INDIAN COUNCIL OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH Applications Are Invited For the Post of Junior Research Fellow

Applications are invited on the prescribed form so as to reach the undersigned on or before
30.10.2012 from candidates for admission to an eligibility examination for the award of Junior Research Fellowship



Post:
Junior Research Fellow

Qualificaiton: (a) Candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s Degree OR equivalent examination from universities/ institutions recognised by the UGC in History/ Archaeology/Museology are eligible for this examination. The Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Physically Handicapped (PH)/Visually Handicapped(VH) category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree or equivalent examination are eligible for this Examination.(b) Candidates who are admitted for a Ph.D programme can apply for the ICHR Junior Research Fellowship (Junior Fellowship). The grant to the selected candidates would be available only upon their registration for a Ph.D degree.

Application Fee: Fee of Rs. 200/- (Rupees two hundred only) shall be paid in the form of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of the Deputy Director (Accounts), New Delhi. (Candidates belonging to SC/ST are exempted from payment of the fee).

(a) The Eligibility Examination will be for a maximum of 100 marks to be answered in 3 hours.
(b) Questions can be answered in either English or Hindi.
(c) The examination will be based on the syllabus of standard post-graduate programmes in History in Indian Universities. The emphasis will be on Indian history.
(d) Marks in the examination will be distributed in the following manner:
a) 30 marks for 30 objective type questions
b) 50 marks for 2 essay type questions
c) 20 marks for 5 questions of comprehension on a given passage (There will be adequate choice in b)and c) above.)
(e) Candidates who qualify in the written examination shall appear for an Interview at the offices of the ICHR in New Delhi.
Second class railway or bus fare chargeable by the shortest routes from Railway Station / Bus Stand nearest to their normal place of residence or from where they actually perform the journey, whichever is nearer to the place of examination, will be reimbursed to eligible candidates on production of tickets. The purpose of this interview will be to evaluate the quality of the doctoral work proposed.

Last Date: 30 October 12

Click Here For More Details:
http://www.ichrindia.org/Fellowship-forms/JRF_Notification.pdf

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