Fellowships
I. The Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship
The Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF) Scheme for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes is formulated and funded by the Ministry of Social Justice & empowerment and Ministry of Tribal Affairs. The scheme is open to candidates who belong to Scheduled Caste & Scheduled Tribe and wish to pursue higher studies such as regular and full time M.Phil. and Ph.D degrees in Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences and Engineering & Technology. There are 1333 slots for Scheduled Caste and 667 slots for Scheduled Tribe candidates every year for all the subjects. 3% fellowships are reserved for the Physically Handicapped SC/ST candidates as per provision laid down by the Govt. of India.
TARGET GROUP/ELIGIBILITY
TARGET GROUP: The SC/ST Candidates who have passed the Post Graduate examination in concerned subject and who desire to pursue full-time research without JRF of UGC-NET or UGC-CSIR NET.
ELIGIBILITY: The candidate should belong to SC/ST and should have passed the PostGraduate examination. The selection will be made on the basis of the merit of the candidates. The candidate must get himself/herself registered for M.Phil./Ph.D at the first available opportunity but not later than within a period of two years from the receipt of the award letter. This period is not extendable. However, the actual payment of fellowship will be made with effect from the date of joining only.
PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING FOR THE FELLOWSHIP
Applications are invited in the prescribed format once in a year through advertisement in leading newspapers and Employment News. The same is also uploaded in the UGC Website www.ugc.ac.in The selection is made on the basis of merit and as per the procedure of the Commission.
II. Dr. Kothari’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
Experience in other parts of the world has shown that university faculty is best inducted from among candidates who had a year or two of post-doctoral training and is generally considered an essential requirement. Leading research groups around the world usually have a good mix of post-doctoral fellows and doctoral students with the former bringing in a level of experience and maturity. However, in our country post-doctoral research culture has not caught on and is practiced only sporadically in a few selected places. Ironically, Ph.Ds from leading institutions in India, particularly in basic sciences prefer seeking post-doctoral positions overseas. Within the country, a pdf position is mistakenly viewed as a mere parking opportunity while scouting for a regular appointment. With our higher education system poised for rapid and massive expansion in the years ahead and the establishment of many new science and technology institutions on the anvil, requirement of potential faculty with pdf experience will be very substantial. Thus, a `home grown' pdf program can be expected to partly redeem the expected short fall in trained faculty required for HEI's. It is in this context that UGC's initiative to launch a prestigious pdf initiative, named after an illustrious scientist, is important and timely and fills a widely felt void.
Eligibility and duration:
Candidates who have either received a Ph. D degree or submitted their Ph. D thesis are eligible to apply. When selected, those holding the Ph. D degree will be directly awarded the named pdf. Those who have submitted their Ph. D thesis may be awarded a `bridging fellowship' (with marginally reduced stipend) until they are formally awarded the Ph. D degree.The fellowship will be awarded on a yearly basis with renewal/termination clause on the basis of pdf mentor/peer group appraisal. However, the maximum duration of the pdf award would be 3 yrs. Candidates should give an undertaking while availing the award, along with the endorsement of the research mentor, that they would stay in place for a minimum of six months.
III. IISU Fellowship:
The Research Promotion Committee of IIS (Deemed to be University) awards two fellowships in each of the following faculties:-
a. Arts and Social Sciences
b. Commerce and Management
c. Science
The fellowship is awarded for a period of two years, initially for a period of one year. The research promotion committee after reviewing the progress after one year, will recommend for continuance of fellowship, in case progress is found to be satisfactory.
Eligibility Criteria:
i) Only full time Ph.D. students/research scholars, registered in IIS (Deemed to be University), Jaipur are eligible for fellowship.
ii) The criteria for grant of fellowship will be based on need cum merit.
iii) Only those candidates will be eligible to receive the fellowship whose parents annual income does not exceed Rs. 5.00 lacs per year.
Selection Procedure:
i) Applications received from the candidates will be screened and the cases of
eligible candidates will be placed before selection committee
ii) Selection will be made through interview, wherein due weightage will
be given to the academic index of the candidate
iii) For merit considerations, the ‘academic index’ of the candidates will
be calculated giving weightage to the marks obtained in the Masters'
degree examination in the subject and performance in the pre Ph.D. course
work (or M.Phil Examination in the subject) in the following Proportion:
a) Master’s degree Exam. : 40%
b) Pre Ph.D. course work/ : 60% M.Phil Examination
iv) Merely fulfilling the eligibility criteria may not entitle a candidate for
being called for interview.
v) The formal letter will be issued only after submission of essential
documents.
vi) The research scholars getting JRF/SRF or any other fellowship
from any funding agency and those having other source of Income are
not eligible for the fellowship
vii) An under taking will also be taken form each Research scholars to the
effect that they are not drawing JRF/SRF or any other fellowship and do
not have any other source of Income.
viii) The students awarded fellowship by the University will be required to take
at least 12 classes per week and would be required to stay full time in
the University for other Academic Work. For this purpose their attendance
will be maintained in the respective departments.
ix) Candidates will be required to submit Income certificate of parent form
their employer (or pay slip) or from revenue officer not below the
rank of a Tehsildar or a copy of Form No. 16 or Income Tax Return
of the previous year.
Procedure for Applying the fellowship:
Only full time Ph.D. Students/Research scholars registered in IIS (Deemed to be University), Jaipur are eligible to apply for fellowship under the scheme on the format prescribed by the University, which is available on the website of IIS (Deemed to be University). The Application should be duly forwarded by the Supervisor and the Head of the Department. The candidate will be required to appear for an interface before the Selection Committee constituted for the award of fellowships.
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