Fellowships

In order to promote scholarship in Classical Tamil, the Central Institute of Indian Languages under its Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Languages awards 10 Doctoral and 5 Post-Doctoral Fellowships.
The details are given below:

Doctoral Fellowships (10)

The Doctoral Fellowship includes Rs. 10,000/- per month for 2 years with a contingency grant of Rs. 10,000/- per annum. It is extendable by another 3 years in case of actual need after proper assessment of the progress made. The maximum period of Fellowship will not exceed 5 years.

Post Graduate Degree holders with first or high second class in Language, Linguistics, or allied disciplines such as Anthropology, Sociology, Education, Archeology, Epigraphy, Philosophy, etc., are eligible to apply. Candidates belonging to SC/ST categories are given relaxation of 5% marks as per UGC norms.

The candidate who have registered for Ph.D. in any recognised University or Institute and those who are about to register for Ph.D. are given preferences.

Preferences were given to Ph.D. registrants who are working on topics related to Tamil Grammatical and Literary Traditions, Comparative Literature, Comparative Dravidian and Language Typology.

All selected candidates are below the age of 30 years. However, age relaxation was also given for OBC candidates (3 years) and SC/ST candidates (5 years).

Post-Doctoral Fellowships (5)

The Post-Doctoral Fellowship includes an award of Rs. 12,000/- per month for 2 years with a contingency grant of Rs. 20,500/- per annum. It is extendable by one more year in case of actual need after proper assessment of the progress made. However, the maximum period of Fellowship will be 3 years.

Ph.D. Degree holders with specialization in the following areas were selected for Post – doctoral Fellowships: Language, Linguistics, or allied disciplines such as Anthropology, Sociology, Education, Archeology, Epigraphy, Philosophy, etc., Those who have already submitted the Ph.D. thesis and are shortly expecting the award of Ph.D. Degree are also eligible for this Fellowship.

Higher preference was given to those who are working on topics related to Tamil Grammatical and Literary Traditions, Comparative Literature, Comparative Dravidian and Language Typology.

All selected candidates are below 40 years of age as on 09-07-2007. However Age relaxation were given to OBC candidates (3 years) and SC/ST candidates (5 years).

Right now the centre has awarded 20 doctoral and 5 Post doctoral Fellowhips.
The selected candidates have started doing their research.