The Research and Development (R&D) cell oversees and facilitates the fellowships granted to research scholars, both Post-Doctoral and Doctoral, by various external funding agencies. Additionally, it assists these scholars in the application process for fellowships from different funding sources. The R&D cell also processes the contingency bills submitted by the scholars. There are two modes of fellowship payment currently in practice: online and offline.

In the case of online fellowships, the relevant funding agency issues a sanction order to the selected scholars and disburses the monthly fellowship, House Rent Allowance (HRA), contingency, and other eligible allowances through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system. This disbursement occurs following the submission of three-month continuation and six-month progress reports. The R&D cell verifies this information on the respective funding agency’s portals. Upon confirmation from the R&D cell of the University, the funding agency directly transfers the fellowship funds to the scholars’ bank accounts.

Upon completion of the fellowship, scholars must submit a Utilization Certificate (UC), Statement of Expenditure (SoE), and a Final Report to the funding agency for the settlement of the fellowship.

For offline fellowships, the funding agency also issues a sanction order to the selected scholars, and the monthly fellowship, HRA, contingency, and other eligible allowances are released to the Finance and Accounts section of the University. Similar to the online process, disbursement occurs after the submission of three-month continuation and six-month progress reports. The R&D cell verifies this information and secures the necessary approvals from the Competent Authority. Once confirmed by the R&D cell, the Finance and Accounts section of the University releases the fellowship directly to the scholars’ bank accounts.

At the conclusion of the fellowship, scholars are required to submit a Utilization Certificate (UC), Statement of Expenditure (SoE), and a Final Report to the funding agency for the settlement of the fellowship.

• House Rent Allowance (HRA) will be allocated to qualified scholar’s contingent upon the presentation of a non-boarding certificate issued by the Chief Warden.

• All issues concerning the approval, duration, payment, recovery, transfer, cessation of payments, and other related aspects of the fellowships will be managed in accordance with the stipulations set forth by the respective funding agencies. In instances where the funding agency does not provide specific guidelines, such matters will be governed by the University’s regulations.

• All contingency expense claims must be submitted to the Research and Development (R&D) cell through the appropriate channels, specifically via the Guide, Head of Department (HOD), and Dean.

• All circulars, guidelines, and procedures pertaining to the fellowship will be communicated and made accessible on the University Website, particularly under the R&D section.