Accordingly, BE/BTech graduates with a GATE score (IIT graduates with a CGPA of 8 or above need not appear for GATE) or equivalent qualification will receive a stipend of Rs 16,000 per month in their first two years of research in technical institutions under the control of the ministry. Earlier they were entitled for a monthly scholarship of Rs 14,000.
Likewise, the research fellows who have a postgraduate degree in basic sciences along with a pass in the National Eligibility Test (NET) will receive a monthly fellowship of Rs 18,000 up to the fifth year of research. Till now, they were given Rs 14,000 a month in the third and fourth year of research and Rs 15,000 monthly in the final year.
The monthly emolument for researchers with a ME/MTech degree has been increased from Rs 14,000 to Rs 18,000 in the first two years and from Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 in the next two years.
In a letter on September 30, Pratima Dikshit, director (technical), HRD ministry, has communicated the revision in scholarship, which will come into retrospective effect from April 2010, to the heads of Indian Institutes of Technology, National Institutes of Technology, Indian Institute of Science, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research and other central institutions.
Source;Times of India
