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Introduction

In 1913, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar undertook a historic journey to Columbia University, New York for Higher Studies. In grateful commemoration of this, BARTI launched “Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Research Fellowship (BANRF)” in 2013. Only Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates belonging to Maharashtra, who wish to pursue regular and fulltime M. Phil and Ph.D., in any subject, from Indian Universities / Institutions / Colleges approved under UGC and foreign Universities are liable to get fellowship.

Year 2014 marked 101 years of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s historical journey to Columbia. In commemoration of this, One Hundred and One (101) M.Phil. / Ph.D. fellowships were awarded in the year 2014. The number of fellowships awarded each year would be equivalent to the number of years since 1913 i.e. 101 for 2014, 102 for 2015 and so on. BARTI is keen to support the candidates with academic excellence and methodologically sound research projects pertaining to social justice, equity, humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, Engineering & Technology and related field.

Objective:- In 1913, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar undertook a historic journey to Columbia University, New York for Higher Studies. In grateful commemoration of this, BARTI launched Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Research Fellowship (BANRF) in 2013. The fellowships are open to Scheduled Castes (SC) post graduate candidates belonging to Maharashtra, who wish to pursue regular and fulltime M. Phil and Ph.D. degrees, in any subject, from Indian Universities / Institutions / Colleges approved under Section 2(f) and 12(B) of the UGC Act and in Non-Universities / Institutions.

Year wise No. of Beneficiaries

Sr. No.	Name of Fellowship	Year of Fellowship	No.of Beneficiary Fellows	Male	Female	Registered			Thesis Submition
Sr. No.	Name of Fellowship	Year of Fellowship	No.of Beneficiary Fellows	Male	Female	M.Phil	Ph.D	Integrated	M.Phil	Ph.D	Integrated	Total Thesis Submitted
1	BANSSRF	2012	5	5	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	3
2	BANRF	2013	15	11	4	6	9	0	6	3	0	9
3	BANRF	2014	95	22	73	29	66	0	24	34	0	58
4	BANRF	2015	84	36	48	9	75	0	6	29	0	35
5	SPNRF	2015	42	0	42	5	37	0	5	17	0	22
6	JPNRF	2015	16	8	8	3	13	0	3	2	0	5
7	CSNRF	2015	14	7	7	2	12	0	2	4	0	6
8	BANRF	2016	107	49	58	56	49	2	40	18	0	58
9	BANRF	2017	100	51	49	23	67	10	22	5	0	27
10	BANRF	2018	408	203	205	186	213	9	0	0	0	0
Total			886	392	494	321	543	22	109	114	0	223

BANSSRF:- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Social Science Research Fellowship

BANRF: - Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Research Fellowship

SPNRF: - Savitribai Phule National Research Fellowship

JPNRF: - Jyotirao Phule National Research Fellowship

CSNRF: - Chhatrapati Shahu National Research Fellowship

	Name of Fellowship Year	No.of Beneficiary Fellows	Male	Female	Registered			Thesis Submition
					M.Phil	Ph.D	Integrated	M.Phil	Ph.D	Integrated	Total Thesis Submitted
1	2012 BASSRF	5	5		2	2	1	1	2	0	3
2	BANRF 2013	15	11	4	6	9		6	4		10
3	BANRF 2014	95	22	73	29	66		26	36		62
4	BANRF 2015	84	36	48	9	75		6	32		38
5	SPNRF 2015	42		42	5	37		5	22		27
6	JPNRF 2015	16	8	8	3	13		3	2		5
7	CSNRF 2013	14	7	7	2	12		2	9		11
8	BANRF 2016	107	49	58	56	49	2	41	24		65
9	BANRF 2017	100	51	49	23	67	10	21	20	1	42
10	BANRF 2018	408	203	205	186	213	9	44			44
		886	392	494	321	543	22	155	151	1	307

DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER BANRF – 2017 FELLOWSHIP

Fellowship in Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, Engineering & Technology
M.Phil.	Rs. 25,000/- Per Month for 2 years (Based on academic tenure specified by concerned University)	(BANRF)
Ph.D..	Rs. 25,000/-Per Month for 1^st& 2^ndyear	(BANJRF)
	Rs. 28,000/- Per Month for 3^rd year subject to providing up-gradation certificate.	(BANJRF)
Contingency
Contingency –A	Rs. 10,000/- Per annum for initial 1^st& 2^ndyear	Humanities & Social Sciences
	Rs. 20,500/- Per annum for 3^rd year
Contingency –B	Rs. 12,000/- Per annum for initial 1^st& 2^ndyear	Sciences, Engineering & Technology
	Rs. 25,000/- Per annum for 3^rd year
Escorts/ Reader assistance
Escorts/ Reader assistance	Rs. 2,000/- Per Month In case of physically handicapped & blind candidates only.	For all disciplines
House Rent Allowance (HRA)
HRA	As per Govt. of Maharashtra norms for universities & institute within Maharashtra State & As Per University/Institute Rules. For Non-Hosteller Awardee. Ø @ 10% of per month fellowship amount for class “Z" cities Ø @ 20% of per month fellowship amount for class “Y” cities Ø @ 30% of per month fellowship amount for class “X” cities	For all disciplines
	For Hosteller Awardee As per charges paid by Awardee to avail hostel /accommodation facility provided by University /institute.

Current Status: For the year BANRF 2019 and BANRF-2020, 400 students will be given benefits for a total of 200 years each and the selection process is underway.

M.Phil./Ph.D. For BANRF 2019 and BANRF-2020. Benefits offered to students over a period of 5 years
Ph.D.	Rs. 31,000/-Per Month	(BANJRF)
Ph.D.	Rs. 35,000/- Per Month (subject to providing up-gradation certificate.)	(BANSRF)
Contingency –A	Rs. 10,000/- Per annum BANJRF	Humanities & Social Sciences
Contingency –A	Rs. 20,500/- Per annum for BANSRF	Humanities & Social Sciences
Contingency –B	Rs. 12,000/- Per annum for BANJRF	Sciences, Engineering & Technology
Contingency –B	Rs. 25,000/- Per annum for BANSRF.	Sciences, Engineering & Technology
Escorts/ Reader assistance	Rs. 2,000/- Per Month In case of physically handicapped & blind candidates only.	For all disciplines
House Rent Allowance (HRA)
HRA	As per Govt. of Maharashtra norms for universities & institute within Maharashtra State & as Per University/Institute Rules. For Non-Hosteller Awardees Ø @ 8% of per month fellowship amount for class “Z" cities Ø @ 16% of per month fellowship amount for class “Y” cities Ø @ 24% of per month fellowship amount for class “X” cities	For all disciplines
HRA	For Hosteller Awardees As per charges paid by Awardees to avail hostel /accommodation facility provided by University /institute.	For all disciplines

Fellowship Project:

The Fellowship department has been functioning since 2013. A total of 886 students are availing the benefits of the Fellowship through this scholarship department. Also, out of the total students, 154 M.Phil and 153 Ph.D. A total of 307 students have completed this.

The selection process for BANRF-2021 is proposed.