AICTE - National Doctoral Fellowship

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Category :
Doctoral Fellowship
Research Areas :
Technical Education
Fellowship Provided by :
All India Council for Technical Education, (AICTE)
Provided to :
For Young Postgraduate Students from AICTE approved Degree level Engineering/Technology/Pharmaceutical Institutions

All India Council for Technical Education, (AICTE) provides National Doctoral Fellowship for Young Postgraduate Students from AICTE approved Degree level Engineering/Technology/Pharmaceutical Institutions

The All India Council for Technical Education, (AICTE), in pursuance of the recommendations of the Review Committee on Post Graduate Education and Research in Technical Education, has introduced National Doctoral Fellowship Scheme from 2002-2003. Under this scheme fifty (50) Doctoral Fellowships will be offered every year to selected candidates in emerging areas / disciplines of Technical Education by AICTE to pursue Doctoral program.

Objectives

To attract highly qualified and motivated candidates to pursue doctoral degree and offer themselves for teaching position in the Technical Education system.
To provide research support to bright young candidates for pursuing exciting and innovative research in the field of Technical Education.

Provisions

The candidate will be provided the fellowship of Rs. 28,000/- per month + House rent allowance wherever the hostel accommodation/Institute accommodation is not available as per the rates of Ph.D. Scholarship notified by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education (Technical Section-I) vide F. Number 17-2/2014-TS.I dated 18.02.2015.Contingency grant will be admissible at the rate of Rs.15,000/- per annum.

Period of Scholarship

The duration of the scheme shall be for a period of 3 Years. No further extension will be granted, however, extendable by 6 months in special cases with the recommendation of Institute and approval of National Nodal Centre. Further extension of 6 months may be given on the recommendations with the approval of AICTE

Intake of the Scheme

The total number of candidates selected under this scheme per year would be limited to 150 per year. Number of candidates/Institute would be about 3 per Institute subject to the availability of seats in the research centre and demand of a research centre by candidates. If the seats allotted to the institution remain vacant, these seats will be allotted to the other institutions by the Nodal Centre on the approval of AICTE.

Reservation Policy

Reservation for fellowship shall be as per Central Reservation Policy i.e. 15% to SC candidates, 7.5% to ST candidates and 27% to OBC candidates (NCL only), and will be observed at National level.

Eligibility

The fellowship/contingency will be granted to research scholars admitted in research institutes of AICTE. National Nodal Centre will augment the process for selecting candidates as per the eligibility criteria for grant of National Doctoral Fellowship.

The candidate must have secured cumulative grade point average of 7.5 on the scale of 10 or equivalent at both B.E/B.Tech/B.Pharm and M.E/M.Tech/M.Pharm. In addition to that candidate should have qualified GATE / GPAT score during last five years. For SC/ST/PH candidates CGPA requirement will be 7.0 on the scale of 10 or equivalent or general candidate must have secured 75% marks or above & 70% marks for candidates of reserved categories.
The candidate should be less than 30 years of age as on 31st August of year of application, however age relaxation of 5 years would be applicable to candidates belonging to SC/ST, women and physically challenged category.

How to Apply

Candidates can apply online through https://aicte-ndf.psgtech.ac.in/appHome.html

The area of study and the line of the proposal researchwork should be in the identified priority area relevant to Indian/Global agriculture as identified by the Council and the same shall be notified one year in advance
The applicant shall provide two references along with their contact Email address,in support of his application, who may be directly contacted by the Council for obtaining comments in the prescribed format on his candidature. One of the two referees should preferably be his/her supervisor in the current occupation (if employed) and one who is an expert in the area and well acquired with the candidate's work.
The applicants for the ICAR-IF must obtain at their own level, an acceptance of their admission in the Ph.D. degree programs with identified area of study at the identified Indian AUs in case of overseas applicants and the identified overseas institutions in case of Indian applicants, Such acceptance letters should preferably be enclosed with the application for the fellowship.
The candidates should satisfy themselves regarding admission and course requirements of the university before identifying these as a place of study.
Applicants for NS-ICAR IFs will be invited on annual basis through announcement published in Indian national newspapers and the notification on ICAR website http://www.icar.org.in/. Indian diplomatic missions in foreign countries will also be informed through e-mails

Please contact ndf@aicte-india.org for any queries

Useful Contact

Dr S Saravanan,
Principal Coordinator,
AICTE-NDF,
PSG College Of Technology, Peelamedu,
Coimabtore - 641004,
Phone : 0422-4344426
Mobile : 6383256270
E-mail: Contact Now
Website: aicte-ndf.psgtech.ac.in

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