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NDRI Institute Scholarship For M.Sc. And Ph.d

Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

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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.

The scholarship will be under the Administrative control of the Joint Director/Director.

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.

For the purpose of payment of the Scholarship the Academic year is divided into two periods as follows:
  • First Period From (Covering the 1st semester) Date of joining to 31st January
  • Second Period From (Covering the 2nd semester) 1st February to 31st July

Conditions For Payment Of Scholarship
1. (a) Students of Master’s and Doctoral programmes must register for each and every prescribed course in each semester. Those who do not register for all the prescribed courses in a semester will not receive a scholarship for that period (Research will be taken as a course for this purpose).

(b) Scholarship for each preceding month for eligible students will be released only after the receipt of the Progress Report.

(c) When the name of a student is struck off from the rolls of the University for any reason whatsoever, any amount due to him/her, whether sanctioned or not, will not be paid to him/ her.

2. (a) Master’s and Doctoral students must have obtained an aggregate of 65% marks or 6.5 grade point average out of 10.0 (in Major, Complementary and Supporting courses) during the previous semester for being eligible to receive scholarship during the next period. For each course that he/she did not sit in the examination or detained for any reason, zero marks will be taken for calculating the aggregate. In case of course(s) in which he/she fails, the actual marks obtained will be counted towards the aggregate.

(b) The Master’s and Doctoral students who fail to obtain 65% marks or 6.5 grade point average out of 10.0 in aggregate but clear all the course work requirement will have to improve by re-appearing in one or more courses (where the marks obtained is below 65%) in the supplementary/ semester-end examinations so as to obtain 65% marks or 6.5 grade point average out of 10.0 in aggregate to become eligible for renewal of scholarship from the date of clearing the courses.

Further provided that in both the semesters, the cases of such of the student(s), who fail to obtain 65% marks or 6.5 Grade Point Average out of 10.0, will be reviewed by the Joint Director(A) after the declaration of result of supplementary examinations and such students’ fellowship will be released from the date of clearing the course(s).

(c) In case of Master’s students having three year degree programme and offering only prerequisite courses during the year of admission, must have obtained an aggregate of 65% marks or 6.5 grade point average out of 10.0 during the previous semester for being eligible to receive scholarship during the next period. For each course that he/she did not sit in the examination or was detained for any reason, zero marks will be taken for calculating the aggregate. In case of courses in which he/she fails, the actual marks obtained will b counted towards the aggregate.

(d) The aggregate of 64.5% and above will be considered as 65% for the purpose of calculating the aggregate for the scholarship and not for any other purpose whatsoever.

(e) For the continuation of scholarship of SC/ST students, who obtain less than 65% marks or 6.5 grade point average out of 10.0, the Joint Director/ Director/Competent Authority may relax up to a maximum of 5% after fully satisfying himself about the justification of each individual case. This relaxation will however be allowed only once during the academic programme of a SC/ST student.

3. Scholarship for each period will be released only after declaration of results of the previous semester.

4. Last one full month’s scholarship will be released only after the student submits the thesis/dissertation.

Conduct Probation
The amount of scholarship shall not be paid to the student during the period of Conduct Probation.

Termination of Scholarship
The scholarship will be terminated on the date:
  • The student ceases to be on the rolls of NDRI.
  • Student completes his/her study, which includes final viva-voce.
  • The sanction expires.
  • Under exceptional circumstances, if in the opinion of the Joint Director, the student is found to be negligent in his/her work or guilty of unbecoming conduct, with or without notice.

5. Students Offered Scholarship Under A Collaborative Programme
No Scholarship shall be admissible to the student from the date he/she is relieved from the University to avail the fellowship/scholarship awarded under the collaborative programme and it will be paid only from the date he/she returns and rejoins the Institute. The period spent under collaborative programme will count towards the total period for which the scholarship has been awarded.

6 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 Rs. 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.
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