Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship Application for Students with Disabilities for studying PhD and MPhil

Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for students with disabilities studying Ph.D and M.Phil courses:-

UGC is the nodal agency for implementing the scheme “Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for students with disabilities”. UGC notifies the scheme by releasing suitable advertisements in the press. The fellowship has been offered to the students with disabilities for pursuing higher educatioin leading to degrees such as M.Phil. and Ph.D.

The total number of fellowships to be awarded to the students with disabilities under the scheme is 200 every year. There is a provision of reservation of 15% for SC students and 7 ½ % for ST students for award og fellowships respectively under the scheme of “Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for students with disabilities”.

In case, the number of candidates exceeds the number of available awards, the UGC will select the candidates based on the percentage of marks obtained by the candidat6es in their Post Graduation examination

Duration of fellowships

Name of the course	Maximum duration	Admissibility of JRF and SRF
		JRF	SRF
M.Phil.	2 Years	2 Years	NIL
Ph.D.	5 Years	2 Years	Remaining 3 Years
M.Phil. + Ph.D.	5 Years	2 Years	Remaining 3 Years

Eligibility for the Fellowship:-

1. Any student with disabilities who has been admitted to M.Phil./Ph.D. degrees in a University or academic institution by completing the required formalities for admission in that University or academic institution is eligible for the award of fellowship, subject to provision of the scheme as per the advertisement of UGC. The candidates 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.
2. After two years, if the progress in the research works of the awardee is found satisfactory, his/her tenure will be extended for a further period of three years as senior Research Fellowship (SRF). The research work will be assessed by a three member committee set up by the University. The committee will consist of the Supervisor, Head of the Department and one outside expert in the subject. JRF may be terminated in case the progress of the candidate is not found satisfactory by the committee. The SRF shall be sanctioned on year to year basis on the recommendation of the Supervisor of the candidate duly accepted/rejected by the Head of the Department and finally approved by the Vice-Chancellor. The total period of award of JRF and SRF shall not exceed a period of five years. The fellowship is paid from the date of registration of the students in M.Phil/Ph.D. course.
3. The students with disabilities once considered eligible for the fellowship shall not be entitled to any other benefits from Central or State Government or any other body like UGC offering similar benefit to avoid duplication and increase coverage. Only those doing regular and full time M.Phil/Ph.D. course of a University/Research Institution shall be eligible for the fellowship. Employees of any University/College/Educational Institution/Central/State/UT Government shall be excluded from availing Fellowship, even if they are on Study Leave or EOL to pursue the M.Phil./Ph.D. course.

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