Ministry of Culture Senior & Junior Fellowships to Outstanding Persons For Year 2012-13 : India Culture

Name of the Organisation : Ministry of Culture (indiaculture.nic.in)
Name of the Fellowship : Senior & Junior Fellowships to Outstanding Persons For Year 2012-13
Location : Delhi

Website : http://indiaculture.nic.in/

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Senior & Junior Fellowships to Outstanding Persons in the Field of Culture :
1. Ministry of Culture invites applications from Indian Nationals for the award of Junior Fellowships to Outstanding Persons in the field of Culture for the year 2012-13. These Fellowships are awarded for undertaking research oriented projects. While both the academic research and performance related research are encouraged, the applicant should provide evidence of his/her capabilities in undertaking the project. It may be noted that these Fellowships are not intended for providing training, conducting workshops, seminars or documenting memoirs or writing autobiographies, fiction, etc. It is not a monthly remuneration/stipend or pension to the artistes, but a project-based award.
2. Junior :A total of 200 Junior Fellowships having a value of Rs. 10,000/- per month for artistes in the age group of 25- 40 years will be awarded for a maximum period of two years.
Senior : A total of 200 Senior Fellowships having a value of Rs. 20,000/- per month for artistes in the age group of above 40 years, will be awarded for a maximum period of two years.
3. Age will be reckoned as on 1st April, 2012.
4. 6th December, 2013 is the last date for receipt of applications online.
5. An applicant for the Junior Fellowship should never have availed of Junior Fellowship in any of the fields.
6. Graduation is the minimum educational qualification for applicants in the fields/areas listed in para II (b) of the Scheme (but not for the fields/areas listed in para II(a) of the Scheme).

Application Procedure :
7. Applications will be accepted online only. Please read the instructions carefully before filling up the online form. In case where final and six monthly Project Reports are proposed to be submitted in a language other than English, the applicants may give the 500 – words project synopsis in English translation or send a print out of the application form along with project synopsis in the chosen language, to the Section Officer (S&F), Ministry of Culture, 2nd Floor, NAI Annexe, Janpath, New Delhi-110001.
8. Each successful application will be allotted a unique enrollment number by the system. Candidate may refer the number in their future correspondence with the Ministry.
9. Applicants are advised to keep a print-out of the filled in application form, which they will be required to send to the Ministry once they get shortlisted. Detailed project proposal and other documents that the candidates have to send will be notified separately to the shortlisted candidates.
10. You can access your filled in application by quoting your enrollment number or your name and view or print the details of the application. It may be noted that applicants will not get any further opportunity to edit the details after submitting the application form.
11. Senior, While sending hard copy of their application, the shortlisted applicants who are employed must also send a NOC/consent letter of their employer.
12. If the applicants are employed in the Central/State Government Departments/Institutions/ Undertaking/University, etc., they will have to take leave for a period of two years, if selected for the grant of Fellowship. While sending hard copy of their application, they should also send a written assurance of their Head of the Department/Institution/Undertaking/ University, etc. that in case the Fellowship is sanctioned, the candidate would be granted leave for the duration of the Fellowship. The first instalment of Fellowship amount will be released on production of proof of leave sanctioned, in addition to fulfillment of other conditions as applicable.
13. In case of any technical difficulties in submission of application on the website please contact Ms. Prerna Sharma, Scientist D, NIC, through mail at prerna AT nic.in . In case of any query related to eligibility, etc., please contact Section Officer, S&F Section through email at scholar-culture AT nic.in or on Telephone Number 011-23385184.

Note :
For Junior,
At the time of interview, the shortlisted applicants who are employed must also bring a NOC/consent letter of their employer.

Selection Procedure & Responsibilities of Selected Fellows :
14. Incomplete applications will be rejected summarily.
15. An Expert-Committee comprising experts in different fields constituted by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, would evaluate all the applicants on the basis of their applications and project proposals; and shortlist the most meritorious among them. Candidates shortlisted for Senior Fellowship will be asked to submit a hard copy of their application with all the required documents, based on which the Expert committee will select a maximum of 200 candidates for the award of Senior Fellowship, in different fields/areas taken together.
16. The list of shortlisted candidates will be posted on Ministry’s website.
17. All the shortlisted candidates will be informed of the documentary requirements on the e-mail address provided by them in their application.
18. The names of the candidates finally selected for the award of Senior Fellowship under this Scheme will be posted on this website of the Ministry, after the selection process is completed.
19. If a candidate who is awarded Fellowship is found ineligible for it at any later stage, the Fellowship so awarded to him/her will be cancelled.
20. The awardees will submit six-monthly progress reports. In cases where such reports are not received on time, the Ministry may withhold further releases of the Fellowship amount.
21. The selected candidates will have to undertake academic or application oriented research work on projects for which they have been awarded the Fellowship. They will complete their projects within two years and submit the same to the Ministry. Extension of time for a maximum of three months will be permissible without any additional financial liability to the Government.
22. A mid-term review/assessment of the progress in each case will be carried out after one year and further continuance of Fellowship will depend on such review/ assessment.

Contact Us:
Ministry of Culture,
Room No. 501,’C’ Wing,
Shastri Bhawan,
New Delhi-110115