Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship Scheme (RGNFS)
The Rajiv Gandhi
National Fellowship (RGNF) Scheme for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled
Tribes, formulated and funded by Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment and Ministry of Tribal Affairs is for Scheduled Caste &
Scheduled Tribe students who 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 2000 slots
for Scheduled Caste and 667 slots for Scheduled Tribe candidates every
year for all the subjects.
SC/ST
Candidates who have passed the Post Graduate examination in concerned
subject and who desire to pursue research without JRF of UGC-NET or
UGC-CSIR NET are eligible. 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 approval of
fellowship or date of joining whichever is later.
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
up-gradation to the level of RGNSRF. 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 The fellowship may be withdrawn if the work is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 Rajiv Gandhi 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 RGNSRF. Thus, the total period of
fellowship (RGNJRF and RGNSRF) is for five years, with no further
provision of extension. Fellowship in Humanities, Social Sciences,
Sciences, Engineering & Technology is @Rs.16000/-p.m. for initial
two years (RGNJRF) and @Rs.18000/-p.m. for remaining tenure (RGNSRF).
Details of Contingency, HRA, Departmental Assistance, Escort/Reader
Assistance etc are given at http://www.ugc.ac.in/rgnf/amount_fellowship.aspx