Scholarships
You can contribute fully or partially for any of the underlying schemes and also for any
specific department if you wish to.
1. For Under-graduate students
The objective of this scholarship is to provide opportunities for higher education to poor kids.
Amount of Scholarship:
| General Degree courses |
₹5400/- p.m. |
For 3 years |
| Technical & Professional courses |
₹7800/- p.m. |
For 4 years |
(This is as per the rates fixed by UGC under the Ishan Uday Scheme)
2. Single Girl Child Scholarship
The objective of the scholarship is to support postgraduate education of single girl child in a family.
Amount of Scholarship: ₹ 36,200/- p.a. for a period of
two years (10 months in a year).
(This is as per the rates fixed by UGC under the Post Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child for PG Programs)
3. Post Graduate Merit Scholarship
The objective is to reward meritorious students (First and Second Rank holders) with an
outstanding performance at the Undergraduate level for pursuing postgraduate studies.
Amount of Scholarship: ₹
3,100/- p.m. for a period of two years (10 months in a year).
(This is as per the rates fixed by UGC under the Post Graduate Merit Scholarship
Scheme For University Rank Holders at Under-Graduate Level)
4. Post Graduate Scholarship for Minority Students
This fellowship will provide them with an opportunity
to undertake postgraduate level studies.
Amount of Scholarship:
| M.Tech./M.E. |
₹7800/- p.m.
Contingency of ₹ 15,000/- p.a. |
For 2 years |
| Others |
₹4700/- p.m.
Contingency of ₹ 15,000/- p.a. |
For 2 years |
(This is as per the rates fixed by UGC under the Post Graduate Scholarships for
Professional Courses for SC/ST Candidates)
5. For Students with Disabilities
The objective of the scholarship is to promote quality education among Students with
Disabilities for pursuing studies at the level of Post-graduate degree.
Amount of Scholarship: ₹ 3,30,000/- p.a.
The scholarship will include:
- a) Tuition Fee and Non-refundable charges: Upto ₹ 2 lakh per annum or actual whichever is less
- b) Maintenance allowance: ₹ 3000 per month for hostellers and ₹ 1500 per month for day scholars
- c) Special allowance related to the disability of ₹ 2000 per month
- d) Books and Stationary of ₹ 5000 per month
- e) Reimbursement of expenses with purchase for a computer with accessories- ₹ 30,000 per awardee
- f) Reimbursement of expenses for the purchase of Aids and Assistive Devices including necessary software related to specific disability - ₹ 30,000 per awardee
(This is as per the scholarship for Top Class Education for students
with disabilities provided by GOI)
Fellowships
You can contribute fully or partially for any of the underlying schemes and also for any specific department
if you wish to.
1. Research Fellowships in Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
The purpose of the fellowship is to provide opportunities to
PG level students to undertake research leading to a PhD degree.
Amount of Fellowship:
| Fellowship in Sciences, Humanities, and Social Sciences |
@₹25000/-p.m. for initial two years
@₹28000/-p.m. for remaining tenure |
JRF
SRF |
| Contingency A |
@₹10000/-p.a. for initial two years
@₹20500/-p.a. for remaining tenure |
Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Contingency B |
@₹12000/-p.a. for initial two years
@₹25000/-p.a. for remaining tenure |
Science, Engg. and Technology |
| Escorts/Reader assistance |
@ ₹ 2000/- p.m. in cases of physically handicapped & blind candidates |
All Subjects |
| HRA |
As per rules of the University/ Institutions |
All Subjects |
(These guidelines are as per the UGC guidelines for PhD Fellowship)
2. Research Fellowship for SC/ST Students
The purpose of the fellowship is to support SC/ST candidates who are registered for MPhil/PhD
in Science, Engineering and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences
Amount of Fellowship:
The Fellowship is for 5 years as described above for Research Fellowships in Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
(These guidelines are as per the UGC guidelines for National Fellowship for Schedule Caste Students)
3. Research Fellowship for Persons with Disability
The purpose of the fellowship is support students with disabilities who are registered for
MPhil/PhD in Science, Engineering and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences
Amount of Fellowship:
The Fellowship is for 5 years as described above for Research Fellowships in Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
(These guidelines are as per the UGC guidelines for National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities)
4. Research Fellowship for Minority Students
The purpose of the fellowship is to support students belonging to Minority Communities like
Sikhs, Parsi, Muslim, Buddhist, Christian and Jain who are registered for MPhil/PhD in Science,
Engineering and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences
Amount of Fellowship:
The Fellowship is for 5 years as described above for Research Fellowships in Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
(These guidelines are as per the UGC guidelines for Maulana Azad Fellowship for Minority Students)
5. Research Fellowship for OBC Students
The purpose of the fellowship is to support students belonging to OBC category who are registered for
MPhil/PhD in Science, Engineering and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences
Amount of Fellowship:
The Fellowship is for 5 years as described above for Research Fellowships in Sciences, Social Sciences
and Humanities
(These guidelines are as per the UGC guidelines for National Fellowship for OBC Candidate)
6. Single Girl Child Scholarship for Research in Social Sciences
The purpose of the fellowship is to support women pursuing PhD in Social Sciences
Amount of Fellowship: The Fellowship is for 5 years.
| Fellowship |
₹25,000/-p.m. for initial two years
₹28,000/-p.m. for remaining tenure |
| Contingency |
₹10,000/-p.a. for initial two years
₹20,500/-p.a. for remaining tenure |
| Escorts/Reader assistance |
@ ₹ 2,000/- p.m. in cases of Person with Disability |
(These guidelines are as per the UGC guidelines for Swami Vivekananda Single Girl Child Scholarship for Research in Social Sciences)
7. Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Social Sciences and Humanities
The purpose of the fellowship is to provide opportunities to undertake advanced research
in Social Sciences and Humanities after completion of PhD.
Amount of Fellowship:
The Fellowship is for 3 years.
| Fellowship |
₹38,800/-p.m. for first year
₹40,300/-p.m. for second year
₹41,900/-p.m. for third year |
| Contingency |
₹50,000/-p.a. for three years |
| Escorts/Reader assistance |
@ ₹ 2,000/- p.m. in cases of physically
handicapped & blind candidates |
(These guidelines are as per the UGC guidelines for Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Post-Doctoral Fellowship
in Humanities and Social Sciences Including Languages)
8. Post-Doctoral Fellowships for Women Candidates
The purpose of the fellowship is to provide opportunities to unemployed women with
PhD to undertake advanced research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Humanities
and Social Sciences.
Amount of Fellowship:
The Fellowship is for 5 years.
| Fellowship |
₹38,800/-p.m. for first and second year
₹46,500/-p.m. after second year |
| Contingency |
₹50,000/-p.a. |
| Escorts/Reader assistance |
@ ₹ 2,000/- p.m. in cases of Person with Disability |
(These guidelines are as per the UGC guidelines for Post-Doctoral Fellowship to Women Candidates)
9. Post-Doctoral Fellowships for SC/ST Candidates
The purpose of the fellowship is to provide opportunities to SC/ST candidateswith PhD
to undertake advanced research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Amount of Fellowship:
The Fellowship is for 5 years.
| Fellowship |
₹38,800/-p.m. for first and second year
₹46,500/-p.m. after second year |
| Contingency |
₹50,000/-p.a. |
| Escorts/Reader assistance |
@ ₹ 2,000/- p.m. in cases of
Person with Disability |
(These guidelines are as per the UGC guidelines for Post-Doctoral Fellowship to SC/ST Candidates)
10. Travel Fellowships for Students
The objective of the fellowship is to provide travel support to students pursuing PhD, for attending an
international conference where they will be presenting their work.
A support of ₹ 40,000/- as per the University rules will be provided towards meeting the expenses
for attending the Conference.
Contribution amount: ₹ 40,000/- per student
You can contribute fully or partially for this scheme.
(This is as per the University Rules passed in the Syndicate)
Visiting Foreign Faculty
Under this scheme, foreign faculty of repute will be invited to GNDU
to deliver short-term or semester-long courses. This would provide an opportunity to our
students to learn from reputed international faculty and to initiate collaboration
between foreign faculty and our faculty. For a one week course, the budget allocated is
8000 USD and is limited to a maximum of 12000 USD for the two-week course.
The break-up heads for utilizing the fund are:
- a) Honorarium and travel of foreign faculty
- b) Lecture note preparation
- c) Video recording of the course
- d) Contingencies and miscellaneous expenses, if any.
A maximum of ₹ 1.5 lakhs (for one week course, 10-14 lectures) and ₹ 2 lakhs for
(2 weeks course, 20-28 lectures) can be spent for items (b), (c) and (d) only.
Remaining amount will be used for (a) honorarium and travel expenses of foreign
experts/faculty.
Contribution amount: 8000 USD/12000 USD
You can contribute fully or partially for this scheme.
(This is as per the rules for GIAN initiative)