No Minority Fellowships Since October, Researchers Cry Foul
Why are the minority research scholarships running on low funds ever since the government at the centre changed?
In India, we have less than 1 lakh research scholars for a population of more than 1 billion people. While this number is already far too dismal for a developing country harbouring “Make in India”dreams, our system is making it even more difficult for its students to carry out research.
After non-NET fellowship (Fellowship given to students doing research without clearing UGC’s National Eligibility Test) being in news as University Grants Commission (UGC) tried to curb it last year, Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) is the next attempt to demoralize research scholars.
MANF for minority research scholars was started in 2009, following the recommendations of Sachchar Committee. For initial years, things went smooth, but students started facing problems after the government changed in the centre in 2014, say students.
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