Tamil - Doctoral, Post Doctoral Fellowships Programme-2012

Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT), Chennai

An Atonomous Institute, MHRD, Govt of India
IRT Campus, 100 Feet Road, Taramani, Chennai-600113
Email registrar@cict.in, Website http://www.cict.in

Admission Notice-2012

Doctoral, Post Doctoral Fellowships Programme-2012

Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai has invited applications from eligible candidates to award Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellowships of year 2012-13

The Doctoral Fellowship includes Rs 12,000/- per month for 2 years with a contingency grant of Rs 12,000/- per annum

The Postdoctoral Fellowship includes award of Rs 18,000/- per month for 2 years with a contingency grant of Rs 30,000/- per annum

Eligibility

Doctoral Fellowships: Postgraduate degree holders with not less than 55 marks in Literature, Linguistics, or allied disciplines such as Anthropology, Sociology, Education, Archaeology, Epigraphy, Musicology, Performing Arts, Folklore, Philosophy, etc are eligible to apply

Candidates belonging to SC/ST category will be given relaxation of 5 marks

Candidate should have registered for Ph.D in any recognized University or Institute

Age: Candidate should not have exceeded 30 years of age as on 16th August, 2012

Age relaxation will be allowed for OBC candidates 3 years and SC/ST candidates 5 years

In addition to this, age relaxation will also be provided to the candidates having research experience, limited to the period spent on research in the relevant/related subject of post graduation degree, subject to a maximum of 5 years, on production of a certificate from appropriate authority

Post Doctoral Fellowships: Ph.D degree holders in Literature, Linguistics, or allied disciplines such as Anthropology, Sociology, Education, Archaeology, Epigraphy, Musicology, Performing Arts, Folklore, Philosophy, etc are eligible to apply

Preference will be given to those who are working on inter disciplinary topics, Comparative Dravidian, Language Typology and Translation with special emphasis to the classical period

Age: The candidate should not have exceeded 40 years of age as on 16th August, 2012

Age relaxation will be allowed for OBC candidates 3 years and SC/ST candidates 5 years

Applications Form: Application forms may be downloaded from website www.cict.in

 

The completed application may be sent to the Registrar, Central Institute of Classical Tamil, IRT Campus, 100 Feet Road, Taramani, Chennai-600113

For more details visit website http://www.cict.in

 

Last date for receiving the applications is 16th August, 2012