Shillong, 16 May 2022: National institute of Technology (NIT) Meghalaya, a part of NIT group of Institutes, invites applications for Post-Doctoral Fellowship Scheme July 2022. Under Post-doctoral scheme, Institute Post-doctoral Fellows (IPDFs) and Sponsored Post-doctoral Fellows (SPDFs) are available.
Under this scheme, IPDF/SPDF will be provided the opportunities to do quality research work in the appropriate area.
Post-doctoral Fellowship Scheme:
The Institute shall admit Post-doctoral fellows under two following categories:
Institute Post-doctoral Fellows (IPDF) means a Post-doctoral Fellow, who is admitted to Postdoctoral Programme of NIT Meghalaya through the procedures adopted by Institute and avails Fellowship from the Institute fund.
Institute Post-doctoral Fellows: Rs. 55,000/- p.m. (consolidated) and Rs. 40,000/- p.m. for candidates who have submitted the thesis but degree not yet awarded
Sponsored Post-doctoral Fellow(SPDF) means a Post-doctoral Fellow, who is admitted to Postdoctoral Programme of NIT Meghalaya through the procedures adopted by the Institute and avails Fellowships from any recognized funding agencies like SERB,CSIR, DST etc of the Government of India.
Eligibility Criteria for Admission into Post-doctoral fellowship Scheme:
The applicant must have obtained the PhD degree from a reputed Institute within the preceding two years from the last date of an application against the advertisement. In addition, the scholar should have secured first class or equivalent grades in the preceding degrees.
PhD students, who have submitted their thesis, are also eligible to apply. If selected, he/ she will be offered lower fellowship amount till the award of PhD degree. However, they have to submit the provisional/degree certificate within 6 months from the date of appointment as an Institute PDF failing which, the appointment will stand cancelled.
The applicant should have published at least 3 research papers in SCI/SCIE/SSCI journals out of their own doctoral research work to their credit as the first author.
A PhD degree holder from NIT Meghalaya is eligible to apply only after gaining one year of post-Ph.D. relevant experience.
The upper age limit for the fellowship is 35 years at the time of the submission of application.
Age Limit:
Maximum Age is 35 years. It can be relaxed for women, reserved category and PWD candidates as per Government of India norms. Age shall be calculated based on the last date of submission of application form.
Key Dates:
Activation of online application form in the Institute Website- 12 May 2022
Last date of filling online application- 16 May 2022
Application Fees:
Application fees of Rs. 1000/- for General/OBC and Rs. 500/- for SC/ST candidates to be paid via online. No application fee to be paid by PWD candidates. Application fees is not refundable under any cirumstances.
For further details about eligibility conditions, how to apply and other details, the candidates should refer the Admission Notification, uploaded on the official website of NIT Meghalaya.
