Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for ST Students

The objective of the scheme is to provide fellowships in the form of financial assistance to students belonging to Scheduled Tribes to pursue higher studies such as M. Phil and Ph.D.  The scheme covers all Universities/Institutions recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under section 2(f) of the UGC Act and is  implemented by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for Scheduled Tribe students.  The fellowship under RGNF will be on the pattern of UGC Fellowships awarded to research students pursuing regular and full time M. Phil and Ph.D courses. For more information please click the link given below:

http://tribal.nic.in/index2.asp?sublinkid=425&langid=1