UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
New Delhi-110 002
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ON-LINE SUBMISSION INTERFACE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON 27th November,
2012 ONWARDS
University
Grants Commission invites applications for the award of 2000 fellowships for SC
candidates and 667 fellowships for ST candidates for the year 2012-13
respectively under Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for SC/ST Candidates to
undertake advanced studies and research in Sciences, Engineering &
Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences in Indian universities &
colleges for pursuing full time studies leading to M.Phil/Ph.D degree. This
fellowship would be available only to those SC/ST candidates who are not
availing themselves of the benefit of JRF of UGC-NET or UGC-CSIR NET.
Selections
will be made on the basis of merit. The guidelines of the scheme, detailed
terms and conditions
of the fellowship, eligibility, state wise distribution of 2000 fellowships for
SC candidates and 667 fellowships for ST candidates may be seen by logging on
to the UGC website: www.ugc.ac.in.
Applications
in the prescribed format may be submitted only through on-line mode
latest by 1 (One ) month’s time from the date of publication of the
advertisement (non-extendable) by logging on to website: www.ugc.ac.in/rgnf
The
decision of the Commission with regard to selection of candidates for the award
of fellowships shall be final.
NOTE:-
1.
Applications submitted only through online mode shall be entertained and no
application submitted in hard copy shall be entertained or considered for award
of fellowship under any circumstances whatsoever.
2.
Record of the candidates, who have not been selected, shall not be preserved
beyond three months from the date of declaration of results, which will be
notified in the UGC website.
Secretary
Eligibility:
The
candidate should belong to SC / ST and should have passed the Post Graduate
examination. The selection will be made on the basis of merit of the
candidates. The candidate must get himself / herself registered for MPhil / PhD
at the first available opportunity but not later than within a period of two
years from the receipt of award letter.
Existing
emoluments of the RGNSRF are as follows:
(i) Fellowship in Science, Humanities and Social
Science: @ Rs 12000/- pm for initial two
years - JRF; @ Rs 14000/- pm for
remaining tenure - SRF
(ii) Fellowship in Engineering and
Technology: @ Rs 14000/- pm for initial
two years - JRF; @ Rs 15000/- pm for
remaining tenure - SRF
(iii)
Contingency A: @ Rs 10000/- p.a. for
initial two years; @ Rs 20500/- p.a. for remaining tenure - Humanities and
Social Sciences
(iv)
Contingency B: @ Rs 12000/- p.a. for
initial two years; @ Rs 25000/- p.a. for remaining tenure - Sciences,
Engineering and Technology
(v) House Rent allowance: as per university /
institution / colleges rules
(vi)
Departmental Assistance: @ Rs 3000/-
p.a. per student to the host institution for providing infrastructure - All
subjects
(vii)
Escorts / Reader Assistance: @ Rs 2000/- pm in cases of physically handicapped
and blind candidates All subjects
Applications:
Applications
in the prescribed format may be submitted only through on-line mode latest by 1
(One ) month’s time from the date of publication of the advertisement
(non-extendable) i.e. 26th December 2012 by logging on to website: www.ugc.ac.in/rgnf
For details, see the links:
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