Honda Y-E-S Award India 2016 : yes.honda.co.in
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Organization : Honda
Award Name : Honda Y-E-S Award India 2016
Applicable For : IIT B.Tech 5th Semester Students
Application Last Date : August 31, 2016
Website : https://www.hondafoundation.jp/en/yes_program.html
Honda YES Award :
We have started the Y-E-S Award program for fostering future leaders in the field of science and technology. Following the start-up of the award program in Vietnam in 2006, in India in 2007 and in Laos and Cambodia in 2008, it was introduced in Myanmar in 2014 to support the development and promotion of young leaders to spearhead the growth of these countries in the future.
Related : British Council Charles Wallace Trust Long Term Awards 2016-17 : www.scholarships.net.in/4197.html
This system grants awards to students who have excelled in the area of science and technology and who continue to aspire to higher academic achievement. However, it is distinctive in that it is not restricted to tuition but may be used for a broad range of activities. Furthermore, the grant is awarded in two stages.
Stage I : The Y-E-S Award
** The Award would recognise brilliant students who would drive future society towards an ecotechnological orientation.
** Each Y-E-S Award recipient will receive US$ 3,000 (US Dollar Three Thousand only) in equivalent Indian Rupees.
Stage II: Y-E-S Award Plus
** Every Y-E-S Award recipient becomes eligible for the Y-E-S Award Plus, an additional award, if, within three years after he/she received the Y-E-S Award prize, he/she is admitted to, and pledges to attend within one year after admission, either of the following
** A credit-granting internship program offered by a Japanese company or research institute’s summer program for two and half months.
** Internship participants will receive US$7,000 (US Dollar Seven Thousand only) or equivalent Indian Rupees as the Y-E-S Award Plus.
** A masters or doctoral course at a Japanese graduate school. These students will receive US$10,000 (US Dollar Ten Thousand only) or equivalent Indian Rupees as the Y-E-S Award Plus.
Application Process :
Frequency:
Applications are accepted and considered once per annum. For the year 2016-2017, applications will be accepted during the period “August 01 ~ August 31, 2016”.
Mode of Application:
Eligible candidates from affiliated Indian Institutes of Technology can apply online through the Honda Y-E-S Award website https://www.honda2wheelersindia.com/
The following documents are to be attached with the online application form of Honda Y-E-S Award
** For attachments of documents – All the documents have to be uploaded in the PDF formats only apart from your passport size photograph.
** Transcript with CGPA for all four semesters or Individual CGPA marksheet for all 4 semesters.
** On the spot essay to be given this time at the respective IITs
** Technical papers, if any
** Certificates of distinguished awards or prizes received, if any. Minimum 3 certificates have to be uploaded in the application form under Other section of A, B & C (Mandatory).
Selection Process for Y-E-S Award
Awardees will be selected in the following manner:
** Y-E-S Administration Office (YAO) collects all applications;
** Y-E-S Award Selection Committee (ASC) scores applications and essays;
** ASC interviews shortlisted candidates;
** The Japanese HOF Grant Committee (HCG) examines the finalist list and decides awardees.
Selection Process for “Y-E-S Award Plus”:
** There will be no separate selection process for the Y-E-S Award Plus. Any Y-E-S Award recipient who meets the conditions above may request this award, and their requests are received and confirmed by the YAO, and then approved by the Honda Foundation Y-E-S Office (“HOF Y-E-S Office”) in Tokyo.
** The Y-E-S Award Plus is not an independent program, but a constituent part of the Honda Y-E-S Award program.