Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Chair Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Fellow

 

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Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Chair Fellowship for PDF

Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Chair, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University invites proposals on prescribed application form for financial support through Fellowship for PDF - Post Doctoral Fellowship on study of ‘Integral Humanism’: With Special reference to Contemporary Development Issues in India. Research proposals may be of the social science disciplines, particularly, Political Science, Economics or Sociology. The amount of Fellowship is Rs.28,000/- p.m + Contingency Rs.20,000/- p.a. Number of fellowship is one and last date for submitting the application form is 5^th January 2019.

Basic Eligibility: For fellowship a scholar must have Ph.D. Degree in any of the above stated three subjects and the CV must indicate capability of independent research.

Details Of The Fellowship

Introduction:

The main objective of Post-Doctoral Fellowship is to encourage and retain young Indian social science scholars who have completed their Ph D and who wish to pursue a regular career in teaching and research. They should have a high potential and promise for conducting full time research on specific themes and issues. These studies are expected to contribute to theoretical and conceptual advancement in different disciplines; help to generate field work based empirical data and contribute towards policy making.

The broad disciplines of study, within the domain of social sciences are: (i) Sociology (ii) Political Science (iii) Economics 2.

Eligibility:

• The scholar should not be more than 45 years of age on the last date of application.
• The scholar must possess a Ph.D. degree in any of the social science disciplines stated above at the time of application.
• The selected fellow has to work under the guidance of Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Chair Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University.

How To Apply:

Application in hard copy in prescribed format must be sent to: The Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University before the last date mentioned in the advertisement.

Research proposals and final reports should be either in English or Hindi.

Procedure For The Award:

• Applications are initially scrutinized by Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Chair. 4.2 Thereafter, an Expert Committee will short-list the meritorious proposals from the eligible applications.
• Such applicants would then be invited for an interaction/presentation at the Office of Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences before the Expert Committee.
• Post interaction recommendations of the Expert Committee will be placed before the Academic/ Development Section of the University for its final approval.

Duration And Value:

• Post-Doctoral Fellowship is a full time research work.
• The duration of the fellowship is strictly for two years.
• The value of the fellowship is Rs.28,000 p.m. and contingency grant is Rs.20,000/-p.a.

Joining & Release Of Fellowship:

• The scholar has to join the fellowship within one month of the date of issuing the award letter by submitting all required documents.
• The sanction of the fellowship will be issued initially for a period of one year, effective from the date of joining of the scholar in the Fellowship. The renewal of the Fellowship for the subsequent year shall be subject to the receipt of satisfactory Annual Progress Report and statement of expenditure for the entire grant released for the first year.
• The first year fellowship and contingency will be released in two equal instalments. The first instalment will be released after receiving the Grant-in-aid Bill (GIB) and the second instalment after receiving a satisfactory Six Monthly Progress report along with statement of expenditure.
• The second year fellowship will be released in three instalments. The first instalment of six month fellowship along with contingency will be released on receiving a satisfactory Annual Progress Report and statement of expenditure. The second instalment of 03 months fellowship along with contingency will be released on receipt of a satisfactory progress report along with statement of expenditure. The final instalment of remaining fellowship along with contingency will be released after receiving the final report (revised on the basis of expert comments) along with research papers and statement of accounts with utilization certificate.

Monitoring Of Fellowship:

• 7.1 Regular monitoring of Fellowship is done on the basis of Six Monthly and Annual Progress Reports in the prescribed format submitted by the scholar.
• 7.2 The fellowship may be discontinued if research progress is found unsatisfactory or any rules are violated.
• 7.3 During the course of the fellowship, the scholars are required to publish at least two research papers in peer reviewed journals on the theme of the research undertaken.

Completion Of Fellowship:

If a fellow leaves the fellowship before its full term, he/she has to give an undertaking to submit the final report within a reasonable period but he/she has to submit a detailed progress report duly forwarded by the Supervisor. In other cases, the scholar can leave by refunding the entire amount already released by the Chair. If the scholar leaves without completion of the work and without informing the University, he/she has to refund entire amount of fellowship released with penalty/penal interest.

If, as a special case, a scholar remains on leave due to maternity/medical/extra ordinary circumstances (not to exceed six months) duly approved by the Dean, FSS, the tenure of fellowship will be extended by that period but the total amount of fellowship will not exceed 24 months.

On completion of the fellowship, the scholar should submit the following:

• A book-length final Report in a publishable form along-with a Summary of the report (3000- 4000 words) and research papers published.
• These documents should be submitted in hard copy (two copies of final report and three copies each of the Summary and research articles) and a soft copy in pen drive.
• A certificate of settlement of assets and books purchased out of the fellowship grant.

A maximum of three months period can be granted for submission of the final report after completion of the fellowship.

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