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Organisation : Karnataka Minority Welfare Department
Scholarship Name : M.Phil & Ph.D. Fellowship For Minority Students 2017-18
Applicable For : Minority Students
Applicable State : Karnataka
Application Last Date : 10.06.2017

Website : http://gokdom.kar.nic.in/
Notification : https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/13481-Ph.D.pdf
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M.Phil & Ph.D. Fellowship:

The scheme is open to candidates who belong to Minority Community i.e. Muslim, Sikh, Parsi, Buddhist, Christian & Jain and are pursuing higher studies such as regular and full time M.Phil/Ph.D degree in Government recognised Universities/Institutions/Colleges, in minority related subjects on priority basis first and other subjects will also be considered.

Update : GOKDOM 2018-19 M.Phil & Ph.D. Fellowship For Minority Students : www.scholarships.net.in/23606.html

A candidate has to fulfil the following conditions to be eligible for award of this fellowship:-
(i) Candidate should be domicile of State of Karnataka
(ii) Age of candidate should be less than 35 years
(iii) Candidate should not be a Government Employee of full time employee in private organisation.
(iv) Candidate should submit the minority community certificate issues by Tahasildar
(v) The annual income of the beneficiary/parents or guardian of the beneficiary should not exceed Rs. 6 lakh per annual from all sources. Candidate should submit his/her income or his/her parent’s/guardian’s income certificate issued by the Tahasildar

Tenure of Fellowship:
Name of the Course : M.Phil.
Maximum duration: 2 Years or submission of dissertation whichever is earlier

Name of the Course : Ph.D.
Maximum Duration: 3 Years or submission of Ph.D. thesis whichever is earlier

If the Fellow is already registered and pursuing his M.Phil/ Ph.D. Course, the fellowship and contingency assistance will start from the date of approval of fellowship from Directorate of Minorities or giving of Award letters, and their tenure will be for 2 years for M.Phil and 3 years for Ph.D. or till the submission of dissertation whichever is earlier.

Amount of Fellowship:
Fellowship:
@Rs. 25,000/- per month for Two years for M.Phil. course
@Rs. 25,000/- per month for Three years for Ph.D. course

Contingency:
@Rs. 10,000/- per annum for Two years M.Phil. course
@Rs. 10,000/- per annum for Three years Ph.D. course

Procedure for release of grant by Directorate of Minorities:
** The fellowship amount shall be disbursed by Directorate of Minorities into the bank account of the Awardee directly.
** The Awardee is also required to submit the following documents at the stipulated period interval. The Directorate of Minorities may verify the genuineness of records before disbursal of funds.
** At the end of every three months the fellow shall submit a ‘Continuation Certificate’ in the prescribed proforma. Annexure-II.
** This will make the Awardee eligible to draw the fellowship for the next three months.
** After completion of one year of the award of fellowship, the concerned fellow/Awardee shall submit and present its ‘Progress Report’ in the proforma prescribed by the Directorate of Minorities as given in Annexure-III.
** The Fellow/Awardee shall also submit and present accounts of contingency grants in the proforma prescribed by the Directorate of Minorities as given in Annexure-IV.