Indian Council of Social Science Research New Delhi (ICSSR) Award of Doctoral Fellowships 2010

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Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi-110067, Website www.icssr.org

 

• Award of Doctoral Fellowships 2010-11

  The Indian Council of Social Research, an autonomous organization under the ministry of Human Resource Development, invites applications for centrally administered doctoral fellowships for the year 2010-11 in the prescribed format as given below

  Centrally Administered Doctoral Fellowships

  Open category (40 seats); North east category (15 seats)

  The broad disciplines recognized for such support are; Economics, Commerce, Management, Business, Administration, Education, Psychology, Political Science, International Relations, Public Administration, Sociology, Social work, Criminology and Social Science aspects of Anthropology, Demography, Geography, Law and Linguistics

  The priority areas for consideration are (Health, Education, Environment and Sustainable Development, Information/Communication Technology, Gender studies, Centre-state Relations and National Security)

Centrally administered doctoral fellowships are awarded by the ICSSR on the basis of selection through an interview to be held at the office of the ICSSR, New Delhi and also at ICSSR North eastern regional centre, Shillong

North east category of fellowships are earmarked for candidates from North-east region or who are registered in North eastern universities

Institutional Doctoral Fellowships

Twenty three ICSSR Institutes have Ph.D programmes and ICSSR gives grants for fellowships. The total number of institutional doctoral fellowships are 76

These fellowships are awarded by the institutes on the basis of selections made by the institute concerned. For details of the list of research institutes and the number of fellowships from ICSSR at each institute, visit website www.icssr.org. Scholars are advised to directly contact the institute for application procedure

Eligibility for centrally administered doctoral fellowships: Postgraduate in social sciences with at least 55% marks, the candidate should have cleared national eligibility test (NET for JRF/ lectureships)/M.Phil/ or two research articles published in reputed social sciences journals

The applicant must be registered for Ph.D. Those who are not registered need not apply (those scholars who are in the last year research, need not apply)

Age: The upper age limit for a doctoral fellow is below 35 years as on 1st July 2010 (relaxable by 5 years in case of SC/ST). For teachers and professional staff of research institutes holding regular posts, the upper age limit would be 45 years. In exceptional cases, where a candidate is found to have outstanding ability, the age limit may be relaxed marginally at the discretion of ICSSR

Value: The selected candidates will be paid a fellowship amount of Rs 6,000/- per month (for NET candidates and Rs 5,000/- per month for non-NET candidates) for two years extendable by one year in exceptional cases only, plus Rs 12,000/- per annum as contingency grant. A proposal to revise the rates of fellowship is pending with the govt of India

Fellowships with salary protection: The applicants shall have put in at least two years continues service in the institution before they apply and institution shall certify that it will maintain their lien on the post during the period of the fellowship and allow them to return to it after the period of fellowship is over

In case of an employed scholar his/her salary will be protected. In addition, a contingency grant of Rs 12,000/- per annum will also be paid. Duration of a salary-protected fellowship will, in no case, be more than two years

Only shortlisted candidates will be called for interview. Applicants not in receipt of call letters need not correspond unnecessarily

The names of shortlisted candidates as well as the dates and place of interview will be put on website www.icssr.org

The council reserves the right to reject any application without assigning any reason. The council is also not responsible for any postal loss/delays in communications

Prescribed application forms are available in website www.icssr.org at Doctoral Fellowships

Completed application forms must be sent to Deputy Director, Research Fellowships, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi-110067

Last date of receipt of applications: 30th June, 2010