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CSIR and Nature India Launch Essay Competition for Scientists and Researchers, Winners to Receive Cash Prizes

The CSIR and Nature India Essay Competition 2020 is open to scientists, researchers and authors in India aged 25 to 50 years

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CSIR and Nature India Essay Competition 2020

The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and Nature India launched the Nature India essay competition 2020 today to provide young and experienced scientists, researchers and authors in India, a platform to share ideas on how societally-impactful science can advance and strengthen the country.

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On the launch of the essay competition, Director General, CSIR, Dr Shekhar C Mande remarked that the fruits of science must benefit the society and that Nature India essay competition would give an opportunity to Indian scientists to share their perspective and aspirations on this crucial aspect of S&T.

Who can Participate in the CSIR and Nature India Essay Competition 2020?

The Nature India essay competition is open for readers aged 25 to 50. The essayists will have an opportunity to draft a compelling narrative with personal anecdotes, emotion and a science-backed story that may become potentially historic in helping shape the roadmap for India’s scientific future.

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The essays should convey thoughts on the societal impact of science in India in not more than 1000 words. The tone of the essays must be aspirational, with emotions and story-telling. The essays should be reasoned, well-researched, forward-looking and supported by existing science, said a PIB release.

Timeline to Submit Take Part in the CSIR and Nature India Essay Competition 2020

The submitted essays will be judged by a panel of editors, scientists and science communicators. The deadline for completed essays is midnight, India time, on 9 March 2020. The winners will have their essays published in the Nature India annual volume as well as the Nature India blog Indigenus. The top three essays will win a cash prize of Rs 40,000, Rs 30,000 and Rs 20,000 or equivalent, a three-year subscription to Nature, trophies and certificates.

Those interested to take part can write and submit an essay on the societal impact of science in India in a text file, along with their email address by submitting the text file to Nature India at the email address natureindia@nature.com. Entries should be in a text file (.doc, .docx), written in good and understandable English, with a word limit of 1000 words or less not including references.

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