nehrumemorial.nic.in Tagore National Fellowship : Nehru Memorial Museum & Library

Organization : Nehru Memorial Museum & Library
Fellowship Name : Tagore National Fellowship
Applicable States : All India

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Scheme Details :  https://www.scholarships.net.in/uploads/1764-Tagore.pdf

Scheme of Tagore National Fellowship for Cultural Research:
The Scheme has been introduced in order to invigorate and revitalise the various institutions under the Ministry of Culture (MoC) and other identified cultural institutions in the country, by encouraging scholars/ academicians to affiliate themselves with these institutions to work on projects of mutual interest.

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With a view to infuse fresh knowledge capital into the institutions, the scheme expects these scholars/academicians to select specific resources of the institutions to take up projects and research work that are related to the main objectives of these institutions and to enrich them with a new creative edge and academic excellence. The Scheme will be open to both Indian nationals and foreign citizens. The proportion of foreigners will not normally exceed one–third of the total Fellowships awarded in a year.

Participating Institutions:
The Scheme shall cover the institutions under the Ministry of Culture (MoC), as listed below, and may cover other such institutions in future. The scheme will also cover such Non-MoC cultural institutions as have, in the opinion of the National Selection Committee (NSC), cultural resources like manuscripts, artefacts, antiquities, books, publications, records, etc. and seek to take advantage of the scheme, to engage distinguished scholars to work on its resources and come out with publications that enrich our understanding of the subject or the institution. Apart from considering the applications received from willing institutions for their inclusion in the Scheme, NSC can, on its own motion, identify such institutions that should be invited to benefit from the Scheme. On receipt of their consent, the concerned institutions will be covered by the Scheme. The MoC and Non-MoC institutions that stand presently covered by the Scheme have, for the purposes of the Scheme, been divided into two Categories (I & II) and four different Groups, as under

Group-A: Archaeology, Antiquities, Museums & Galleries
1. MoC Institutions (9):
i. Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi
ii. National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
iii. Indian Museum, Kolkata
iv. National Museum, New Delhi
v. Salarjung Museum, Hyderabad
vi. Allahabad Museum, Allahabad
vii. Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
viii. Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
ix. National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Property, Lucknow

2. Non-MoC Institutions (3):
i. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vaastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
ii. Gandhi Sangrahalaya, Patna
iii. Government Museum & Art Gallery, Chandigarh

Group-B: Archives, Libraries and General Scholarship:
1. MoC Institutions (6):
i. National Archives of India, New Delhi
ii. National Library, Kolkata
iii. Rampur Raza Library, Rampur (UP)
iv. Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna
v. Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata
vi. Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi

2. Non-MoC Institutions (4):
i. Asiatic Society, Mumbai
ii. AP State Archives & Research Institute, Hyderabad
iii. Thanjavur Maharaja Serfoji’s Sarasvati Mahal Library & Research Centre, Thanjavur
iv. Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune

Group-C: Anthropology & Sociology:
1. MoC Institutions (10):
i. Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata
ii. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal
iii. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
iv. North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala
v. North Central Zone Cultural Centre, Allahabad
vi. Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata
vii. North East Zone Cultural Centre, Dimapur
viii. West Zone Cultural Centre, Udaipur
ix. South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur
x. South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur

2. Non-MoC Institutions (Nil)

Group D: Performing and Literary Arts:
1. MoC Institutions (4):
i. Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
ii. National School of Drama, New Delhi
iii. Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai
iv. Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi

2. Non-MoC Institutions (1):
i. Jawaharlal Nehru University (School of Arts & Aesthetics), New Delhi

Scope of the Scheme:
The scope of the Scheme is to enable the identified cultural institutions engage scholars of outstanding merit, to work on research projects that unravel their unexplored resources. The institutions as well asscholars may identify areas to be explored, but the subject of research need not be confined/ limited to one institution. For purposes of convenience, monitoring, accounting and responsibility, one of the institutions listed in para 3 would be the ‘Nodal Institution’ for each project, and the Fellow will be attached/ anchored to that institution.

Value of Tagore National Fellowship:
1. A Tagore National Fellow who is from a University, College, Research Institute or Government setup in India would be entitled to the same pay, including grade pay, etc., which he/she would have drawn had he/she continued in his/her parent organization. Essential or mandatory contribution of the employer to Provident Fund etc. would also be paid by the Nodal Institution as may have been paid by the employer had he/she continued in his/her parent organization.

2. A Fellow from abroad or from a set-up other than University, College, Research Institute or Government, or who has since retired from active service and/or is on pension, would be entitled to a fixed honorarium of Rs. 80,000/- per month.

3. Such top-up amount, as may be decided by the NSC, would be permissible to a Fellow who may be receiving some funds from other sources, to bring his/her total emoluments upto the level of honorarium, or even beyond it,in select cases. But in no case will the top-up amount exceed Rs. 80,000/- per month.

4. No payment of honorarium would normally be made to a Fellow receiving full funding from other sources upto the level of the honorarium, but such Fellow will, however, receive Contingency Grant and other allowances and facilities, as decided by the NSC.

Contingency Grant:
In case of foreign research scholars and Indian research scholars residing or serving abroad, economy return airfare to/from their country of residence will be provided/reimbursed by the Nodal Institution once during the course of the Fellowship. All scholars who take up the Fellowship under the Scheme will be reimbursed, on ‘actuals’ basis, contingent expenses for making academic trips, engaging research assistants, etc. up to a ceiling of Rs. 2.50 lakhs per annum, during the tenure of Fellowship. For proper monitoring and control of the Contingency Grant, the nodal institution will maintain a Control Register for the purpose.

Duration of the Fellowship:
The duration of the Fellowship will be for a maximum period of two years. In exceptional cases, the institution may recommend to the NSC an extension for a period of upto one more year, or reduction to somewhat less than two years, if it is supported by its assessment of the quality of the work undertaken. The award of the Fellowship will commence from the date of joining and the ‘months’ and ‘years’ would be reckoned accordingly.

Contact Details:
(i)Section Officer (S & F) Section at Ph. No. 011-24642157 or through e-mail @ scholarculture@ nic.in in the Ministry.

(ii)Director, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Teen Murti Bhawan, New Delhi-110001. @ Ph. No. 011-23016350 or through e-mail @ddnehrumemorial@gmail.com