The Hindu - Hitachi Scholarships

THE HINDU - HITACHI SCHOLARSHIPS

Last Date: 31.12.2011

In association with Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, THE HINDU invites applications for scholarships for technical training in JAPAN. The number of scholarships will be three. The terms and conditions are as follows:

1. Candidates who must be Indian Citizens, should not have completed 30 years of age on 31-03-2011 and should be in possession of the minimum Degree of B.E., or B.Sc. (Engg.) or its equivalent from any recognized University. Candidates who have already had practical experience in the branches for which training is proposed to be given, will be given preference. Candidates with at least one year’s professional experience need apply. Those who were interviewed in previous years for the Scholarships need not apply again.

2. The scholarships are tenable in Japan for principally six months commencing about July 2011. Trainees may have general training in one of the following product fields of Hitachi Ltd., (Hitachi) for example;

(I) Industrial Systems
(II) Transportation Systems
(III) Power Systems
(VI) Information and Telecommunication Systems,

being subject to the convenience of each of Hitachi’s establishments. During the training, there will be special emphasis on environment-related and energy-saving technologies.

3. Trainees shall be during their training, under the supervision and direction of Hitachi, which has full discretion on scope, mode, duration and place of establishment of their training. Training will not be available in the R&D activities of Hitachi. They will be subject to the rules and regulations and the discipline of the establishment to which they are posted.

4. Selected trainees will be provided with return Economy Class air passage. Arrangements will also be made for free Boarding and Lodging for trainees in Japan and to defray all expenses for travelling in Japan which may be considered necessary for their training. In addition, each trainee will be paid a monthly fixed allowance to cover his personal expenses.

5. Parents or Guardians of selected candidates shall guarantee their good conduct and shall undertake to pay for their repatriation should their conduct be found unsatisfactory by Hitachi Ltd., or any public authority in Japan or in case the selected candidates desire to discontinue their studies in Japan for any reason whatsoever during the period of their scholarship.

6. Applications should be made in duplicate in the forms available on payments of Rs.5/- from offices of The Hindu given below THE HINDU, 859 & 560 Anna Salai, Chennai - 600 002, or the Branch offices of THE HINDU.

THE HINDU 3rd Floor, PTI Building 4.Parliment Street, New Delhi - 110 001	THE HINDU Kasturi Building, Jamshedji Tata Road Mumbai - 400 020	THE HINDU 19 & 21 Bhagwan Mahaveer Road, Infantry Road Bangalore - 560 001
THE HINDU 23-9-655/1 Jeppu Mangalore - 575 001	THE HINDU LMJ Chambers, I Floor 15C Hemanta Basu Sarani, Kolkata - 700 001	THE HINDU No.19, & 20 A.T.T. Colony L.I.C.Road Coimbatore - 641 018
THE HINDU Chennai Bye-pass Road.(NH45) Senthaneerpuram Tiruchirapalli - 620 004	THE HINDU 147/2A Eighty Feet Road K.K.Nagar Madurai - 625020	THE HINDU 6-3-879 & 879B, Begumpet Public Road Hyderabad-500 016
THE HINDU 50-19-9, T.P.t Colony Seethammadhara Visakhapatanam - 530 013	THE HINDU 55-1-4, 100 Feet Road Industrial Estate, Auto Nagar Vijayawada - 520 007	THE HINDU NH Bye Pass Road Vytilla Junction Post Box No.1971 Kochi - 682 019
THE HINDU T.C.No.36/1946(1), Airport Road Vallakkadavu Thiruvananthapuram - 695 008	THE HINDU 135, I Floor Mission Street Puducherry - 605001	THE HINDU 859 & 860 Anna Salai, Chenai - 600 002
26, 27 & 28, II Floor, Dhammanagi Prestije Plaza, P. B. Road, Hubli - 580 029.	I Floor, ‘Shazz’, Near Saradha Hospital, Kannur Road, Kozhikode - 673 006.

7. Completed forms should reach THE HINDU, 859 & 860, Anna Salai, Chennai - 600 002, superscribed “THE HINDU - HITACHI TRAINING SCHEME”, before December 31, 2011