Thursday, June 19, 2008

Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Ph D Merit Scholarship


Malcolm and Elizabeth Adiseshiah Ph.D. Merit Scholarship,  was created to provide training and facilities for talented  researchers to pursue high-quality academic research  dedicated to development issues in Tamil Nadu.

Area of Research: The scholar is to be chosen from any social  science discipline, on the basis of demonstrated academic  competence and interest in the field of political, economic  or social development in Tamil Nadu.

Eligibility:  (1) M.Phil degree in social sciences (relaxable  only in exceptional cases); (2) The successful candidate will  have to be registered under the supervision of one of the  faculty members of the Institute.

Duration:  The fellowship will be available for a maximum  period of 3 years.  The selected scholar will be taken as an  intern for the first year of the programme and the renewal of  the scholarship will be subject to satisfactory performance  in research in the six-monthly assessment of the Institute

Value of Fellowship: To the successful candidate the  Institute will offer a monthly scholarship of Rs.6000 and a Contingency Grant of Rs.12,000 per annum.


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