SCHEME FOR DOCTORAL
FELLOWSHIPS
1. Introduction :
Ministry of
Statistics & Programme Implementation (MOS&PI) is implementing a Plan
scheme,namely, “Awards and Fellowships for Outstanding and Meritorious
Research Work in Statistics” . The
main objective of this plan scheme is to
encourage independent and high quality research work in the field of Applied Statistics
particularly on issues and problems relating to the Official Statistical System in the
country.
One of the components/sub-scheme of this scheme is ‘Doctoral
Fellowships’. Under this
component/sub-scheme the Ministry provides fellowships for supporting research work for Doctoral studies in statistics from individual research
scholars initially for a period of two years, to
start with, which is extendable at the sole discretion of the Ministry of Statistics &
Programme Implementation on the basis of the assessment/performance of Fellow’s
research work.
2. Objective :
The objective of the Doctoral Fellowships Scheme is to encourage good quality and useful research work in
the field of Applied/Official Statistics particularly on
some of the critical problems relating to existing data gaps in key socio-economic
statistics. The priority areas of research work include Human
Development, Education, Gender Analysis, Environment, Price, Poverty, Labour, Employment,
National Income, Agriculture, Rural Development, Industry, Productivity, Water Resources,
Health, Power., Urbanisation and Population. Preference
is given for specialized research work in official statistics especially in those spheres
where there are some serious unresolved methodological and other problems; and also for
the work oriented towards improving statistical practices.
3. Number of Fellowships :
The number of Doctoral Fellowships to be awarded every year will depend on the
recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Awards regarding suitability of the
applications for Doctoral Fellowships.
4.
Eligibility
The applicants who fulfil the following criteria are eligible:-
i)
Indian
National;
ii)
Serving in
Government with at least 5 years of experience in Applied/Official Statistics
iii)
Post Graduate
degree in Statistics. Ph.D. registered with a University/institute will be preferred.
However, the registration within six months of selection for Fellowships is compulsory.
5. Age Limit
:
The applicants should be within the age group of 26 - 54 years.
6. Announcement
for inviting Applications:
Applications for
Doctoral fellowships will be invited from various ministries, universities having full
fledged Departments of Statistics, Statistical Institutions, etc..
Besides placing an announcement for inviting the application on the Website of the
Ministry, the announcement would also be sent to selected journals and magazines for
publicity.
7. Fellowship
Allowances :
The amount of fellowship and Contingency Allowances for incidental expenditure for
Doctoral Fellowships will be as follows: -
i)
The amount of
Doctoral fellowship will be Rs. 6000/- per month for a period of 2 years and Rs.6400/- per
month for the extended period of 3rd
year on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee.
ii)
Besides
fellowship amount, Annual Contingency
Allowance of Rs. 15,000/- per year will
also be given for incurring expenditures on purchase of items relating to research work such as journals, periodicals, stationery, computer time, preparation of graphs and charts, travel expenses, etc. The submission of receipts is essential for
adjustment of Contingency Allowance. The
equipments procured out of the contingency funds will be the property of the
University/College/Institution on completion/ termination of the fellowship.
iii)
The selected
candidates will have the option either to get fellowship or to get reimbursed registration
fee and tuition fee provided he/she does not get any remuneration from any part time
employment. He/she will have to give an
undertaking to this effect. In case the
reimbursement sought for registration fee and tuition fee for a year exceeds the amount of
fellowship during the corresponding period then the reimbursement would be restricted to
the permissible amount of the fellowship.
8. Other
Allowance and facilities :
The Doctoral Fellows who are awarded the fellowships would be entitled for House
rent Allowance as per the rules of the UGC provided they do not avail of the accommodation
of the University/Government/Institution. The
fellows would also be entitled for all medical facilities of the University/Institute, if
available. He will also be eligible to
avail of other facilities of the university/institute as per the rules in force applicable
to regular fellows.
9. Leave :
The awardee shall be entitled to all
types of leave as per rules of the University/Institution.
Leave upto one month may be granted by the University/University. Beyond it, the
period of additional leave upto 2 months will have to be got approved by the concerned
Department of the applicant. The applicant will not be allowed to avail of more than three
months' leave at a stretch under any circumstances. In case the applicant remains on leave
beyond 3 months, it may lead to discontinuation of the fellowship which can be renewed by
MOS&PI, New Delhi only under specific request of
the Univ./college/ Institute, mentioning circumstances and full justification for such
renewal sought.
10. Procedure for
Award :
Candidates having the requisite qualifications may apply in the prescribed form addressed to the Additional
Director General incharge of the scheme for Awards & Fellowships, Central Statistical
Organisation, Sardar Patel Bhawan, Sansad
Marg, New Delhi-110001. The applicant is
required to submit a brief Synopsis of two pages indicating the subject area of research
along with recommendation of the subject expert who is prepared to accept him /her for the
research work under his/her guidance. Ph.D.
registration with a University will be preferred. However,
the registration within six months of selection for the fellowship is compulsory. The
candidate is further required to submit a ‘No Objection certificate’ from the
Competent Authority. The eligibility to draw
the fellowship amount will be governed by the respective government Service Rules. The
application for the Fellowship will be
screened by the Screening Committee. The
Screening Committee will, in turn, forward the applications of the eligible candidates to
the Advisory Committee on Awards for obtaining its recommendations followed by the
finalisation of fellowships by MOS&PI.
11. General
Conditions of the Fellowships :
a)
The
Fellowships are generally tenable at any University approved under the University Grants
Commission (UGC) Act, 1956 or in the Institution deemed to be University. The Institution/
University shall provide infrastructure facilities for Research Fellows to meet all the
requirements as per the U.G.C. rules.
b)
The Fellow
shall register himself with the University/Institution as Doctoral Fellow.
c)
The Fellow shall not accept or hold appointment,
paid or otherwise, or receive any emoluments from any other source during the tenure of
the Fellowship except the payment made by the Parent Ministry/Department.
d)
The fellow
shall submit a half yearly progress report to this Ministry through the Guide/Supervisor
countersigned by the Head of the Department. He/she should also submit an annual progress
report of the Research Work.
e)
The Fellow
shall have to submit a comprehensive report to the Ministry of Statistics & Programme
Implementation along with three copies of the Published work/Thesis or Dissertation, if
any, and abstract in about 500 words of the research work done during the tenure of the
Fellowship.
f)
Any work done
during the tenure of the Fellowship, if published, should invariably mention the name of the funding agency viz. Ministry of
Statistics & Programme Implementation, New Delhi.
g)
The Fellow,
before the end of the tenure, may be permitted to withdraw from the Fellowship with the
prior notice of two months provided he/she
refunds to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation the entire amount of
the Fellowship paid to the Fellow.
h)
The
MOS&PI, in consultation with the University/Institution concerned, may terminate the
Fellowship at any time without assigning any reasons; and the decision of the Ministry in
this regard shall be final.
12. Mode of
Payment :
Payment of the
Fellowship amount and contingency grant will be made to the candidate through the
University/college/Institution. The
University/college /Institution may open a separate bank account for this purpose. The University/college /Institution is required to
send a half yearly Expenditure Statement alongwith Utilisation Certificate. The MOS&PI will release the fellowship funds
to the University/college /Institute on a half-yearly basis.
13. Extension of
Fellowship:
The Fellow shall
submit an annual report of the Research Work to this Ministry. For extension of the
Fellowship, Head of the Department should send a report with his recommendation. The
Advisory Committee shall consider such requests and make its recommendation to MOS&PI
for a final decision in each case.
APPLICATION FOR DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
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1. Name of the
applicant(Dr./Mr./Miss./Mrs.):
2. Father’s/Husband’s
Name :
3. Nationality
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4. Sex
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5. Date of Birth
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6. Mailing Address (with telephone no., Fax no.,
and e-mail, if any)
(i)
Present complete official address :
(details like designation, name of Ministry
etc. may be given)
(ii)
Residential address :
7.Educational Qualifications: (Starting from
Matriculation along with attested photocopy of the certificates):
Examination Passed |
University/ College/ Institution |
Year of passing |
Class/ Division |
% marks obtained |
Subjects |
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Details of Employment in chronological order:
Sr. No. |
Name of Organisation where worked, with
complete address |
Whether Govt./
Semi-Govt./Autonomous/Private |
Designation/ Position held |
Pay Scale |
Period |
Brief details of the job done |
Remarks |
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Research Work Experience:
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Brief work details |
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10.
Proposed place of research
work (Institution/University/College etc. with complete address indicating telephone no.,
Fax no., e-mail etc.)
11.
If you have got the
CSIR/UGC or any type of fellowship for research, provide details thereof.
12. Particulars of the Guide (Name, designation,
official address, specialisation details etc.) if applicable.
13. Title
of the proposed research work :
Give a description of the proposed research
work (in about 1000 words) giving an outline of the problem, its important objectives,
hypothesis to be tested, indicating also the relevance and possible benefit to official
statistical system of India.
14. Date of registration and commencement of the
research ( if already registered)
alongwith the recommendation of the guide.
15. Bibliographic details of papers published and
accepted in standard journals (Attested
copies must be enclosed)
16. Name and designation of the referees from whom
testimonials have been asked. The referees should be requested to send the testimonials
directly to this Ministry within a month of submission of application.
17. Other relevant particulars, if any, desired to
be furnished.
I hereby declare that all
the statements made in the application are true, complete and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief and in the event of any of the information being found false or
incorrect, the action may be taken against me as deemed fit.
Place :
Date :
Signature of the applicant
I
……………………….. certify that the above
particulars are true to the best of our knowledge and in case, the above fellowship is
awarded to the applicant, we undertake to enroll him with our Institution to enable him to
pursue the proposed Doctoral Research Work.
Place:
Date:
Signature of the authorized
Official along with telephone no. fax no.
Note:
Except the attested copies of the mark sheets, certificates and testimonials, six
copies of other papers (application and brief synopsis of the proposed research work) have
to be submitted.