Anna Univ to offer post-doc fellowships
Varsity To Start With 20 Fellows, May Gradually Hike Numbers
Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com
Chennai:27.05.2019
To enhance the research and innovation ecosystem, Anna University for the first time has introduced postdoctoral fellowships, starting this academic year.
The selected fellows would receive a monthly stipend of ₹45,000 and house rental allowance of ₹10,000 which is on a par with central institutions such as IIT Madras.
“We hope to bridge the gap between research scholars and professors with post-doctoral fellows. It would help us create a better research ecosystem,” said M K Surappa, vice-chancellor of Anna University.
The university is likely to start with an offer of 20 post-doctoral fellowships in the first year and may gradually increase the numbers.
The varsity also hopes to attract talented engineers and scientists with diverse backgrounds to work on challenging and frontier areas.
“Many faculty members after being burdened with administrative duties have lost touch with research. Post-doctoral fellows can also write research papers and stay up-to-date with latest research. They can devote themselves completely to research,” VC Surappa said.
Besides HRA and fellowship, to make the offer more attractive to students, the varsity will provide post-doctoral fellows with travel grant of ₹1 lakh and 20 days leave in a year.
Professors from the university also said the varsity is planning to develop centres of excellence in cutting-edge fields.
“The post-doctoral fellowship would help these centres acquire high quality research scholars,” a professor said.
More than 13,00 candidates are pursuing their PhDs in Anna University and its affiliated colleges.
In its notification, the university said initially the fellowship will be last a period of 2 years, renewable to another year based on the performance of the fellow.
Candidates must have secured first class in their UG and PG courses and should apply for the fellowship within three years of completing their PhD. Candidates who are less than 32 years of age are preferred.
The post-doctoral fellow would be evaluated by a performance evaluation committee every six months.
The candidate should also present a progress report. If the performance is not satisfactory as per university standards, it can terminate the fellowship with two months’ notice.
The university had recently introduced minimum marks in the entrance exams for PhD scholars to improve the quality of the research.
As per the notification, eligible candidates must score 40 of 100 marks.
Varsity To Start With 20 Fellows, May Gradually Hike Numbers
Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com
Chennai:27.05.2019
To enhance the research and innovation ecosystem, Anna University for the first time has introduced postdoctoral fellowships, starting this academic year.
The selected fellows would receive a monthly stipend of ₹45,000 and house rental allowance of ₹10,000 which is on a par with central institutions such as IIT Madras.
“We hope to bridge the gap between research scholars and professors with post-doctoral fellows. It would help us create a better research ecosystem,” said M K Surappa, vice-chancellor of Anna University.
The university is likely to start with an offer of 20 post-doctoral fellowships in the first year and may gradually increase the numbers.
The varsity also hopes to attract talented engineers and scientists with diverse backgrounds to work on challenging and frontier areas.
“Many faculty members after being burdened with administrative duties have lost touch with research. Post-doctoral fellows can also write research papers and stay up-to-date with latest research. They can devote themselves completely to research,” VC Surappa said.
Besides HRA and fellowship, to make the offer more attractive to students, the varsity will provide post-doctoral fellows with travel grant of ₹1 lakh and 20 days leave in a year.
Professors from the university also said the varsity is planning to develop centres of excellence in cutting-edge fields.
“The post-doctoral fellowship would help these centres acquire high quality research scholars,” a professor said.
More than 13,00 candidates are pursuing their PhDs in Anna University and its affiliated colleges.
In its notification, the university said initially the fellowship will be last a period of 2 years, renewable to another year based on the performance of the fellow.
Candidates must have secured first class in their UG and PG courses and should apply for the fellowship within three years of completing their PhD. Candidates who are less than 32 years of age are preferred.
The post-doctoral fellow would be evaluated by a performance evaluation committee every six months.
The candidate should also present a progress report. If the performance is not satisfactory as per university standards, it can terminate the fellowship with two months’ notice.
The university had recently introduced minimum marks in the entrance exams for PhD scholars to improve the quality of the research.
As per the notification, eligible candidates must score 40 of 100 marks.
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