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EXIM BANK OF INDIA BRICS ECONOMIC RESEARCH AWARD 2017: BROAD GUIDELINES

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THE CONTEXT

  Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) is the nominated member development bank under the BRICS Interbank Cooperation Mechanism, along with other nominated member development banks from member nations of BRICS namely Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social (BNDES), Brazil; State Corporation Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank), Russia; China Development Bank Corporation (CDB), China, and Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), South Africa. In the context of

India’s Chairmanship of the BRICS Forum in 2016, Exim Bank had instituted the

Exim Bank of India BRICS Economic Research Award. The Award would serve to encourage scholars to undertake focused research studies on topics of contemporary relevance to BRICS.

DETAILS OF THE AWARD

 

Name of the Award: Exim Bank of India BRICS Economic Research Award

 

Objective : Stimulating advanced research on economics related topics ofrelevance to the member nations of BRICS

 

Eligible Persons : Nationals of any of the five member nations of BRICS, who havebeen 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 institutionwhich 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 foraward of a Doctorate during January 2012 to March 2017.


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 nationallanguage 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:

 1.           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.

 2.           All entries must be accompanied by a completed entry form (in English) signed by the author.

3.           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.

4.           Abstracts of Entries must be typed 1.5-spaced.

5.            Abstracts must be submitted without any specific mention of the name of the Author, Guide and the University anywhere in the Abstract.

6.           All entries must be received by Exim Bank on or before May 10, 2017.

7.           All entries must be accompanied by a certificate from relevant university/ institute regarding award/ acceptance of thesis for award of Doctorate.

8.           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.

9.           Exim Bank does not undertake to return entries to authors and accepts no liability arising out of loss of entries in transit.

10.         Entries for the same thesis (meeting the entry criteria) cannot be submitted more than twice for consideration for the Award.

11.         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.

 

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