Ministry of Human Resource Development jobs for Prime Ministers Research Fellowship in Delhi. Last Date to apply: 30 Sep 2018
Job Description
The Prime Minister’s
Research Fellowship (PMRF) scheme is aimed at attracting the talent pool of
the country to doctoral (Ph.D.) programs of Indian Institutes of Technology
(IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for carrying out research in
cutting edge science and technology domains, with focus on national priorities.
Eligibility : The applicants for the PMRF should
- have completed or be pursuing the final year of four (or
five) year undergraduate or five year integrated M.Tech or five year integrated
M.Sc. or five year undergraduate-postgraduate dual degree programs in Science
and Technology streams from IIEST/IISc/IITs/NITs/IISERs and centrally funded
IIITs;
- have secured at least
CGPA/CPI of 8.0 (in scale of 10.0). For applicants in five year integrated or
dual degree programs if separate CGPAs/CPIs are awarded for UG and PG parts of
the program then the CGPA/CPI of UG part (first four year) will be considered.
- have completed the required academic qualification in the
last five years.
- Merely satisfying the eligibility requirement does not
guarantee admission. Final selection for admission of applicants will be done
following a rigorous selection process.
Fellowship
The following would be the fellowship for the PMRFs:
Year 1 : 70,000
Year 2 : 70,000
Year 3 : 75,000
Year 4 : 80,000
Year 5 : 80,000
- Apart from this, each Fellow would be eligible for a
research grant of Rs. 2 lakhs per year (total Rs. 10 lakh)
- The tenure of fellowship will be four years for students
from integrated courses and five years for B. Tech. students.
- Industry participation in the PMRF programme would be
explored through CSR funding so as to enable industry to sponsor maximum number
of fellows.
Selection Process
The selection process for the PMRF will be a rigorous two
stage process with screening by the Reviewers and final selection by the
Selection Committee for each broad discipline to ensure selection of the best
talent.
- An applicant may apply for more than one combination of
broad discipline and institute. An applicant will be required to provide
preferences in case the applicant wishes to apply for more than one combination
of discipline and institute.
- The shortlisting and selection will be done in the following
manner:
- Each Nodal Institute (NI) will have a team of experts who
will assess the applications and prepare a shortlist of applicants for written
test and/or interview at the Nodal Institute.
- Shortlisted applicants will be called for a written and/or
interview at the Nodal Institute.
- Final selection of shortlisted applicants will be made based
on the performance in the interview.
- Each NI would first indicate whether the candidate has to appear in the written test or not. For PMRF 2018 there is no written test for any NI.