“The Fellow will be entitled to fellowship amount of US $ 3000 per month.” The minimum
period of the fellowship would be 6 months and maximum period of fellowship would be 12
months.
"Fellow will also be entitled to a one time personal contingency grant of upto a maximum of
Rs. 50,000 to cover for visa, airport transfer, medical insurance etc. Medical insurance
expenses, visa fee, airport transfer charges will be met by the fellow from out of this personal
contingency grant."
Fellow will also be permitted to travel within USA to attend conferences or visit other
institutes of interest with the approval of the advisor at the host institute. The Fellow will be
entitled to avail one of the following grants for this purpose.
i) Grant of $ 600 for fellowship period upto 6 months
ii) Grant of $ 1200 for fellowship period beyond 6 months
Air-tickets for all the selected Fellow would be purchased by the respective
university/institution by economy class for shortest route Directly By Air India and not by any other Airline from their place of work in India to
the place of the American host institute and back. The actual ticket amount would be
reimbursed by UGC to the institution for the same on submission of all relevant documents
duly certified by the competent authority of the institution.
Rules governing payment of salary, leave, medical, gratuity, GPF and pension etc. of the
organization/ institution/ university to which the fellow belongs would continue to be
applicable. No liability on any of these accounts will be borne by UGC.
The candidate selected for the award for this fellowship should commence their research
within six month period from the date of award announcement. Failure to do so would render
the fellow to forfeit the award.
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Raman Fellowship for Post Doctoral Research for Indian Scholars in United States of America
