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  Home >>Scholarships and Fellowships for Postgraduates and Research Scholars >> Department of Culture - New Delhi

Department of Culture
S&F Section
Room No. 333, 'C' Wing
Shastri Bhawan
New Delhi 110001

offers Fellowships to Outstanding Artists in the Field of Performing, Literary and Visual Arts.

The Fellowships are awarded for undertaking research oriented projects. While both the academic research and performance related research are encouraged, the applicant should provide evidence of his/her capabilities in undertaking the project

The Fellowships are not intended for providing training, conducting workshops, seminars or documenting memoirs / or writing autobiographies/ ficition etc

No. of Scholarship: A total of 170 Fellowships is awarded.
Duration: Maximum period of two years
Value:
(a) 85 are Senior Fellowships having a value of Rs. 12000 p.m. for Artistes in the age group of 41 years or above

(b) 85 are Junior Fellowships having a value of Rs. 6000 p.m. for theArtistes in the age group of 25-40 years

(c) The Department reserves the right to call the short-listed Junior Fellowships candidates for Interview

(d) Selected candidates will have to undertake academic or application oriented   research work on the projects for which they have been awarded fellowships. They will completed their project document within two years and submit the same to this Department

Instruction:
(a) The applicant for the Senior Fellowship should not have earlier availed Senior Fellowship under any of the fields. The candidates who have availed Junior Fellowship earlier and intend to apply for the Senior Fellowships can apply only if there is a gap of five years from the date of completion of their Junior Fellowship under any of the field

(b) If the applicants are employed in the Central/State Government Departments / Institutions / Undertaking / Universities, UGC aided colleges etc. They will have to take leave for a period of two years if selected for the grant of fellowship. They should submit their fellowships applications through the Head of the Department / Institution / Undertaking / University etc. with the written assurance that in case the Fellowship is sanctioned, the candidate would be granted leave for the duration of the fellowship as per rules of the Department/Institutions etc.  The first installment of Fellowship will be released on production of proof of leave sanctioned in addition
to fulfillment of other conditions as applicable to other Fellowship Awardees
(c) Books / Brochures / Cassettes must not be sent
(d) In case of visual arts, six photographs of the applicant's work should be appended with the application
(e) Application should not be a recipient of Pension from the Department of Culture, Govt. of India under the scheme of grant of financial assistance to Artistes in indigent circumstances
Application forms  can  be download from the   Website: www.indiaculture.nic.in

Last date:November.

 

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