Maulana Azad National Fellowship For Minority Students
State: Central
Ministry: Ministry Of Minority Affairs
Department: null
Category: Education & Learning
Beneficiary Type: Individual

Maulana Azad National Fellowship For Minority Students was launched in 2009 by the Ministry of Minority Affairs for providing financial aid to students for their higher studies.

Benefits:
The rate of fellowship for JRF and SRF is at par with the UGC fellowship, presently the rates are as follows:

- **Fellowship in Science Humanities and Social Science:**  ₹ 31,000/- p.m. for initial two years (JRF), and ₹ 35,000/- pm. for remaining tenure (SRF)- **Fellowship in Engineering &amp; Technology:** ₹ 31,000/- p.m. for initial two years (JRF), and ₹ 35,000/- pm. for remaining tenure (SRF)- **Contingency for Humanities &amp; Social Sciences:**  ₹ 10,000/- p.a. for initial two years, and ₹ 20,500/- p.a. for remaining tenure- **Contingency for Sciences, Engineering &amp; Technology:**  ₹ 12,000/- p.a. for initial two years, and ₹ 25,000/- p.a. for remaining tenure- **Escorts/Reader assistance (All subjects):**  ₹ 2,000/- p.m. in cases of physically and visually handicapped candidate
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Eligibility:
1. The applicant should be a part of one of the minority communities (Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Muslim, Sikh, or Zoroastrian (Parsi)).
1. Applicant must qualify the UGC-NET or Joint CSIR-UGC NET examination.
1. If  applicant does not complete his/her research work during the period of fellowship shall not be eligible to apply again under this scheme.
1. If applicant completely or partially availed any fellowship earlier shall also not be eligible for fellowship under this scheme.
1. Employees of any university, college, educational institution, or central, state, or union territory government are not eligible for fellowships, even if they are on study leave or end of life (EOL) leave to pursue an M.Phil. or Ph.D. course

Application Process:
[Online]
The candidates should apply and appear in UGC-NET / Joint CSIR-UGC Test for both i.e. Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) as well as Eligibility for Assistant Professor. 
This fellowship is awarded only through UGC-NET / Joint CSIR-UGC Test. 
Applicant have to visit the official portal https://nta.ac.in/ for UGC-NET and https://csirhrdg.res.in/ for CSIR-UGC.
For the candidates who had already taken admission into M.Phil / Ph.D while applying for the concerned UGC-NET/ Joint CSIR-UGC Test, the validity period of the offer is three months w.e.f. the date of issue of Award letter.

Documents Required:
The awardee needs to submit the following documents to the designated branch of the UGC designated Bank at the stipulated period interval. The approved Agency may verify the genuineness of records before releasing funds. 
At the end of every three months, the fellow shall submit a 'Continuation Certificate' in the prescribed proforma. Annexure-II. This will make the awardee eligible to draw the fellowship for the next three months.
After completion of one year of the award of fellowship, the concerned fellow/awardee shall submit and present its Progress Report in the proforma prescribed by the UGC as given in Annexure-III. 
The Fellow/awardee shall also submit and present accounts of contingency grants in the proforma prescribed by the UGC as given in Annexure-IV. 
Fellow/awardee shall submit and present its HRA Certificate in the prescribed proforma Annexure-V.