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other States/UTs where the number of eligible candidates is much more than the slots
allocated to that State/UT. A committee consisting of the representatives of UGC and
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment will take this decision.
(ix) UGC will evolve a mechanism for identification of the beneficiaries linking with UID/
Aadhaar number.

(x) UGC will also issue a booklet containing all the details about the scheme, for the benefit
of prospective candidates.
(xi) UGC will evolve its own mechanism for verifying the genuineness of the students with
disabilities availing of the NFPwD on fake certificate.
(xii) UGC will ensure that student with disabilities already benefiting under other fellowship
programme is not covered under NFPwD.
(xiii) The decision of the UGC with regard to award of the NFPwD shall be final and no appeal
would lie against any decision by UGC in regard thereof.
(xiv) UGC will intimate list of beneficiaries for JRF and SRF along with their UID/ Aadhaar
Number, amount of scholarship, year of fellowship, etc. to Department of Empowerment
of Persons with Disabilities for disbursement of scholarship for the fellowship

programme.
(xv) UGC shall also evaluate the performance of research work by the students with
disabilities for the purpose of awarding SRF.

16.10 ROLE OF DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES:

(i) Department of Disability Affair shall be responsible for disbursement of the fellowship
amount to the beneficiaries identified by UGC.
(ii) On receipt of the list of beneficiaries for JRF and SRF under NFPwD from UGC,
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities shall ensure on-line/
electronic transfer of fellowship amount to the identified students.

16.11 EVALUATION AND MONITORING:

The monitoring and evaluation of the fellowship programme will be done by the DEPwD.
Award of SRF' should be done after appropriate evaluation of performance in carrying out the
research work by the candidate in the .Junior Research Fellowship phase.

17. NATIONAL OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIP (MASTER'S DEGREE AND PH.D IN FOREIGN
UNIVERSITIES)

17.1 OBJECTIVES: -

To provides financial assistance to the students with disabilities who are selected for pursuing
Master's level courses and Ph.D. abroad in the following specified fields of study: (a)
Engineering & Management (b) Pure Sciences and Applied Sciences (c) Agricultural Science &
Medicine (d) Commerce, Accounting and Finance and (e) Humanities, Social Science including
Law & Fine Arts.

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