To

All Deans/Directors/Principals of AIMS Member Institutions

Dear Sir/Madam,

Greetings!!

Sub: AIMS Research and Innovation Fellowship Grant – Tenth Batch

To foster a research culture among the member institutions, AIMS instituted the “AIMS Research and Innovation Fellowship Grant” in 2017-18. During the first nine batches, some very good projects have been funded.

Full-time faculty of AIMS Life Member Institutions (members for more than a year, as of 30th April 2026) are encouraged to undertake relevant research projects in management and/or related disciplines with a focus on technology and its impact on the economy vis-à-vis management education.

AIMS is pleased to invite applications for the Fellowship for the Tenth batch. You are requested to go through the attached guidelines and encourage your colleagues to submit applications for the fellowship at the earliest, but not later than 30th May 2026. Thereafter, AIMS shall take one month to screen the applications so the researchers can start their work in July/August 2026. Meanwhile, shortlisted candidates will probably be required to present their proposal in September/October 2026.

You are required to send a soft copy of the entire proposal to each of the Committee Members mentioned below:

1.	Prof (Dr) Upinder Dhar Chairman – ARIF Committee and Chairman & Distinguished Professor People Development Foundation India 204 Aura-1, Grande Exotica Bicholi Mardana Indore – 452016, Madhya Pradesh Email: upinderdhar@gmail.com,
2.	Dr Jitendra Kumar Mishra Vice Chancellor (I/C) & Registrar JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) Bengaluru, Karnataka Email: Jitendra.mishra@jainuniversity.ac.in

Further, one soft copy of the proposal, along with the certificate from the Head of the Institution, should be sent to the following address without fail to verify the credentials of the Institution.

All inquiries about this subject should only be addressed to the Executive Director at aims.arif.irtg@gmail.com.

The topic submitted last time should not be repeated in the new proposal. Further, institutions sanctioned with a grant will not be eligible for another one for the next three years from the sanction date of the previous grant.

Looking forward to your positive response,

With regards,

Yours sincerely,