UGC
- UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION
BAHADURSHAH
ZAFAR MARG
NEW
DELHI-110 002
UGC invites applications for the award of 756 fellowships for
minority students belong to Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Buddist and Parsi communities
for the year 2013-2014 under Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority
Students scheme to undertake advanced studies and research for pursuing full
time studies leading to M.Phil/ Ph.D
degree.
Detailed terms and conditions may
be accessed from UGC website: www.ugc.ac.in
Secretary
ELIGIBILITY
A candidate has to fulfil the following conditions
to be eligible for award of this fellowship:-
(i) He/She should belong to one of the minority
communities – Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi, notified under
Section 2 (c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.
(ii) He/She should submit the minority community
certificate on self declaration basis on a non-judicial stamp paper of rupees
ten, until the State Government/ Union Territory Administration starts to issue
the minority community certificate.
(iii) He/She should get admission and registration
for regular and full time M.Phil/Ph.D courses in University/Academic
Institution at the first available opportunity not later then with in a period
of 2 years from the receipt of award letter (this period is not extendable).
The admission and registration should be taken by fulfilling conditions of
admission of that University/Institution, subject to provisions of the scheme
as per advertisement of UGC.
(iv) The minority community students once
considered eligible for the fellowship shall not be entitled to benefits under
any other scheme of the Central or State Government or any other body like UGC
for the same study.
(v) Not more than two students from one family can
avail MOMA fellowship.
(vi) The actual payment of the fellowship will be
made with effect from the date of joining only. (vii) Fellowship can not be
transferred from one minority community to another. (viii) The annual income of
the beneficiary/parents or guardian of the beneficiary should not exceed Rs.
4.5 lakh from all sources. He/she should submit his/her income or his/her
parent’s/guardian’s income certificate issued by the appropriate Authority.
NATURE OF
ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE UNDER THE SCHEME:
The tenure of fellowship is initially for two years
under the MANF Scheme. Before expiry of this period, the work of the Fellow
will be evaluated by a Committee of three members comprising of Head of the
Department, Supervisor and one outside subject expert to be constituted by the
concerned Department of the /University/Institution/College. If the research
work is found satisfactory, his/her tenure will be extended further for a
period of three years under the enhanced emoluments of the Maulana Azad
National Senior Research Fellowship (MANSRF).
The recommendation of the Committee shall be
submitted to the UGC for Upgradation to the level of MANSRF (Annexure-VIII).
The work done and the time spent on scholarships or fellowships of any agency
other than the UGC will not be taken into account while considering the
proposals for enhancement in the value of fellowship. The fellowship may be
withdrawn if the work is not considered satisfactory or the candidate fails in
any of the examinations related to Ph.D. In case the work for the first two
years is not found satisfactory, an additional year will be given to him/her for improvement.
However, during this period he/she will be designated as Maulana Azad National
Junior Research Fellow. In such cases work will be evaluated again before third
year of the tenure, and if improvement is found, the Fellow will get two more
years under the MANSRF. Thus, the total period of fellowship (MANJRF and
MANSRF) is for five years, with no further provision of extension.
PROCEDURE
FOR APPLYING FOR THE SCHEME
Applications are invited in the prescribed format
(Annexure-I) 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.
PROCEDURE
FOR APPROVAL OF THE UGC
Applications received will be scrutinized, and
short listed by the Commission. The decision of the Commission will be final
and binding. The Commission reserves the right to withdraw/cancel the award
without assigning any reason. On completion of the above formalities, the
Joining Report of the candidate, duly signed by the supervisor/head of
department is to be sent to the UGC through the Registrar/ Director/Principal.
On receipt of the Joining Report and other required documents (Annexure III),
the admissible grant for the first year will be released or the concerned
university will be informed to release the grant from the funds already
sanctioned by the Commission for this purpose.
PROCEDURE
FOR RELEASE OF GRANT
On receipt of UGC approval/award letter, the
institutions may pay the fellowship amount to the fellows and meet expenses
from the grants paid by the Commission for the purpose in accordance with the
rules. For the release of subsequent installments of the grant, that is,
fellowship, contingency and departmental assistance, etc., a Utilization
Certificate along with a statement of expenditure incurred may be sent to the
Commission by the concerned University/Institution/College
(Annexure IV, V, VI VII and IX). refer ugc's
website
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