Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship for tribal students
August 7th, 2007
Earlier we gave pointers to the UGC ad for this scholarship. Following is the latest PIB release on this.
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs provided Rs. 15.90 crores as fellowship to more than 600 Tribal students during 2006-07 for taking up higher studies. The fellowship provided under Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship Scheme for pursuing higher studies such as M.Phil and Ph.D at universities, institutions recognized by UGC.
Each year more than 600 students are provided the fellowship for the maximum duration of five years. The scheme is implemented through UGC on behalf of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Financial assistance of Rs. 8000/- per month is provided for initial two years to Junior Research Fellow and Rs. 9000/- per month for remaining period of the fellowship.
Beside this fellowship amount, contingency fund for humanities and social sciences is also provided at the rate of Rs. 10,000/- per annum for initial two years of the fellowship and Rs. 20,500/- per annum for remaining period of the research work. In the case of sciences the Contingency fund is provided Rs. 12,000/- per annum for initial two years and Rs. 25,000/- per annum for remaining tenure of the fellowship. The Government also provides assistance to the host institute for providing infrastructure. Amount of the departmental assistance is Rs. 3000/- per annum per student. An additional assistance of Rs. 1000/- per month is provided for escorts or reader assistance in cases of physically and visually handicapped candidates.
Entry Filed under: Fellowships and Scholarships,HRD of Tribals and/or Tribal areas,UGC
259 Writeup
1. sudhakar | January 6th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
i want to do ph.d on extra mural basis,i belogs to shedule caste.do i get fell rajiv gandhi fellowship
2. Ananth Manikyam | January 7th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Respeced sir
I had applied for the Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship for the year 2007-2008.I shall be obliged if you will kindly inform me the date of diclaration of the results of Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship
Thanking you,
A.Manikyam,
Research Scholar,
Dept of Microbiology,
Osmania University, Hyderabad.
3. Aum D. Kotak | January 8th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Dear Sir,
I had passed 12th sicence and got six rank in my district Now I got admission in medical college.but it is too costly to bear it. Can you help
me for my further education?
Thanks
Yours
aum
4. venu | January 14th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Pls kindly inform the selection list of the rgnfs which was appleid in the june 2008-09
5. lalcha haokip | January 15th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Respected Sir/Madam,
I am an ST student longing for scholarship for my Phd study. Kindly forward me the details ie. procedure, criteria, tentative date of submission of forms for the same. Thank You.
Lalcha Haokip
6. N.Atungbou | January 16th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Dear Madam/Sir,
I would like to put make quiery with regard to UGC-RGNF selection criteria and the reason for excluded in the 2007-2008 list. Sir, I have apply in 2007 but not selected. I want to know the reason why Iam the only ST candidate not selceting for fellowship. So, would I be possible to apply this January (as of now University Administration has not given any notification). So, for this, I would like to know the possibility of applying and tentative date for submission.
7. sanjay goyal | January 17th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I have done submeted rajivgandhi fellowship application in year 2009. when decalarid fellowship 2009.
8. Sangi | January 22nd, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Dear Sir,
Would you please tell me the last date for submission of the RGNF application form for M.Phil and the selected candidates for the year 2008-2009.
Thanking you.
9. sudeep kumar.E | January 24th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
sir,am doing my M.sc in seed science & technology,1st year in university of agricultural sciences ,dharwad,karnataka,am economically poor so i need financial assistance for furthur studies,please kindly give details about this rajiv gandhi fellowship as soon as possible. thanking you,
SUDEEP KUMAR.E
M.SC ,SST DEPT