The application form for the program I’m applying for asks for a passport-sized photo. Does it have to conform to government passport photo regulations?
Yes, please provide passport photos acceptable to the Canadian Government.
Back to FAQsWill both successful and unsuccessful applicants be notified of their results?
Yes, all applicants will be notified of their application results.
Back to FAQsTo whom should I address the hard copy of my application?
Addressing your applications to “Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute” will suffice.
Back to FAQsCan someone who is not a citizen or permanent resident of either Canada or India apply for a Shastri Grant?
No, unfortunately you have to be a citizen or permanent residents of either Canada or India to be eligible for and funding from the Shastri Institute.
Back to FAQsCan a Canadian/Indian citizen living outside of Canada/India apply for a Shastri grant?
Yes they can. Citizens do not have to be in their home country to apply for any of our programs/ awards. Please refer to the eligibility criteria listed within the description of each program/award for more information.
Back to FAQsFor Dali Basu, there was never really any doubt about what she would be when she grew up. “As a child I could never sit still,” the 27-year-old says. “I don’t think I ever walked—I was always dancing.” What is perhaps surprising is that Basu channeled her abundant energy into Odissi, a classical Indian dance marked by graceful movements and studied poses.
Dr. R.B. Singh has learned many lessons from his long-standing collaboration with the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute over the years. From tasks such as proposal writing to working with large groups of people amidst cultural differences and distances that span the globe, the professor at the Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi says the knowledge has allowed him to grow both professionally and personally.
He has lost count of the number of times he has been to India, but Dr. John Sinclair is under no illusions about the value of those trips. “It has been a life-changing opportunity for me and for the students who have gone,” says Sinclair, a professor and associate head of the University of Manitoba’s Natural Resources Institute.
When he flew to Delhi in the summer of 2005 Abbas Janmohamed was making his first trip to India, but in many ways he was catching up with an old friend he’d left behind.
Janmohamed was using a Shastri arts fellowship to pursue his passion for the tabla, the Indian percussion instrument he had started playing as a nine-year-old in Calgary. Within three years, his teacher advised him to go to India to continue his studies. “He said I would need to find an ustad—a master,” Janmohamed says. “There was nobody in Calgary with that kind of command and authority over the music.”