Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for SC ST
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Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for SC ST
The Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF) Scheme for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled
Tribes is formulated and funded by 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.
Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for full time M.Phil. and Ph.D degrees
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Eligilibility for
Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship:
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 M.Phil./Ph.D at the first available opportunity
but not later than within a period of two years from the receipt of award letter. This period is not
extendable. However, the actual payment of fellowship will be made with effect from the date
of joining only.
NATURE OF ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE UNDER THE SCHEME:
The tenure of fellowship is initially for two years under the RGNF 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 Rajiv Gandhi National Senior Research Fellowship
(RGNSRF). The recommendation of the Committee shall be submitted to the UGC for
upgradation to the level of RGNSRF.(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be withdrawn if the work is not considered satisfactory or the candidate fails in any of the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.
The candidate would be eligible for following financial assistance.
Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship:
Fellowship @Rs.8000/-p.m. for initial two years @Rs.9000/-p.m. for remaining tenure
Rajiv Gandhi National Junior Research Fellowship RGNJRF
RGNJRF - Contingency A @Rs.10000/-p.a. for initial two years @Rs.20500/-p.a. for remaining tenure
Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for Humanities Social Sciences Contingency
B @Rs.12000/-p.a. for initial two years @Rs.25000/-p.a. for remaining tenure
Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for Sciences, Engg. Technology Departmental Assistance
@Rs. 3000/- p.a. per student to the host institution for providing infrastructure
Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for Escorts/Reader assistance
@ Rs. 2000/- p.m. in cases of physically handicapped blind candidates
In special cases Rajiv Gandhi National Junior Research Fellow may be allowed leave without
fellowship by the Commission upto one academic year during the entire tenure of the award for
accepting teaching assignments on a temporary basis, provided the assignment is in the same
city/town. In other cases, leave without fellowship will be restricted to a period not exceeding
three months during the tenure of the award on the recommendations of the supervisor and the
institution.
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.
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