The Human Resource Development Ministry has increased the scholarships for junior research fellows (JRFs) and senior research fellows (SRFs) in centrally-funded technical institutions. The decision is aimed at attracting more engineering graduates to the field of scientific and technical research.
BE/BTech graduates with a GATE score (IIT graduates with a CGPA of 8 or above need not appear for GATE) or equivalent qualification will receive a stipend of Rs 16,000 per month instead of Rs 14,000 in their first two years of research in technical institutions under the control of the ministry.
National Eligibility Test (NET) qualified research fellows with a postgraduate degree in basic sciences will receive a monthly fellowship of Rs 18,000 up to the fifth year of research. While, the monthly emolument for researchers with a ME/MTech degree has been increased from Rs 14,000 to Rs 18,000 in the first two years and from Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 in the next two years.
Apart from the IITs, students and research scholars at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), and the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) will also benefit.
The HRD ministry letter to the Directors of these institutions also says the “revision in rate will be applicable to other government and government aided institutions funded by the All India Council for Technical Education and University Grants Commission.”
The revision in scholarship, will come into retrospective effect from April 2010.
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