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Home >>Scholarships and Fellowships for Postgraduates and Research Scholars >> Ministry of Tourism Culture - New Delhi
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Ministry of Tourism and Culture
(Department of Culture)
Room No. 334, 'C' Wing
Shastri Bhavan
New Delhi 110001
offers the following:
(i) Financial Assistance to Professional Groups and Individuals for Specified Performing Art Projects
Areas: Theatre, Dance, Drama, Music, Rare and other Traditional forms. The support is available to well conceived projects including Literary Expressions and Multimedia Productions related to performing arts, with preference being given to experimental and innovative reinterpretation. Project assistance at a maximum is of Rs.1lakh and intended to cover rental for Halls for rehearsals, Transport
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contingencies, Research expenditure etc.The Department, however, reserves the right to relax the ceiling on assistance in exceptional cases of larger repertoires/productions. The Department may also provide financial assistance, if necessary,
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for the staging of productions in selected cases. Assistance is given on the condition that the recipient will stage the production, if the Department so wishes, at a venue indicated and arranged by it
The Scheme also admits support to a limited number of organizations of some standing in the field of performing arts, that employ gurus/ directors for their creative endeavours. Preference is given to those organizations that justify such engagement of artistes/ gurus in terms of well focused annual programme of productions - employment of teachers and gurus will have to be a means to a creative end. Monthly salary to an artiste and to a guru will be Rs. 3,000 and Rs. 5,000 per month respective y. The Department's support will be available to a maximum of twenty artistes
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(ii) Award of Fellowships to Outstanding Artists of Performing, Literary and Plastic Arts
(The Scheme provides basic financial support for eithervery advanced training of individual
creative effort to out standing personalities in the fields of performing, literary and plastic arts)
Eligibility: Indian nationals who are outstanding artists in the fields of Performing, Literary and Visual Arts.
Duration: 2 years. Age: 2565 years
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Value:
(a) Out of a total of 200 Fellowships, 50 Fellowships have value of Rs. 6,000 per month, and 150 Fellowships have value of Rs. 3,000 per month
(b) The Junior Fellowship provides financial support to outstanding Artistes in the age group of 25-35 years. Fellowships have a value of Rs. 3,000 per month for a period of two years
(c) The Senior Fellowship provides Financial support to outstanding Artists in the age group of 40 and above Rs. 6,000 per month for period of two years. Last date: April
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