NDRI Institute Scholarship For M.Sc. And Ph.d
Category: Education & Learning
Level: Central | State: All
Ministry: Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Details:
**Detailed** 
The Scholarship will be admissible to students of Indian Nationality as defined in the Constitution of India or persons domiciled in India, irrespective of sex, race or religion. Only those students shall be eligible for the award of scholarships that are not in receipt of any other scholarship/fellowship stipend from any other source. The awardees shall be required to submit an undertaking to this effect in the prescribed form. However, students getting compensation during the course of “Dairy Plant Operations and Management” In-plant Training shall be eligible for the award of a merit scholarship.
**Duration**
The scholarship will be paid to all eligible master’s students from the date of joining and will end on the date of submission of thesis or completion of two years for the students with four years Bachelor programme and 3 years of scholarships for students who have to undergo one-year pre-requisite course whichever is earlier. No extension is granted for any reason whatsoever.
The scholarship will be paid to all eligible Doctoral students from the date of joining and will end on the date of submission of thesis or completion of three years for the students with 4+2 UG and PG programme and 4 years scholarship for students who have to undergo one-year pre-requisite course whichever is earlier. Extension for a maximum of six months can be granted on merit. An application for an extension is to be submitted by the student at least two months before the expiry of the scholarship through the Major Advisor, Advisory Committee and Head of the Division to the Joint Director. However, the students will give a seminar before the Advisory Committee regarding the progress of his/her research/project. The advisory committee will review the progress of the student thoroughly and will give specific recommendations. The Head of the Division will certify on the application that the scholar has delivered the seminar.
The joint Director will be the final authority to grant or refuse the extension. No extension whatsoever for any reason will be granted beyond this period.
If a student does not receive a scholarship during its tenure for a certain period due to any reason whatsoever, the extension of the scholarship in lieu of that period beyond the prescribed duration will not be granted.

Benefits:
1. Value
All eligible Master’s students on the rolls of NDRI will receive ₹ 7560/- per month.
All eligible Doctoral students on the rolls of NDRI will receive ₹ 10,500/- per month during the period of Ph.D. tenure. In-service Ph.D. students will receive Institute Scholarship @ ₹ 1000/- per month provided they are employed in ICAR/SAU system and who opt to join at a place other than the one where working and provided further that the 3rd degree is not from the same Institute.

2. Rules Governing The Contingency Grant
(a) The Master’s and Doctoral students on rolls will be eligible for a contingency grant not exceeding an amount of Rs.  12000/- in case of Master’s and ₹30000/- in case of Doctoral for the duration of the course in order to meet certain genuine expenses connected with their studies.
(b) Contingency amount will be paid to students who do not receive scholarships for any reason, provided they are on the rolls of NDRI and continuing their studies at NDRI.



Eligibility Criteria:
**Eligibility**

1. “Institute Scholarship” is offered to all students of Indian Nationality admitted to Master’s and Doctoral programmes at NDRI to provide them financial assistance as per rules and conditions in this document.
1. Scholarships are offered to only those who do not hold any other financial Assistance/ Scholarship. As and when a student receives or accepts financial assistance from any other source the “Institute Scholarship” will be terminated.
1. The award of scholarship will be made on receipt of the following certificates:


- Acceptance of the award in the prescribed proforma.
- An undertaking to follow the rules and regulations as per conditions governing the Scholarship in the prescribed proforma.