MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION & HIGHWAYS
INDIAN POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIP PLAN - 2018/19
Applications are invited from eligible Sri Lankans for the award of 05 scholarships for PhD courses offered by the Government of India under the above scholarship scheme.
Field of Study
Open to all streams except Medicine/Paramedical (Nursing/Physiotherapy/Anesthesia etc.) Fashion Courses
General Eligibility Requirements
- Should be a citizen of Sri Lanka.
- Applicants must have a First or Second Class (Upper Division) degree from a recognized university
- Applicants should be below 40 years of age on 23.04.2018
- Be employed in the Public Sector, University , or a State Corporation
- No application will be entertained from a person holding a temporary/ casual/ contractual appointment or a person who is unemployed. Only permanent and confirmed employees will be considered for the scholarships.
- An employee on probation may apply provided however that his/her confirmation is conditional upon acquiring a specified postgraduate qualification, in such a case a statement to that effect should be included in cage 17 of the application.
Note
A lecturer on probation is eligible to apply when he/she has been in continuous service for a period of one year from the date of his/her appointment by 28.12.2016 (As per the UGC-ECode Chapter X. Division II, 27:3).
Interview
I. Candidates will be summoned for an interview after short-listing of applications.
II. As a result of the time period defined by the Government of India the interviews may be conducted within the same week after the closing date. As a results, the shortlisted candidates will be summoned by the email provided in
their applications and the candidates are advised to keeping touch with their emails.
III. He/she should produce at the interview original certificates of academic qualifications, Certificate of Birth, National Identity card, and any other documentary evidence in support of his/her candidature as requested. Traveling or other expenses incurred in connection with this interview will not be paid.
Nomination for Scholarship:
No candidate should treat his/her nomination by this Ministry for an acceptance for the award. Acceptance is a matter entirely within the discretion of the respective awarding agency to whom the nomination is made. Selected candidates who decline to accept the award after nomination will not be considered for any other award during the year.
Closing date
4.00 p.m 23rd April 2018.
Applications should be sent to the following address of this Ministry by Registered Post or by hand.
Secretary
Ministry of Higher Education & Highways
Higher Education Division
No.18, Ward Place,
Colombo 07
11.04.2018
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