Banaras Hindu University opens 'Malviya Postdoctoral Fellowships' for Indians as well

The Banaras Hindu University released a revised notification for the “Malviya Postdoctoral Fellowships”

The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) opened the “Malviya Postdoctoral Fellowships” to Indian nationals as well. Earlier, the Banaras Hindu University opened the applications only for the foreign nationals, persons of Indian origin (PIOs) and overseas citizens of India (OCI).

However, later, the University released a revised notification related to the Malviya Postdoctoral Fellowships. In the revised notification,   the University invited “rolling” applications for various postdoctoral fellowships from both Indian and foreign nationals.

The Malviya Postdoctoral Fellowships revised notification states, “The other terms and conditions for the fellowship remain the same [as before].”

BHU, under its status as Institution of Eminence (IoE), announced “Malviya Postdoctoral Fellowships”. The official statement reads, “This programme offers up to 100 positions in all disciplines of Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and other professional disciplines.”

Interested candidates must know that fellowship will be awarded for a period of three years. However, the fellowship can be extended further by two years upon favorable evaluation by the review committee.

BHU Malviya Postdoctoral Fellowships: Eligibility Criteria

• The candidates must be less than 35 years of age.
• The Candidates should have a postgraduate doctoral degree (PhD) from the 500 top institutions (THE or Q-S ranking). They should have a very good academic record throughout or a postdoctoral experience of three years from the 500 top institutions.
• Candidates should have published their works in high impact journals, evidencing their research capability.

Banaras Hindu University: Malviya Postdoctoral Fellowships 2020

The selected candidates will receive a fellowship of Rs 1 lakh per month (or approximately $1500 per month). In addition, the candidate would be entitled to an annual research grant of Rs 3 lakh. Accommodation may be available at nominal rent on the BHU campus.

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