Junior/Senior Research Fellowship Programmes @ CPRI |CAREER

Friday, 19 June 2015

Areas of Research

Fellowship Details:

Duration of the Fellowship: 3 Years (may be extended for one more year )
Junior Research Fellows(JRF) will receive a fellowship worth Rs. 20,000/- per month and Senior Research Fellows will receive a fellowship worth Rs. 30,000/- per month.
SRF and JRF shall get up to Rs.25,000/- as a lump sum payment per year, based on the recommendation of the committee.
There shall be a 10% increment in Fellowship every year.
contingency expenditure up to Rs. 20,000/- during the programme.
Expenditure towards attending seminars/training programmes relevant to the project, will be provided as per CPRI norms.

Eligibility:
Candidate must:

For SRF: Postgraduate in Engineering with first class in the relevant area of specialization with consistently high level of academic record, aptitude for research with valid GATE/ UGC NET score.
For JRF: Graduate in Engineering having first class with consistently high level of academic record, aptitude for research and valid GATE / UGC NET score.

Age limit:

The upper age limit for JRF as well as SRF is 30 years as on last date for submission of applications. The age is relaxable by 3 years in case of OBC candidates and 5 years for candidates belonging to SC/ST category.

Selection Process:

The candidates are selected based on average percentage of marks obtained in all semesters in the qualifying examination(Graduate/Postgraduate in Engineering) , GATE / UGC NET score and marks obtained in personal interview.
The shortlisted candidates should apply to VTU or any other centrally-funded/state-funded institute through “CPRI Research Centre” for admission to M.Sc.(Engg) / PhD, Candidates who pass the entrance examination & interview and are declared eligible for M.Sc.(Engg)/PhD, by such institutes will be awarded Fellowship by CPRI.

How to apply:

Candidates can download the application form from: http://www.cpri.in/careers.html?task=viewid&id=78
Candidates should pay an application fee of Rs. 250/- for M.Sc.(Engg) / Rs.500/- for PhD by Demand Draft in favour of “Senior Accounts Officer, CPRI” payable at Bangalore, should be enclosed along with the application. Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PWD category are exempted from payment of application fee.
The duly filled in application form along with DD and all necessary enclosures should be sent in a sealed cover superscribed with “application for JRF / SRF” to:
Joint Director (R&D), R&D Management Division,
Central Power Research Institute,
Prof.Sir C.V. Raman Road,
PB NO.8066, Sadashiva Nagar,
P.O. Bangalore – 560 080.

Last Date: 24th June, 2015

For more details, please visit: http://www.cpri.in/careers.htm
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