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ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY

(A State University Awarded Category-I by MHRD – UGC and A+ Grade (CGPA:3.64)

by NAAC 2019: QS ASIA Rank – 216, QS BRICS Rank – 104, QS India Rank – 20) KARAIKUDI

 

Walk-in-Interview Notification for RUSA Senior Post Doctoral Fellowship (SPDF) / Post Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) in various Theme Based Research funded Under RUSA 2.0

 

Walk-in-Interview Date and Time;           Faculty          Arts, 08.07.2019 at 10.00 a.m. 

Venue: Conference Hall in Central Library, Adjacent to Administrative Building, Alagappa University, Karaikudi.

Note: The Senior PDF and PDF have to contribute to the development of Research Theme of the Department with publications in Scopus indexed journals/ Impact Factor Journals, Patents etc.

 

Faculty of Arts:                             Advanced Social and Linguistics Studies

Name of the Department         Department of Library and Information Science

Sub Themes                                   Creation of Human and Institutional Resource Database of Indian Social Science Scholars

 

Eligibility, Duration and Fellowship:

Senior PDF:

Indian Citizen with PhD Degree from a recognized University with excellent academic record and minimum two years experience from reputed Foreign Universities. The upper age limit is 40 years at the time of Interview. Relaxation of 5 years will be given to Women candidates and Reserved Category. (Age limit can be relaxed for highly meritorious candidates). Senior Post Doctoral Fellowship will be offered for a period of one year, Extendable up to four more years based on performance assessment every year.

Fellowship     Rs. 1,00,000/- per month (consolidated)

Contingency A contingency grant of Rs. 1, 50,000/- per annum will be provided for research purposes.

 

PDF:

Indian Citizen with PhD Degree from a recognized University with excellent academic record. The upper age limit is 40 years at the time of Interview. Relaxation of 5 years will be given to Women candidates and Reserved Category. (Age limit can be relaxed for highly meritorious candidates). Post Doctoral Fellowship will be offered initially for a period of one year, Extendable up to four more years based on performance assessment every year.

Fellowship      Rs. 75,000/- per month (consolidated)

Contingency  A contingency grant of Rs. 1, 00,000/- per annum will be provided for research purposes.

 

Other information:

1. The Fellowship shall be a full time engagement for research work and cannot be combined with any other full time or part-time work.

2. The University does not protect pay of any candidate selected and they are eligible for fellowship grant only on full time award.

3. The selection and award of SPDF/PDF will be through a ten minutes presentation followed by Interview to be held at Alagappa University. No TA/DA is permissible for attending the interview.

4. Interview for foreign candidates applying for SPDF/PDF will be conducted through SKYPE / Video Conferencing based on request by the candidate. The candidates should send their filled-in application form and power point presentation to rusa.alucoordinator@alagappauniversity.ac.in five days before the date interview to arrange the Skype interview smoothly. (Presentation consists of Past achievements and future research plan in above mentioned theme, Max. 15 slides). Candidates are also requested to send their SKYPE Id and phone number for communication.

 

Official link

https://www.alagappauniversity.ac.in/uploads/news_events/1561634268_Advertisement_SPDF_PDF_(27-06-19).pdf?fbclid=IwAR1kEbZ6yHzP1_ysQFX0LEHTvvYLNB1MHQcNbvQt_fzH0tDBrRZsGdb9T6A