{"id":55777,"date":"2025-07-19T15:02:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T09:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=55777"},"modified":"2025-07-19T15:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T09:32:17","slug":"maulana-azad-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/maulana-azad-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"Maulana Azad Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Maulana Azad Fellowship Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs\u00a0 announced that payments pending for seven months under Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) have been released.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Maulana Azad Fellowship<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a <strong>five-year fellowship<\/strong> provided by the Centre in the form of financial assistance to six notified minority communities \u2013 <strong>Muslims, Buddhists, Christians, Jains, Parsis and Sikhs<\/strong> \u2014 <strong>to pursue M Phil and PhD.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheme covers all Universities\/Institutions recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) as under:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Central\/State Universities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (including constituent and affiliated institutions) included under UGC Act, 1956 and having valid accreditation from NAAC.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Deemed Universities under Section 3 of UGC Act<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> i.e. Institution for higher education notified by Central Government to be deemed University, in consultation with UGC and having valid accreditation from NAAC.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Institutions fully funded by the State \/ Central Government<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and empowered to award degrees.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Institutions of National Importance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as notified by Ministry of Human Resource Development<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fellowship holders under this Fellowship will be known as Ministry of Minority Affairs scholars.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Scope:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Fellowship will cater to the minority community students pursuing regular and full time research studies leading to award of M.Phil\/Ph.D degree within India only.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will enable them to be eligible for employment to the posts with M.Phil and Ph.D as pre- requisites, including the posts of Assistant Professors in various academic institutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nodal Ministry:<\/b> <b>Ministry of Minority Affairs<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Implementing Agency:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> University Grants Commission<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/pending-payments-of-maulana-azad-fellowship-cleared-says-ministry-10133743\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maulana Azad Fellowship is a five-year fellowship provided by the Centre in the form of financial assistance to six notified minority 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