In
order to promote scholarship in Classical Tamil,
the Central Institute of Indian Languagesunder
its Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical
Languages – Scheme for Classical Tamil proposes
to award Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellowships
to eligible candidates. The details are
as follows:
Doctoral
Fellowships (10) :
- The Doctoral Fellowship includes Rs. 10,000/-
per month for 2 years with a contingency
grant of Rs. 10,000/- per annum. It is extendable
by another 3 years in case of actual need
after proper assessment of the progress made.The
maximum period of fellowship will not exceed
5 years. To begin with it is upto March
31, 2007 only
- Post
Graduate Degree holders with first or high
second class in Language, Linguistics, or
allied disciplines such as Anthropology, Sociology,
Education, Archeology, Epigraphy, Philosophy,
etc., are eligible to apply. Candidates belonging
to SC/ST category will be given relaxation
of 5% marks as per UGC norms.
- The candidate should have registered for Ph.D.
in any recognised University or Institute.
Those who are about to register for Ph.D.
can also apply, but they have to get registered
before commencement of the fellowship.
- Preference
will be given to Ph.D. registrants who are
working on topics related to Tamil Grammatical
and Literary Traditions, Comparative Literature,
Comparative Dravidian and Language Typology.
- The candidate should not have exceeded 30
years of age as on 31-10-2005. Age relaxation
will be allowed for OBC candidates (3 years)
and SC/ST candidates (5 years).
Post-Doctoral
Fellowships (5) :
-
The
Post-Doctoral Fellowship includes award of
Rs. 12,000/- per month for 2 years with
a contingency grant of Rs. 20,500/- per annum.
It is extendable by one more year in case
of actual need after proper assessment of
the progress made. The maximum period of fellowship
will not exceed 3 years.To begin with it is
upto March 31, 2007 only.
-
Ph.D.
Degree holders who are interested to work
in the areas of Language, Linguistics, or
allied disciplines such as Anthropology, Sociology,
Education, Archeology, Epigraphy, Philosophy,
etc., are eligible to apply. Those who have
already submitted the Ph.D. thesis and are
shortly expecting the award of Ph.D. Degree
can also apply.
-
Preference
will be given to those who are working on
topics related to Tamil Grammatical
and Literary Traditions, Comparative Literature,
Comparative Dravidian and Language Typology.
-
The
candidate should not have exceeded 40 years
of age as on 31-10-2005. Age relaxation will
be allowed for OBC candidates (3 years) and
SC/ST candidates (5 years).
-
Persons
who are employed should route their application
through their employers.
Those
who are interested may download the application
form from the Institute’s website www.ciil.org and the completed application may be sent by
post or fax or electronically to Dr.
K. Ramasamy, Professor cum Deputy Director, Head,
Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical
Languages - Scheme for Classical Tamil, Central
Institute of Indian Languages, Manasagangotri,
Mysore-570006 (Telephone : 0821-2345019, Fax :
0821-2515032) Email: ramasamyk@ciil.stpmy.soft.net.
The
last date for receiving the nominations and applications
is 11th November 2005.
Prof.Udaya Narayana Singh
Director
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