamp) (with rubber stamp) Head of Institute (with rubber stamp) * In case of Private Institute /NGO, to be audited by Chartered Accountant with seal.