Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh launched ‘Common Fellowship Portal’- a single interface between applicants and various fellowship schemes by Department of Biotechnology (DBT) at the National Media Centre, New Delhi.

"This portal will save the energy and time of aspiring students and startups, besides bringing ease of applying will enable a simplified and streamlined process from the submission of application form to the selection. The applicants can create their profile on the portal and use the same information to auto-fill different applications. This portal will help all applicants by reducing their time and energy by getting full information and submission of applications at a single place by click of a mouse", said the Minister.

Dr Jitendra Singh, while addressing the ceremony, congratulated the team of the ‘Department of Biotechnology’ under guidance of Secretary Dr Rajesh Gokhale, for developing the Common Fellowship Portal for the benefit of PhD and Post-doctoral students of the country.