The Twelfth CSE Media Fellowships, India

Fellowship in Public Space and Private Design by Centre for Science and Environment, India

Study Subject(s):Water management and use, Biodiversity, Livelihoods and water, Wetland banking, Pollution
Course Level:Research
Scholarship Provider: Centre for Science and Environment
Scholarship can be taken at: India

Eligibility:Selected applicants from the print media will be expected to generate feature and news article/s totalling 5,000 words or three stories, based on the research carried out under the fellowship. Original clippings of these articles will have to be submitted at the completion of the fellowship programme. They will also be expected to take and submit photographs of the areas they travel in for their stories. Selected applicants from the audio-visual media will be expected to generate either a single film/broadcast or a series of episodes, based on the research carried out under the fellowships. Video and audio CDs of these outputs will have to be submitted at the completion of the fellowship programme.

Scholarship Open for International Students: No

Scholarship Description: On one hand, cities across India struggle to meet the insatiable water demands of their people; on the other, real estate and industry are eyeing wetlands and water bodies, while regulators look the other way. According to the Directory of Asian Wetlands (1989), India has 27,403 wetlands,covering an estimated area of 4.1 million hectare. A survey by the Wildlife Institute of India says they are disappearing at a rate of 2 per cent to 3 per cent every year. Some of the recent cases of transgression include the Nirma cement factory in Bhavnagar, Gujarat and an upcoming power plant in Kakrapalli, Andhra Pradesh.

How to Apply: Online

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31 May 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application