The Maulana Azad Fellowship Scheme (MANF) is to provide five year fellowships in the form of financial assistance to students from six notified minority communities viz. Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Muslim, Parsi and Sikh, notified by the Central Government, to pursue M. Phil and Ph.D. The Fellowship will cater to the minority community students pursuing regular and full time research studies leading to award of M.Phil/Ph.D degree within India only.
Eligibility:
(i) Prior clearance of CBSE/NTA-UGC-NET/ CSIR-NET examination will be a pre-requisite for the award of fellowship.
(ii) Candidate should have secured a minimum score of 55% at Post Graduate level.
(iii) Candidate should belong to one of the minority communities.
(iv) Candidate should be registered for regular and full time M.Phil/Ph.D courses under UGC accredited institutions.
Implementing Agency: UGC will be the nodal agency for implementing the MANF Scheme and ensures that the Scheme is also included in the Notification/Press Release to be issued by National testing Agency (NTA) for UGC-NET and Joint CSIR-UGC NET examinations.
Know more: https://manf.ugc.ac.in/default.aspx