Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Fellowship for Single Girl Child (SJSGC) is a Fellowship Scheme by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Department of Higher Education, for pursuing research work leading to the award of a Ph.D. degree. The target group of this scheme is the ‘single girl child’.
Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Fellowship For Single Girl Child - Introduction
- Objectives of the Scheme -
- To support the higher education of single girl children in Social Sciences.
- To recognize the value of observance of the small family norm.
- To recognize the norm of single girl children in society.
- To propagate the concept of single girl child norm.
- To promote single girls in society.
Eligibility
- Any single girl child of her parents pursuing Ph.D. in any stream/subject in recognised Universities/Colleges/Institutes is eligible to apply under the scheme.
- The scheme is applicable to such a single girl child who has registered herself in a regular, full-time Ph. D. program.
- Admission to Ph.D. Course in part-time/distance mode is not covered under the scheme. A scholar is not eligible for fellowship if the research is intended/pursued through open/part-time distance education mode or part-time mode.
- Girl students up to the age of 40 years for the general category and 45 years for the reserved categories (SC/ST/OBC and PWD - Persons with Disabilities) as on the last date of submission of the online application are eligible.
- Both the scholar receiving the fellowship and the institution concerned, where the scholar is pursuing her Ph.D., are responsible to ensure that the terms and conditions of these schemes are followed properly and only the eligible candidates get the fellowship.