Central Institute of Classical Tamil Post Doctoral Fellowships 2013-14

Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT), Tamilnadu is inviting applications for the award of Post Doctoral Fellowships 2013-14 in the filed of Classical Tamil. The Postdoctoral Fellowship includes award of Rs. 18,000 per month. Duration of the fellowship is 2 years. Contingency grant is Rs. 30000 per year.

Eligibility: Applicants should have Ph.D. Degree in Literature, Linguistics, or allied disciplines such as Anthropology, Education, Epigraphy, Folklore, Archaeology, Sociology, Musicology, Performing Arts, Philosophy etc.

Candidates those working in the areas of inter-disciplinary topics suc has Comparative Dravidian, Language Typology and Translation will be given preference.

Age must be below 40 years. Selection will be through written test and interviews. Application forms can be downloaded from the website www.cict.in. Filled in forms have to be sent to The Registrar, Central Institute of Classical Tamil, IRT Campus, 100 Feet Road, Taramani, Chennai – 600 113. The last date for receiving the applications is 31st October 2013.

Prime Minister Fellowship Scheme 2013-14

Applications are invited for the award of scholarships under Prime Ministers Fellowship Scheme for the year 2013-14. The candidates should have enrolled for Ph.D. in the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture and Medicine.

The Scholarships are awarded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and Confederation of Indian Industry.

Number of scholarships are 100. Amount of scholarship is about Rs. 6 lakhs.

Interested candidates can apply online through the official website at www.primeministerfellowshipscheme.com . Last date for the submission of applications is 30 November 2013.