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16.0 Other criteria
The payment of fellowship for the gap period from M.Phil to Ph.D may be made and

shall be counted in the total tenure of the fellowship i.e. for five years, if the candidates
are actually working in the university during the gap period. However, the total period
of the fellowship shall remain five years. The gap period for the registration in Ph.D
after completion of M.Phil is strictly one year only and Fellowship will lapse if the
gap is more than one year.

16.1 Submission of Bond

The beneficiary shall be required to submit the bond at the time of joining fellowship.
Ministry may prescribe that the details of project summary details being done by the
student should be submitted at Ministry within three months of release of the first
installment of the fellowship. If the student discontinues the fellowship without
completion of the course for any reason, he/she liable to refund 50% of the total
fellowship amount received by him/her to the Ministry.(Please refer Annexure-VII)

16.2 Leave benefit for fellowship

i. The candidates are entitled for a maximum period of 30 days of leave in a year in addition to
public holidays. They are not entitled to any other vacation.

ii. Candidates are eligible for maternity/Paternity leave as per Govt.of India norms issued from
time to time at full rates of fellowship once during the tenure of their award.

iii. Beside this an “Intermittent Break’ for a maximum period of 1 year may also be
permissible to the women candidates. The leave can be availed 3 times during
the entire period of fellowship. However, the total duration of leave shall not
exceed one year. This Flexi Time period should not be counted towards the
tenure of the fellowship and thus effectively the total period of fellowship will

remain the same.
iv. Academic Leave: Academic leave without fellowship shall be permissible only for one year
throughout the tenure (for any kind of academic assignment/teaching/foreign visit in

connection with research work). The period of leave without fellowship will be counted
towards the tenure. Expenditure on foreign visit in connection to research work cannot be
claimed from Ministry.

Note: All kinds of leave should be approved at the level of the University/ College/ Institute.
Prior approval of the University/Institute/College is mandatory for all types of leaves.

17.0 Transfer of fellowship

The Fellowship will be permitted to transfer the fellowship from one Universities/ Institutes/
Colleges to another Universities/Institutes/Colleges under special circumstances with prior
approval of the Ministry based on `No Objection Certificate’ from both
Universities/Institutes/Colleges.

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