Overview

On Completion of fourth year as SRF, the fellowship will be extended for the 5th year on the basis of assessment and recommendation by an Expert Committee.

Expert Committee consists of:

The Guide
Head of the Department / Dean, Faculty of Science / Any senior member of the Department
Chairman — External Member from outside the University / Institution (not below the rank of Professor / Associate Professor).

Requirements of different funding agencies as per the guidelines

Extension of tenure from 4th year to 5th year will be after submission of the following documents to the funding agency.

1) CSIR

The following documents are required to be uploaded on NewFMS through Maker/Checker of the institute. Recommendation of a three member Assessment Committee/Expert committee. Proforma for three member assessment Committee is given in Annexure-V Annual Progress Report duly supported by publications in the form of reprints/preprints/manuscripts of the paper published, accepted or communicated for publication. Proforma for Annual Progress Report is given in Annexure IV

2) DBT

The following documents are required to be sent to DBT. Recommendation of the "Three Member Assessment Committee" held after 4th year completion (Proforma is given in Annexure-X) Progress report (prescribed format in Annexure XI).
Attendance record must be properly filled in the Annual Progress Report Proforma. Annual progress reports may be sent via email to jrf[dot]dbt[at]gov[dot]in.

3) UGC

The following documents are required to be sent by administration to UGC. Recommendation of the Assessment Committee held after 4th year completion in the IGIB proforma Progress report duly signed by guide and student. (Proforma of progress report is given in Annexure-VI)

4) ICMR

Recommendation of the Assessment Committee held after completion of 4th year in the IGIB proforma Summary of Ph.D. thesis (hard copy) through Guide, full thesis may be sent in CD. Ph.D. Degree (attested copy) Research Papers published from the thesis, with due acknowledgement to ICMR in thesis and papers (If any) Final Statement of Accounts / Expenditures duly forwarded by concerned administrative authority (Expenditure and Utilisation Certificate)

JRF to SRF Upgradation procedure followed at IGIB

The SRF Extension will be conducted at IGIB twice a year for all students who are nearing completion of fourth year.
A form will be circulated via e-mail to all from Human Resource Division. Students nearing tenure completion may apply for conduct of SRF Extension assessment.
All the applications will be processed together by HR and the SRF Extension assessment will be conducted on a fixed day for the same, which will be informed to the students in advance.
Assessment conducted on fixed date.
Please prepare a progress report in the format specified by the funding agency.
A format for slide preparation for presentation on the assessment day will be circulated to students who apply for SRF Extension by the HR in advance.
Human resource division will make all arrangements for the SRF Extension assessment.
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