Guidelines Doctoral Fellowship ICSSR
Guidelines
Doctoral Fellowship
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
Ministry of Education (MoE)
JNU Institutional Area, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi - 110067 (INDIA)
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1. Introduction:
1.1. The ICSSR supports and encourages Ph.D. scholars to pursue their doctoral research in social and
human sciences. The award of Doctoral fellowship takes into consideration innovative research
proposals having potential of path breaking addition to existing body of knowledge. The priority of the
ICSSR is to address changing societal dynamics and social challenges through effective evidence-based
research to fulfil India’s aspirations to become a global power.
1.2. Doctoral Fellowships shall be awarded to Indian research scholars, who are registered for Ph.D. in
UGC recognized Universities / Deemed-to-be-Universities, Institutes of National Importance as defined
by MoE / UGC, ICSSR Research Institutes and colleges having approved Ph.D. programme. The
Doctoral Fellowships for the Financial Year 2024-25 shall be awarded in the following areas of Social
and Human Sciences:
Sr. No Broad Domains Priority Areas
a. Innovations in Agriculture and Rural Development
b. Entrepreneurship and Start-ups
c. Blue Economy
Economics / d. Natural Resources and Regional Development
1. Development e. Sustainable Livelihood
Studies f. Green Economy Transition
g. Fintech and Fintech-based Solutions for Economic Development
h. Cooperatives and Rural Transformation
i. Emerging Technologies and Socio-economic Development
a. Financial Management
2. Management
b. Human Resource Management
a. Trade and Commerce
3. Commerce b. Rural and Urban Tourism
c. Fintech and Fintech-based Trade and Commerce
a. Artificial Intelligence: Social Impact
b. Development and Empowerment of Vulnerable Sections of
Sociology/Social
4. Society
Work
c. Sociology of Family in India
d. Food and Society
a. Linguistic Anthropology
Social
5. b. Cultural Anthropology
Anthropology
c. Ethnographic Studies
a. Digital Humanities
b. Life, Literature and Thought in India
6. Culture Studies
c. Literature and Globalization
d. Art Practices and Folk/Oral Forms
a. Grammatical Tradition
b. Manuscript Studies
7. Sanskrit Studies
c. Poetics
d. Literary Traditions
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Sr. No Broad Domains Priority Areas
Socio- a. Indian Philosophical Systems
8. Philosophical b. Comparative Ethics
Studies c. Artificial Intelligence and Ethics
a. Language, Culture and Society
9. Sociolinguistics
b. Social Concepts and Theories in Indian Languages
a. Women-Led Development
10. Gender Studies
b. Gender and Society
a. AYUSH Community Medicine
b. Indigenous Healing Methods and Practices
c. Health of Women
11. Health Studies d. Food and Nutrition of Children
e. ‘Zero-Food’ Children : Socio-economic and Environmental
Aspects
f. Sports and Fitness
a. E-Governance
b. G20 Declaration and Global Sustainability
c. Human Rights and Legislation
d. Contemporary Electoral System
e. People’s Participation in Politics
12. Political Science
f. Politics and Technology
g. Indian Political Thought
h. Indigenous Polity
i. Rural and Urban Governance
j. Indian Constitutionalism
International a. Geo Politics
13. Relations/ b. Indo-Pacific Strategic Relations
Geopolitics c. India’s Cultural Diplomacy and Soft Power
Public a. Ethical Governance
14.
Administration b. Tribunals, Commissions and Bureaucratic System
a. Role of Indian Diaspora in the Development of Bharat
15. Diaspora Studies
b. Multiculturalism
National Security
a. Defence and National Security
16. and Strategic
b. Defence Manufacturing
Studies
a. Digital Learning Technology Integration
b. National Education Policy: Implementation and Challenges
Education and c. Ethics, Values and Innovation in Education
17.
Skilling d. Artificial Intelligence and Education
e. Skilling Youth for Future Jobs
f. Skill Education in HEIs
a. Mental Health Social Inclusion
18. Social Psychology
b. Social Dimensions of Indian Psychology
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Sr. No Broad Domains Priority Areas
a. Legal and Para-legal Studies
19. Legal Studies
b. Legal History of India
a. Demography
b. Migration
Social and Human
20. c. Human Resource and Holistic Growth
Geography
d. Regional Geography
e. Rural and Urban Landscape
a. Human-Environment Relationship
Environmental b. Climate Change
21.
Studies c. Sustainable Development Goals in Indian Context
d. Renewable Energy Resources
a. History and Heritage
Modern Social
22. b. Memory and History
History
c. Maritime History
a. Mass Media and its Socio-Cultural Impact
23. Media Studies
b. Mass Media and Society in India
a. Bibliometric/ Scientometric/ Webometric Studies
24. Library Science b. E-Resources and IT Application
c. Metadata Harvesting Techniques and Digital Repository
a. Knowledge Traditions in Indian Languages
25. Language Studies
b. Application of Knowledge Contained in the Vernacular Texts
a. Indian Textual and Oral Traditions
b. Indigenous Innovation, Technology and Development
Indian Knowledge
26. c. Development of Pedagogical Materials in Diverse
Systems
Disciplinary/Inter-disciplinary Areas based on Indian Intellectual
Texts
a. Rural Economy
b. Rural Society
27. Rural Studies
c. Rural-Urban Migration
d. Rural Culture its Signifiers
a. Intersectional /Multidisciplinary Studies on Divyangjan
b. Policy Research for Divyangjan
28. Divyangjan Studies
c. Rehabilitation, Innovation Technology for Divyangjan
d. Financial Empowerment of Divyangjan
Research Proposals that span across disciplinary boundaries also fall within the areas of the Council’s
interest. Preference will be given to PhD Students pursuing research in the priority areas of the ICSSR.
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2. Eligibility
A) Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship
2.1 Doctoral Fellow should be a full-time bonafide Ph.D. student at the affiliating university/ institution
throughout the duration of fellowship tenure.
2.2 The candidate must have a confirmed Ph.D. registration at any of the institutions mentioned in para
1.2 in line with the UGC norms in force. The Ph.D. topic must have been confirmed by the
DRC/authorised statutory body of the institution on or before the last date of call for applications.
Application submitted by those scholars whose research proposals and topics have not been approved
by the statutory bodies of their respective institutions will be summarily rejected.
2.3 The candidate must not be more than 40 years of age on the last date of application. There shall be
an age relaxation of 5 years for SC/ST/OBC-(NCL) candidates Persons with benchmark Disability
(PwD).
2.4 The candidate must have secured a minimum of 55% marks in Post-Graduation or equivalent grades
in any social science discipline. Five per cent (5%) relaxation of marks will be given to SC/ST/ OBC-
(NCL) candidates Persons with benchmark Disability (PwD). The submission of scanned copy of mark
sheet of Post-Graduation is mandatory for submission of online application. In case, the candidates do
not upload the documents, their candidature will be summarily rejected
2.5. The criteria of NET for applying for ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship Schemes will be as under:
i. 95 percent of the total fellowships shall be awarded to NET qualified applicants
ii. A maximum of 5 per cent of the fellowships shall be awarded to candidates who are not NET
qualified but their proposals are found outstanding in the evaluation of the ICSSR’s panel of
subject experts.
2.6. Candidates who have already availed UGC Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) / Rajiv Gandhi
National Fellowship (RGNF) / Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) / ICSSR / ICAR / CSIR /
ICPR / ICMR / ICHR / Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Foundation Fund Fellowship (JNMF) or any such
major doctoral fellowship are not eligible to apply. Candidates drawing UGC Non-NET Fellowship are
eligible to apply.
B) Institutional Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship
2.7. Candidates applying under Institutional Doctoral Fellowship Scheme shall not be eligible to apply
for Centrally-Administered Doctoral Fellowship schemes.
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2.8. All the conditions of the Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship (2.1 to 2.6) shall apply to this category
also and the fellowship shall be administered through the ICSSR Research Institutes.
C) Short-Term Fellowship
2.8. All the conditions of the Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship (2.1 to 2.6) shall apply. In addition, the
candidate should have completed at least three years of research work for Ph.D degree at any of the
institutions mentioned in para1.1.
D) Contingency Grant
2.9. Under this scheme, a one-time grant is awarded to Ph.D scholars registered at any of the institutions
mentioned in para1.1, who are at an advanced stage of their research work. The candidates meeting all
conditions of the Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship (2.1 to 2.6) are eligible to apply for Contingency Grant
for the purposes of field trip, stationery and computer consumable related expenses.
3. How to Apply
A) Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship
3.1. Applicants must submit an online application in prescribed format and upload scanned copies of
the annexures on ICSSR website.
3.2 (A) Self-attested copies of educational qualification and proof of date of birth must be annexed with
the hard copy of the application form. The candidate has to mandatorily provide an attested copy of
research proposal submitted by the candidate in the institution where he/ she is registered for PhD. The
copy of research proposal must be attested by the concerned HoD/Dean. The topic mentioned in the
proposal must have been confirmed by the DRC/authorised statutory body of the institution on or before
the last date of call for applications and a certificate to this effect must be uploaded during submission
of online application and the attested copy must be annexed with the hard copy of the application form.
3.2 (B) Applicants are also required to submit the hard copies of their application and annexures, duly
forwarded by the Competent Authorities of the affiliating university/college/institute, within the
stipulated time mentioned in the call for applications. The forwarding letters and undertakings must be
submitted in original along with the hard copy of the application form.
3.3 The Research Proposal should be either in English or Hindi. Arial/Mangal Unicode font will be
used in Devanagari script to fill application form in Hindi.
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B.) Institutional Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship
3.4 Applicants seeking Institutional Doctoral Fellowship must submit an online application in
prescribed format along with the annexures as mentioned in para 3.2 (A) on ICSSR website only. The
hardcopy of applications must however be forwarded by the respective ICSSR Research Institutes. The
ICSSR will prepare the merit list of successful candidates and the same will be intimated to the
concerned research institutes.
3.5 The ICSSR Research Institutes will intimate the same to the candidates and follow the guidelines
of the ICSSR regarding disbursal of fellowships, which will be made available to them after declaration
of result.
C) Short-Term Doctoral Fellowship
3.6 The application procedure for the scheme shall be the same as per the conditions mentioned in
Clauses 3.1 to 3.4.
D) Contingency Grant
3.7 The application procedure for the scheme shall be the same as per the conditions mentioned in
Clauses 3.1 to 3.4.
4. Procedure for Award of Fellowships
4.1. The fellowships shall be awarded on the basis of evaluation of applications by the panel of subject
experts. Based on the evaluation reports of the Expert Committee(s), merit lists shall be prepared for
award of fellowships.
4.2. The reservation policy of the Government of India for SC, ST, OBC(NCL), EWS and Persons with
Benchmark Disability (PwD) will be duly followed in the award of fellowships.
4.3 In case ICSSR feels the need, it may invite any short-listed applicant for presentation before an
Expert Committee of ICSSR.
4.5 The merit list of selected candidates of Doctoral Fellowships will be placed on the ICSSR website.
4.6 Only the selected candidates and their affiliating universities shall be informed individually through
a provisional award letter clearly specifying the formalities and documents required for joining the
fellowship.
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5. Duration and Value:
A) Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship
5.1 The value of Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship is Rs 20,000 per month plus Rs 20,000 contingency
grant per annum. The total duration of the Full-term Doctoral Fellowship shall be two years. The first
award letter will be initially for a period of one year effective from the date of issue of award letter. 5.2
The value and duration of fellowship will be in line with the directives of the Ministry of Education
issued from time to time.
B) Institutional Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship
5.3 The duration and value of fellowship will be the same as mentioned under the Full-Term Doctoral
Fellowship. (5.1 to 5.2)
C) Short-Term Doctoral Fellowship
5.4 The duration of the Short-Term Doctoral Fellowship is strictly for six months or till the date of
Ph.D. submission at the university/ institution, whichever is earlier.
5.5 The value of fellowship will be equivalent to six month fellowship amount of the Full-Term
Doctoral Fellowship grant plus contingency grant payable for six months.
D) Contingency Grant
5.6 The value of fellowship is a consolidated grant of Rs 62500/.
6. Joining and Release of Fellowship
A) Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship
6.1 The scholar must join the fellowship within the time stipulated by the ICSSR in the provisional
award letter.
6.2 The fellowship instalments will be released on yearly basis.
6.3 The sanction of the fellowship will be issued initially for a period of one year, effective from the
date of issue of award letter. The renewal of the Fellowship for the subsequent years shall be subject to
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the receipt of satisfactory Annual Progress Report and Statement of Expenditure for the entire
fellowship grant released for first year.
6.4 The first instalment will be released after receiving the documents prescribed in the Award letter
along with the Grant-in-aid-Bill (GIB) and Registration Mandate Form of PFMS Account of those
affiliating / administering institutions, which have not linked their accounts to PFMS for ICSSR grant.
6.5 (i) The instalment of second year will be released only after the approval of extension of fellowship
for the second year by the Council subject to the receipt of satisfactory Progress Reports and Statement
of Expenditure for the entire fellowship grant released for first year and receipt of the Grant-in-Aid Bill
(GIB).
6.5 (ii) The final year fellowship grant will be released in two instalments.
6.5 (iii) The final instalment will be released subject to receipt of appropriate documents such as the
Thesis Submission Certificate issued by the Controller of Examination/Competent Authority of the
University, soft copy of the PhD thesis, a summary in 3000 to 4000 words along with the audited
Statement of Accounts and Utilization Certificate for the admissible grant (in GFR 12A Form).
6.6 The Statement of Accounts and Utilization certificate should be signed by the Finance Officer /
Registrar / Principal / Director in case the accounts of the institution are audited by the CAG/AG.
Otherwise, they need to be signed both by the competent authority of the affiliating institution along
with the chartered accountant.
6.7 The requisite documents at every stage should be submitted within the prescribed time frame.
B) Institutional Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship
6.8 Same as mentioned under the Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship (para 6.1 to 6.7).
C) Short-Term Doctoral Fellowship
6.9 The Short-Term Fellowship will be released in two instalments. The first instalment amounting to
70% of the total grant will be released on receipt of the documents prescribed in the Award letter along
with the grant-in-aid bill (GIB) and Registration Mandate Form of PFMS account of concerned
affiliating / administering institution. The second and final instalment of the admissible grant shall be
released after receiving a Thesis Submission Certificate issued by the Controller of
Examination/Competent Authority of the University, soft copy of PhD thesis, a summary in 3000 to
4000 words along with the audited Statement of Accounts with Utilization Certificate (in GFR-12A
Form) for the admissible amount duly signed by the competent authority of the affiliating institution.
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6.10 The Statement of Accounts and Utilization Certificate will be signed by the Finance Officer /
Registrar / Director in case the accounts of the Institution are audited by the CAG/AG. Otherwise, they
need to be signed by the competent authority of the affiliating institution along with a chartered
accountant.
D) Contingency Grant
6.11 The Contingency Grant will be released in two instalments. The first instalment amounting to Rs
40,000/- will be released on receipt of the documents prescribed in the Award letter along with the
grant-in-aid bill (GIB) and Registration Mandate Form of PFMS Account of concerned affiliating /
administering institution. The second and final instalment of the admissible grant shall be released after
receiving a Thesis Submission Certificate issued by the Controller of Examination/Competent
Authority of the University, a summary in 3000 to 4000 words along with the audited Statement of
Accounts with Utilization Certificate (in GFR-12A Form) for the admissible amount duly signed by the
competent authority of the affiliating institution.
6.12 The Statement of Accounts and Utilization Certificate will be signed by the Finance Officer /
Registrar / Director in case the accounts of the Institution are audited by the CAG/AG. Otherwise, they
need to be signed by the competent authority of the affiliating institution along with a chartered
accountant.
7. Monitoring of Fellowships
7.1 Regular monitoring of Fellowship is done on the basis of Six Monthly and Annual Progress Reports
in the prescribed format submitted by the scholar and duly forwarded by the supervisor.
7.2 The fellowship may be discontinued / terminated at any stage if research progress is found to be
unsatisfactory or any ICSSR rules are violated or the research topic is changed without the permission
of ICSSR.
7.3 The ICSSR may ask for annual presentation / mid-term appraisal of the research work.
7.4 In cases of delayed Progress Reports, the scholar will be required to give the justification of the
delay on which the final decision shall be taken by ICSSR. The scholar may be asked to furnish an
Undertaking specifying the date of Ph.D. submission to ICSSR.
7.5 During the course of the Phd, the scholars are required to publish at least two research papers in
peer-reviewed journals on the theme of the research undertaken and submit a copy of the same to the
ICSSR.
7.6 The scholars must acknowledge the ICSSR while getting their research papers published. The
ICSSR must also be compulsorily acknowledged in the PhD thesis.
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8. Completion of the Fellowship
A) Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship
8.1 If a fellow leaves the fellowship before the completion of fellowship duration, he/she has to inform
ICSSR in advance.
8.1.1 No scholar will be allowed to leave the fellowship under clause 8.1 before completion of three
months of fellowship period. If the scholar leaves it within three months, he/she will have to refund the
already disbursed fellowship amount in full to the ICSSR.
8.1.2 The scholar shall be permitted to retain the grant released from date of Joining till the date of
leaving / discontinuing the ICSSR fellowship subject to submission of the following:
(i) An updated Progress Report for the said period duly forwarded by the Supervisor.
(ii) An Undertaking to submit a Thesis Submission Certificate and soft copy of PhD thesis within
a month of submission of thesis in affiliating/ administering institution on a Non-Judicial stamp
paper of Rs. 100/- (in prescribed format).
(iii) Statement of Accounts and Utilization Certificate (in GFR-12 A form) for the admissible
amount.
(iv) Refund of the unspent balance, if any. The payment may be made by sending a cheque/ DD
in favour of ICSSR, New Delhi or through PFMS /RTGS.
8.1.3 In such cases, the ICSSR may consider to pay contingency grant subsequent to submission of
thesis to ICSSR. In other cases, the scholar can leave the fellowship by refunding the entire amount
already released by the ICSSR.
8.1.4 The scholars leaving the fellowship before completion of their fellowship tenure without
informing ICSSR shall be required to refund the entire amount of fellowship released with penalty/penal
interest.
8.2 The fellows are required to submit a Ph D Thesis Submission Certificate issued by the Controller
of Examinations/Competent Authority and soft copy of the thesis preferably within a month of
submission of the Ph D Thesis to the affiliating/ administering institution for award of the Ph D Degree,
failing which the fellow has to refund the amount of fellowship to the ICSSR.
8.3 If, as a special case, a scholar remains on leave due to maternity / medical / extra ordinary
circumstances (not exceeding six months) with due approval by the ICSSR, the tenure of fellowship
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shall be deferred by that period but the total amount of fellowship sanctioned shall not exceed the
fellowship duration mentioned in the award letter.
8.4 Again, as a special case, a scholar can avail a foreign fellowship and re-join ICSSR Fellowship on
return with due approval by the ICSSR, the tenure of fellowship may be deferred by that period but the
total amount of fellowship sanctioned shall not exceed the fellowship duration mentioned in the award
letter.
8.5 There will be no extension if the scholar deregisters from PhD and re-registers to submit the thesis
after a gap. The date of deregistration will be the date of termination of fellowship.
8.6 After the thesis is submitted to the concerned university, the scholar must submit the following to
ICSSR at the earliest preferably within a month to settle the accounts
(i) A PhD Thesis Submission Certificate issued by the Controller of Examinations/Competent
Authority immediately after submission of the Ph D Thesis to the University for award of the Ph
D Degree along with a copy of summary (in 3000 to 4000 words) and research papers published.
A softcopy of the Thesis has to be sent along with the above.
(ii) The audited Statement of Account and Utilization Certificate (in GFR-12A Form) for the
admissible grant as per clause 6.5 and 6.9.
8.7 As a policy, ICSSR does not accept contents beyond 10 percent on Similarity Index. Scholars are
required to get their final report checked from their affiliating institutions for Similarity Index and attach
the plagiarism report at the time of submission of soft copy of thesis to the ICSSR.
B) Institutional Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship
8.8 Same as mentioned under the Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship including the conditions mentioned
in the Clauses 8.1 to 8.7. Further, the concerned research institute must submit the Thesis Submission
Certificate and other prescribed documents to ICSSR well in time.
C) Short-Term Doctoral Fellowship
8.9 Same as mentioned under the Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship including the conditions mentioned
in the Clauses 8.1 to 8.7.
D) Contingency Grant
8.10 Same as mentioned under the Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship including the conditions mentioned
in the Clauses 8.2. 8.6 and 8.7.
9. Expectation from the Affiliating Institution
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9.1 The affiliating institution is required to provide the requisite research infrastructure to the scholar
and maintain proper accounts.
9.2 The affiliating institution is required to give a Forwarding letter in the prescribed format contained
in the Application Form to administer and manage the ICSSR fellowship grant.
9.3 The affiliating institution shall open / maintain a dedicated bank account for ICSSR grant (Scheme
Code 0877) that is duly registered at PFMS portal for release of the Doctoral Fellowship Grant without
any delay.
9.4 The affiliating institution is expected to immediately release the sanctioned fellowship grant
released by ICSSR to the scholar.
9.5 The affiliating institution is expected to ensure a Thesis Submission Certificate and audited
Statement of Accounts and Utilization Certificate with respect to admissible grant, (in the prescribed
GFR- 12A) duly certified by the Competent authority including the refund of any unspent balance
within one year.
9.6 In case a scholar leaves / discontinues his fellowship before completion of fellowship tenure, the
affiliating institution shall inform ICSSR within 15 days and settle the accounts including the refund of
any unspent balance within three months.
10. Other Conditions
10.1 The ICSSR will follow the ceiling imposed by the UGC on number of doctoral supervisions under
a particular category of guide (Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor).
10.2 The Doctoral Fellows must stay and work full time at the affiliating university / institute. However,
they may go on field work with approval of their supervisor. For the rest of the research period, they
must continue to work at the concerned university / institute and follow their rules.
10.3 The Fellow shall not accept or hold any appointment (paid or otherwise) or receive any
emoluments, salary, stipend etc., from any other source during the tenure of the award of fellowship.
However, a fellow may undertake teaching assignments of not more than six hours a week.
10.4 The tenure of Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship is strictly for duration decided by the Ministry of
Education, Govt. of India. Any extension will be granted under exceptional circumstances without any
additional financial implications to the ICSSR. The total duration of fellowship will remain unchanged
under all circumstances.
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10.5 The contingency grant may be utilized for books, stationery, computer consumable costs and field
work expenses related to the research work.
10.6 The ICSSR reserves the first right to publish the Ph.D thesis funded by it, provided the work is
recommended for publication by the ICSSR expert(s).
10.7 Defaulters of any previous ICSSR fellowship / project / grant will not be eligible for consideration
until the applicant obtains the clearance from the concerned administrative division.
10.8 A fellow is not entitled for same type of fellowship more than once.
10.9 While accepting Doctoral fellowships from the ICSSR, a fellow should not accept job or any other
fellowship from any other university / institute. However, ICSSR shall encourage and support the
ICSSR fellowship awardees getting prestigious foreign fellowships. Therefore, they shall be permitted
to re-join their fellowships after their return from abroad as special cases, provided they had sought
prior approvals.
10.10 During the tenure of fellowship, the fellow will be governed by the rules of the affiliating/
administering institution in all matters including drawls of TA, attendance, holidays/leave and
contingency grant, etc.
10.11 The selected fellows are expected to do full-time research in India. They can, however, undertake
data collection outside India, if warranted by the needs of the proposal. For this, they are required to
apply separately for consideration under the Data Collection Scheme of the International Collaboration
Division of ICSSR. However, ICSSR will not be bound to support such data collection from abroad and
the decision of the ICSSR will be final. In either case, the completion of study should not be consequent
upon such data collection support.
10.12 The scholar should not have been subjected to any disciplinary / legal action / proceedings/
financial penalties in his/her research career.
10.13 Application submitted against a Call will not be considered for the subsequent Calls on its own.
10.14 ICSSR reserves the right to reject any application without assigning any reason. It is also not
responsible for any postal delay / loss.
10.15 Incomplete applications shall not be considered for fellowship.
10.16 No queries regarding the awards will be entertained by the ICSSR secretariat until the final
declaration of results, which will be placed on ICSSR website.
10.17 The final authority for the interpretation of the guidelines or any such issue is vested with the
ICSSR.
