NATURE OF ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE UNDER THE SCHEME: The numbers of slots available under the scheme are 200 per year.
The financial assistance available under the scheme is as follows:
Fellowship:
- @Rs.38,800 – 1st year
- @Rs.40,300 – 2nd year
- @Rs.41,900 - 3rd year
Contingency A: @Rs.50,000 p.a. for three years
Escorts/Reader assistance: @Rs.2000/- p.m. (fixed) in case of physically disabled candidates
HRA: Post-Doctoral Fellowship provided with accommodation in hostel recognized/ maintained by the institutions may be reimbursed the hostel fee, excluding mess, electricity, water charges, etc. A certificate to this effect is to be furnished through the Registrar/Director/Principal (Annexure-II). If Post-Doctoral Fellow makes his/her own arrangements of accommodation, he/she may be entitled to draw HRA as per categorization of the cities by the Government of India. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will submit a certificate for this purpose to the UGC for claiming HRA through the concerned University/ Institution/ College