Objective:
Stimulating advanced research on economics related topics of
relevance to the member nations of BRICS
Eligible Persons: Nationals
of any of the five member nations of BRICS, who have
been awarded a
Doctorate or accepted for award of a Doctorate from any
recognized
nationally accredited University or academic institution globally,
are
eligible to receive the Award.
Eligible
Universities/ academic institutions: Any University or academic
institution
which has awarded a Doctorate or accepted a thesis for
award of a Doctorate
must be recognized and nationally accredited by
the official competent body in
the respective country.
Eligible
Entry: Any thesis which has been awarded a Doctorate or accepted
for
award of a Doctorate during January 2011 to December 2015.
Subject
Matter
of
Thesis:
Research in international economics, trade,
development and related financing. Issues of particular relevance to
BRICS
nations/ member development banks of BRICS such as those
pertaining (but not
limited) to international economics, foreign
trade, development and related
financing,
foreign
direct
investments,
joint
ventures, international
competitiveness,
policies impacting trade and investment, monetary and fiscal
interventions would be of particular interest. Credit would be given
for originality,
clarity of presentation and relevance to BRICS
context
Language of Thesis: Thesis may have been originally
submitted in any national
language of the BRICS countries or in
English.
The Award:
The Award consists of a Citation and prize money of 1.5 million
(equivalent) (approximately USD 20,000) sponsored by Exim Bank.
Terms and
Conditions of the Award:
Thesis may
have been originally submitted in English or any national
language
of the BRICS countries, in which case the entry must be
accompanied
along with an English Translation and papers published in
journals
reporting such Thesis.
All entries
must be accompanied by a completed entry form (in English)
signed
by the author.
An abstract
of the thesis in the form of a well-written and self-explanatory
essay covering theme, methodology, findings and conclusion (up to
5000
words) in English must be provided.
Abstracts of Entries must
be typed 1.5-spaced.
All
entries must be received by Exim Bank on or
before June 15, 2016.
All entries
must be accompanied by a certificate from relevant university/
institute regarding award/ acceptance of thesis for award of
Doctorate.
All entries
must be accompanied by a copy of the current passport (first
two and last
two pages) of the applicant to verify his/ her nationality/
citizenship of BRICS nations.
Exim Bank
does not undertake to return entries to authors and accepts no
liability arising out of loss of entries in transit.
Wherever
possible, applicants will enclose evaluation reports in respect of
their thesis from the evaluators and indicate the names of all
referees/
evaluators/ supervisors of their thesis in the entry
form.
The award
winner for 2016 will be invited to a ceremony at the BRICS
Summit
2016 at Goa, India.
Source: http://www.eximbankindia.in/#
