Central Institute of Classical Tamil jobs for Postdoctoral Fellowships in Chennai. Last Date to apply: 03 Sep 2016
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Job Description
Postdoctoral Fellowships conducts Central Institute of Classical Tamil
In order to promote scholarship in Classical Tamil, the Central Institute of Classical Tamil proposes to award Postdoctoral Fellowships to eligible candidates.
Eligibility : Ph.D. Degree holders in Literature, Linguistics, or allied disciplines such as Anthropology, Sociology, Education, Archaeology, Epigraphy, Musicology, Performing Arts, Folklore, Philosophy, etc. with special emphasis to the period prior to 6th A.D. and also related to the 41 classical Tamil texts as prescribed by CICT are eligible to apply. 3. Non Tamil speaking candidates or those who have not studied Tamil as one of their languages in college should produce certificate for knowing Tamil language
Fellowship : The Postdoctoral Fellowship includes award of Rs. 18,000/- per month for 2 years with a contingency grant of Rs. 30,000/- per annum.
Age : The candidate should not have exceeded 40 years of age as on 3rd September 2016
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About Company
The Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) is an autonomous Institute of higher research functioning under the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India. This is an Institute constituted specifically for carrying out higher research Classical Tamil at international levels not to be found elsewhere globally. This unique Institute is functioning in Chennai from May 19, 2008. Earlier, from March, 2006 to May 18, 2008, the Institute was functioning in the campus of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore and it was called Centre for Excellence of Classical Tamil.
