About the Department

Fellowship Department -

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  Submitted			Total
						M.Phil.	Ph.D.	Integrated	M.Phil.	Ph.D.	Integrated	Fellows	Thesis Submitted	Percentage
1	BANSSRF	2012	5	5	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	5	3	60%
2	BANRF	2013	15	11	4	6	9	0	6	3	0	15	9	60%
3	BANRF	2014	95	22	73	29	66	0	24	31	0	95	55	58%
4	BANRF	2015	84	36	48	9	75	0	5	20	0	84	25	31%
5	SPNRF	2015	42	0	42	5	37	0	5	9	0	42	14	33%
6	JPNRF	2015	16	8	8	3	13	0	3	1	0	16	4	25%
7	CSNRF	2015	14	7	7	2	12	0	2	3	0	14	5	36%
8	BANRF	2016	107	49	58	56	49	2	37	13	0	107	50	47%
9	BANRF	2017	100	51	49	23	67	10	13	4	0	100	17	17%
Total			478	189	289	135	330	13	96	86	0	478	182	38%

 

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

 

DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER banrf – 2018 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 1st & 2nd year	(BANJRF)
	Rs. 28,000/- Per Month for 3rd year subject to providing up-gradation certificate.	(BANSRF)
Contingency
Contingency –A	Rs. 10,000/- Per annum for initial 1st & 2nd year	Humanities & Social Sciences
	Rs. 20,500/- Per annum for 3rd year
Contingency –B	Rs. 12,000/- Per annum for initial 1st & 2nd year	Sciences, Engineering & Technology
	Rs. 25,000/- Per annum for 3rd 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
HRA	For Hosteller Awardee As per charges paid by Awardee to avail hostel /accommodation facility provided by University /institute.	For all disciplines