University Grants Commission invites applications for the
award of 756 fellowships for the year 2012-13 under Maulana Azad National
Fellowship (MANF) for the benefit of Minority Students belonging to Muslim,
Sikh, Christian, Buddhist & Parsi communities for pursuing studies leading
to M.Phil/Ph.D degree (full time) in Sciences, Engineering & Technology,
Humanities & Social Sciences. Students availing themselves of the benefit
of JRF of UGC-NET or UGC-CSIR NET are not eligible to apply. Selection will be
made on the basis of merit. The guidelines of the scheme, detailed terms and
conditions of the fellowship, eligibility etc. 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 one month’s time from the date of
publication of the advertisement (non-extendable) by logging on to website
The decision of the Commission with regard to selection of
candidates for the award of fellowships shall be final.
INTRODUCTION
The objective of the Fellowship is to provide integrated
five year fellowships in the form of financial assistance to students from
minority communities, as notified by the Central Government to pursue higher
studies such as M. Phil and Ph.D. The Fellowship will cover all
Universities/Institutions recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC)
under section 2(f) and section 3 of the UGC Act alongwith those which are not
under the purview of UGC and will be implemented by the Ministry of Minority
Affairs through UGC for students belonging to the minority communities. The
fellowship under Maulana Azad National Fellowship for minority students will be
on the pattern of UGC Fellowships awarded to research students pursuing regular
and full time M. Phil and Ph.D courses. The fellowship holders under this
Fellowship will be known as Ministry of Minority Affairs scholars.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of the Fellowship is to provide integrated
five year fellowships in the form of financial assistance to students from
minority communities, as notified by the Central Government to pursue higher
studies such as M. Phil and Ph.D. The Fellowship will cover all
Universities/Institutions recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC)
under section 2(f) and section 3 of the UGC Act and will be implemented by the
Ministry of Minority Affairs through UGC for students belonging to the minority
communities. The fellowship under Maulana Azad National Fellowship for minority
students will be on the pattern of UGC Fellowships awarded to research students
pursuing regular and full time M. Phil and Ph.D courses. The fellowship holders
under this Fellowship will be known as Ministry of Minority Affairs scholars.
ELIGIBILITY:
A candidate has to fulfil the following conditions to be
eligible for award of this fellowship
1. He/she
should belong to one of the minority communities notified under Section 2 (c)
of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.
2. He/she
should get admission and registration for regular and full time M.Phil/Ph.D
courses in University/Academic Institution by fulfilling conditions of
admission of that University/Institution, subject to provisions of the
Fellowship as per advertisement of UGC.
3. The minority
community students once considered eligible for the fellowship shall not be
entitled to benefits under any other source, Central or State Government or any
other body like UGC for the same study.
4. Prior
clearance of NET/SET examination will not be a prerequisite for award of
Maulana Azad National Fellowship for minority students for M.Phil/Ph.D.
5. In order to
qualify for the award of JRF/ SRF the UGC norms would be applicable at
pre-M.Phil and pre-Ph.D stage, respectively, including the minimum score of 50%
at post graduate level.
NATURE OF ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE UNDER THE SCHEME:
The rate of fellowship for JRF and SRF will be at par with
the UGC fellowship as amended from time to time. Presently these rates are as
follows
Fellowship @ Rs 16,000/- p.m. for initial two years (JRF)
& @ Rs 18,000/- p.m. for remaining tenure (SRF)
Contingency for Arts & Commerce: @ Rs 10, 000/- p.a. for
initial two years. & @ Rs 20, 500/- p.a. for remaining three years
Contingency for Sciences & Engineering: @ Rs 12, 000/-
p.a. for initial two years & @ Rs 25, 000/- p.a. for remaining three years.
Departmental assistance @ Rs 3,000/- p.a. per student to the
host institution for providing infrastructure
Escorts/Reader Assistance @ Rs 2,000/- p.m. in cases of
physically and visually challenged candidates
For more information please refer
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