INDIAN COUNCIL OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH POST-DOCTORAL (GENERAL) FELLOWSHIP, 2014-2015

INDIAN COUNCIL OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH

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POST-DOCTORAL (GENERAL) FELLOWSHIP, 2014-2015

Applications are invited in the prescribed form so as to reach the undersigned on or before 25.01.2014

from candidates for taking the eligibility examination for the award of Post-Doctoral (General) Fellowship (PDF) of the value of Rs.28000/- p.m. with a contingency grant of Rs. 20000/- p.a. The examination will be held on 16th February 2014 at New Delhi, Bengaluru and Guwahati.

A. The term of the Fellowship shall be for a maximum period of 2 years, extendable by 1 more year in special circumstances if recommended by the Research Projects Committee.

B. The maximum number of Post-Doctoral (General) Fellowships (PDF) available for the year 2014-2015 is 10 (ten).

C. ELIGIBILITY:

 Only candidates who have obtained their Ph D degrees in History/Archaeology/Museology  are eligible for this fellowship.

D. An application fee of Rs. 300/- (Rupees three hundred only) shall be paid in the form of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of the Deputy Director (Accounts), payable at Delhi.

Candidates belonging to SC/ST/Physically Challenged category are exempted from payment of the fee. (Second class railway or bus fare chargeable by the shortest routes from Railway Station / Bus Stand nearest to their normal place of residence or from where they actually perform the journey, whichever is nearer to the place of examination, will be reimbursed to SC/ST candidates on production of ticket(s), provided the distance travelled is not less than 30 kms.)

E. DETAILS REGARDING EXAMINATION AND INTERVIEW:

 Post-doctoral fellowships will be awarded on the basis of:

 a. Performance in the eligibility examination and interview  b. The project proposal

 c. An assessment of the candidate’s Ph.D. dissertation (to be submitted only if called  for the interview).

 F. The Eligibility Examination will be for a maximum of 100 marks to be answered in 3 hours.

 G. Questions can be answered in either English or Hindi.

 H. The Interview carries a maximum of 100 marks.

 I. The candidates will be required to answer one question based on historiography/historical  method, one question on the candidates area of specialisation and questions based on a  passage from a given source. Adequate choice will be available. The examination will address  different specialisations such as: Indian prehistory and archaeology, ancient Indian history,  medieval Indian history, modern Indian History, major themes in world history and  historiography and related subjects. Candidates are required to familiarise themselves with  recent literature on the subject.

 

 J. Candidates who qualify in the eligibility examination will appear for an Interview at the  offices of the ICHR in New Delhi. Second class railway or bus fare chargeable by the shortest  routes from Railway Station / Bus Stand nearest to their normal place of residence or from  where they actually perform the journey, whichever is nearer to the place of interview, will be  reimbursed to eligible candidates on production of tickets.

Online submission of JRF applications starts on : 21.12.2013

Last date of online submission : 15.01.2014

Last date of submitting printouts of online application forms : 25.01.2014

Online Application forms as well as the details of the examination are available on the website of

the ICHR: www.ichr.ac.in  

Member Secretary

General conditions:  

1. Indian Council of Historical Research reserves the right:

 a. to fix criteria for screening the applications so as to shortlist candidates to be called for  eligibility examination & interview;

 b. to increase/decrease the number of fellowships on its own discretion.

 c. not to award any of the advertised fellowships.

2. Application of Reservation rules in the award of Fellowships is subject to certain clarifications to be

 received from the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.

3. Eligibility examination conducted for short-listing of candidates should not be construed as a merit  test; the final selection will be made on the basis of combined performance in the eligibility  examination and interview.

4. No TA/DA or local conveyance shall be paid to the candidates (except SC/ST) called for eligibility  examination.

5. Applications for JRF/PDF should be submitted along with non-refundable fee of Rs. 200/- for JRF  and Rs. 300/- for PDF in the form of DD/Bankers Cheque/Pay order drawn in favour of "Deputy  Director (Accounts), ICHR" payable at Delhi. (Any deviation from the prescribed mode of  payment will not be acceptable.)

6. Incomplete applications as well as applications received after the prescribed date will be  rejected.

7. Online submission of application is a must and can be done via ICHR website (www.ichr.ac.in).

Eligible and interested scholars may apply on-line through the ICHR website (www.ichr.ac.in) and submit the hard copy of the online application (containing an auto generated number) duly signed along with prescribed application fee, self attested copies of the certificates of educational qualifications, date of birth, experience and signed copy of check list etc. by post to the Member Secretary, Indian Council of Historical Research, 35 Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi – 110001.

The last date for online form submission is 15 January 2014 and last date for submitting the printouts along with self attested documents is 25 January 2014. Submission of application both online and printout of the same along with computer generated unique id number is mandatory. Hard copies of

applications without unique id no will not be accepted.

For more details visit: http://ichr.ac.in/PDF%20Notification%202014-2015.pdf