National Fellowship for OBC Students from Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment, India :-
Government of India
Fellowship during the financial
year 2014-15 to increase opportunities for the
students of Other Backward
Classes (OBCs) for pursuing higher education leading to their acquiring degrees
such as M.Phil. and Ph.D.
The scheme aims at providing financial assistance
to the OBC students in obtaining quality higher education leading to degrees
such as M.Phil and Ph.D in universities, research institutions and scientific
institutions.
The scheme is designed to provide a total number
of 300 Junior Research Fellowships per year from the year 2014-15 onwards and
300 Senior Research Fellowships during 2016-17 to Other Backward Class (OBC)
students. The UGC is the nodal agency for implementing the scheme and notifies
the scheme through advertisements in the media at a suitable date. The scheme
covers all universities/institutions recognized by the University Grants
Commission (UGC). Fellowships are awarded to research students pursuing M.
Phil. and Ph.D. The rate of fellowship for JRF level is Rs. 25000 per month and
for SRF level, it is Rs. 28000 per month.
Implementing Agency:
The UGC is the nodal agency
for implementing the scheme and notifies the scheme by releasing advertisements
in the Press at a suitable date.
Eligibility of the Fellowship:
(i) Any student belonging to
Other Backward Class (OBC) category who has been admitted to M.Phil./Ph.D.
course in a University or academic institution after
completing the required
formalities of admission in that University or academic
institution is eligible for
the award of Fellowship subject to provisions of the scheme as per the advertisement of UGC.
(ii) After two years, if the
progress in the research work of the awardee is found
satisfactory, his/her tenure
will be extended for a further period of three years as Senior Research Fellow
(SRF). The research work will be assessed as per the
UGC norms. The total period
of award of JRF and SRF shall not exceed a period
of 5 years. The fellowship
will be paid from the date of registration of the student in the M.Phil./Ph.D.
course.
(iii) Students belonging to
Other Backward Class (OBC) category 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
How to Apply for the National Fellowship for OBCs:-
I. UGC is the nodal agency
for implementing the scheme.
ii. UGC will notify the
scheme by inserting suitable advertisement in the press.
iii. UGC will implement the
scheme once it is approved by the Government.
iv. It would be sufficient
for an OBC candidate to have passed the Post
Graduation Examination for
being eligible for the National Fellowship.
v. There is no restriction
to the effect that a OBC candidate should have
cleared NET/SLET examination
for being eligible for receiving the Fellowship.
vi. UGC will give one
month's time to the candidate for applying for the Fellowship.
vii. UGC shall disburse the
scholarship amount to the candidates through Bank
Smart Cards.
viii. UGC will also issue a
booklet containing all the details about the scheme, for
the benefit of prospective
candidates.
ix. UGC will evolve its own
mechanism for verifying the genuineness of the OBC
certificates furnished by
the candidates in order to eliminate the possibility of students availing of
the Fellowship on fake certificates.
x. The decision of the UGC
in regard to awarding the Fellowship shall be final and no appeal could be
filed against it.
xi. In case the numbers of
fellowships so allocated to a State/UT are not fully
utilized, due to
non-availability of eligible candidates, the UGC will allocate
the slots amongst the other
States/UTs where the number of eligible candidates is much more than the slots
allocated to that State/UT. A Committee consisting of the representatives of
UGC and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment will take this decision.
For detail information about the fellowship please visit
website-
http://socialjustice.nic.in/writereaddata/UploadFile/nfobc-2015.pdf
or
http://socialjustice.nic.in
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