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Notes: Scholarship for female engineering students by ABI to attend Grace Hopper Celebration India

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* 2018 GHCI student scholarships are open now. Deadline June 30, 2018.

Grace Hopper Celebration India
Website	GHC India
Hosted by	Anita B.org Institute
Applications starting date	April 16, 2018
Deadline	June 30, 2018
Application Link	Apply here

Introduction

About GHCI

GHCI is India’s largest technical conference for women in computing and technology. The conference is co-presented by the Anita Borg Institute (ABI) India and Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) India. ABI India has been successfully organising this annual conference since 2010.

About GHCI Scholarship

Every year ABI offers around 200 scholarships for female students in computing to the conference.

At the Conference, you can:

1. Attend Technical and Managerial sessions
2. One on One Mentoring sessions
3. Network with fellow Women in Tech
4. Leverage the Student Career Fair to land an internship/job in your dream company

Reward

Selected students will receive

1. Registration fee to attend the conference (including meals)
2. Accommodation arrangements for outstation students
3. Travel ticket (by train/bus/air) reimbursements (up to Rs. 2,250)

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply, applicants must:

1. be a female student
2. be a final year student of their degree course, postgraduate and PhD students from computing, engineering and IT backgrounds.

Note: Both 2018 and 2019 B.Tech graduates are eligible to apply provided the student is NOT working with a company in November 2018 (during GHCI).

Application

Application Process

To complete the application, you will require the following

General Information about you

Proof of Student Status

• You must upload a photo/scan of your valid Student ID, clearly showing your name, academic institution and photograph.
• Files should be in .jpg, .gif or .pdf format and no larger than 1MB.

Resume/CV

• You are to upload your CV or Resume in .pdf, .doc, or .docx format.
• Do mention any extra curricular activities such as:
  • Social/Community Service
  • Personal Projects
  • Clubs/Societies/Councils
  • Links to your blog or LinkedIn profile if applicable.

Statement of Purpose (100 words) The SOP should cover

• How would you personally benefit by attending the Grace Hopper Celebration India?
• How do you think the conference would help you in your academic and career goals in STEM?"

Essay on Technical skills (50 words)

• The essay must touch upon your technical skills in list form. For example, "networking, telecommunications, operating systems, compilers, computer architecture".
• Do provide examples of your contributions to projects in the areas of your expertise and interest.

Essay on Co-curricular activities (50 words)

• In this question, you must list your participation in any co-curricular activities related to your program of study that would indicate your interest in technology.
• You can list any programming or other contests, awards, certifications or internship/research experience.

Video answering “Why do you want to attend GHCI?“'

• You video must cover a brief introduction, why you would like to attend GHCI 18 and how you hope to benefit from the experience
• The video should not be longer than 2-3 minutes.
• Common video sharing sites can be used to upload your video and you must share the link to your video in the form.

Recommendations by faculty members

• You are to provide names of upto 2 faculty members. They will receive an email asking them to submit a recommendation for your scholarship application.
• Scholarship Recommendations are due by 11:59pm (UTC+0530) Jun 30, 2018. Do ensure that they submit the recommendations by June 30th.
• You can update this information until submissions close.

Application Form

Apply here

Timeline

Selection Criteria

• Academic achievements
• Focus on specialization through internships, paper presentations
• Participation in contests and workshops
• Projects
• Other extra -curricular activities.

Guidance

Rethink focusses on Advocacy and Guidance on approaching these opportunities. Our primary channel for providing guidance is our Guidance Wiki. This wiki details application approach, application resources (such as copy of the application form, checklist and walkthroughs), FAQs and useful references. Aside from the guidance wiki, we have a peer-learning community for students applying to GHCI. This is a telegram group where students can discuss queries and concerns they have and also interact with fellow applicants and previous winners. To join the Learning Community, you are required to install Telegram on your phone and message our Rethinkbot. You can find this bot by searching for Rethinkbot on Telegram.

If you would like to know more about our Guidance Framework and receive specific guidance on putting in an application form, checkout our Guidance wiki for more details: GHCI 2018 Guidance

Support

You may reach us at volunteers@rethinkfoundation.in for guidance. Disclaimer: ABI is the official authority hosting this opportunity and NOT Rethink. Should you wish to reach the ABI team directly, please write to them in their support email listed in References section below

References

1. GHCI Website
2. ABI's Website
3. ABI Twitter id: @AnitaB_org
4. Official Hashtag: #GHCI18. Follow the hashtag to know latest updates about the program.
5. Official Support email: indiaqueries@anitab.org

Previous Winners

You may locate our interviews with Previous Winners by googling for "Rethink Youtube GHCI <scholar's name>". To know whether we have an interview with a scholar done, check the table below.