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A guide to DST INSPIRE PhD fellowship

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Target audience: tentative DST INSPIRE fellows and aspirants of the same. I also made 2 videos on the topic: All about DST INSPIRE PhD fellowship Vinod's guide to DST INSPIRE PhD fellowship I am a 2nd year PhD scholar at the Centre for Neuroscience, IISc, Bengaluru.  I was an INSPIRE SHE scholar during my BSc at DU (2016-19) and MSc in Physics at IIT-G (2019-21). I was not an institute topper  but an inspire-SHE scholar with 60%+ in MSc. Hence, I could apply.  After my MSc, I had a gap of 2 years before I joined PhD.  You have to make a separate account on the INSPIRE portal for fellowship. Like, use a different email address than SHE one. If you are university gold medalist in MSc/MS, the procedure remains the same.  For people who apply for INSPIRE fellowship after getting enrolled in PhD, the procedure is slightly different. Their application directly jumps to level 2 evaluation, I assume. My Timeline:_________________ 2016-2021: INSPIRE SHE Scholar for 5 ye...