Scheme for Scholarship and Fellowship

Scheme for Scholarship and Fellowship


The Ministry of Culture implemented a scheme which name "Scheme of Scholarship and Fellowship for Promotion of Art and Culture, which consistently three components i.e. (i) Award of Scholarships to Young Artists in Different Cultural Fields, (ii) Award of Senior/Junior Fellowship to Outstanding Persons in the Fields of Culture and (iii) Tagore National Fellowship for Cultural Research. For more details of this scheme, read the below:

Ministry of Culture

Scheme for Scholarship and Fellowship

02 MAR 2020

The Ministry of Culture implements a Scheme namely, ‘Scheme of Scholarship and Fellowship for Promotion of Art and Culture’, which consists of three components viz (i) ‘Award of Scholarships to Young Artists in Different Cultural Fields’, (ii) ‘Award of Senior/Junior Fellowships to Outstanding Persons in the Fields of Culture’ and (iii) ‘Tagore National Fellowship for Cultural Research. The details in respect of aforesaid three components are at Annexure I

The detail of the total number of Artists selected during the last three years, year-wise and State-wise is at Annexure II, III & IV.

Annexure I

Details of three components of the Scheme of Scholarship and Fellowship for Promotion of Art and Culture

  1. Component I: Award of Scholarships to Young Artistes in Different Cultural Fields:
Under this scheme component,up to 400 scholarships (in a Batch Year) are awarded to persons of outstanding promise in the age group of 18-25 years. An amount of Rs. 5,000/- p.m. is given for 2 years for advanced training within India.

    2. Component II:Award of Senior/Junior Fellowships to Outstanding Persons in The Fields of Culture:

Under this scheme component,up to 400 Senior/Junior Fellowships (in a Batch Year) are awarded to outstanding persons in the age group above 40 years (Sr.) and 25 to 40 years (Jr.) respectively. An amount of 20,000/-p.m. and Rs. 10,000/- p.m. is given to Senior/Junior Fellows respectively for 2 years for cultural research.

     3. Component III:Tagore National Fellowship for Cultural Research:

Under this scheme component,up to 25 Scholarships and 15 Fellowships (in a Batch Year) are awarded to outstanding personsin order to invigorate and revitalise the various institutions under the Ministry of Culture (MoC) and other identified cultural institutions in the country, by encouraging scholars/ academicians to affiliate themselves with these institutions to work on projects of mutual interest. An honorarium of Rs. 80,000/- p.m. plus contingencies and Rs. 50,000/-p.m.plus contingencies is given to Fellows and Scholars respectively for 2 years.

Annexure-II

Year-wise and State wise break –up of The Total Number of Scholarships awarded under the Scheme Component of Scholarships to Young Artistes in Different Cultural Fields (SYA) during last 03 years



Sl No
State/UT
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
  1.  
--
--
--
  1.  
07
02
06
  1.  
--
02
04
  1.  
14
12
19
  1.  
11
10
14
  1.  
01
--
01
  1.  
08
08
14
  1.  
Delhi
16
14
21
  1.  
01
01
01
  1.  
04
09
08
  1.  
06
07
06
  1.  
01
01
01
  1.  
02
02
06
  1.  
07
01
05
  1.  
26
25
24
  1.  
18
20
23
  1.  
37
28
35
  1.  
33
26
42
  1.  
03
09
09
  1.  
--
--
--
  1.  
01
--
--
  1.  
--
--
--
  1.  
20
22
22
  1.  
02
--
--
  1.  
02
06
04
  1.  
03
04
08
  1.  
--
--
01
  1.  
03
10
08
  1.  
01
05
02
  1.  
--
01
01
  1.  
38
43
38
  1.  
01
07
01
  1.  
46
40
60
Total Awardees
312
315
384

Under this scheme, young artistes of outstanding promise in the age group of 18-25 years are assisted financially an amount ofRs. 5,000/- p.m. for 2 years.


Annexure III

Year-wise and State wise break –up of The Total Number of fellowships awarded under the Scheme of Award of Sr./Jr. Fellowship to Outstanding Persons in the Fields of Culture during Last Three Years

Sr. No.
STATE/UTs
No. of Fellowship Awarded

2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
1
ANDHRA PRADESH
02
04
06
2
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
01
01
-----
3
ASSAM
13
18
23
4
BIHAR
08
12
13
5
CHHATTISGARH
07
09
06
6
CHANDIGARH
-----
-----
01
7
DELHI
30
44
50
8
GUJARAT
06
04
09
9
GOA
01
02
01
10
HARYANA
07
07
11
11
HIMACHAL PRADESH
-----
-----
01
12
JAMMU & KASHMIR
01
07
03
13
JHARKHAND
04
09
09
14
KARNATAKA
16
15
26
15
KERELA
15
23
21
16
MADHYA PRADESH
24
23
24
17
MAHARASHTRA
29
34
33
18
MANIPUR
13
14
19
19
MEGHALAYA
-----
-----
01
20
NAGALAND
-----
-----
01
21
ODISHA
33
35
41
22
PUNJAB
04
02
04
23
PUDUCHERRY
-----
03
02
24
RAJASTHAN
11
12
09
25
TAMILNADU
03
06
05
26
TELENGANA
09
05
07
27
TRIPURA
01
04
02
28
UTTAR PRADESH
39
30
42
29
UTTARAKHAND
05
05
04
30
WEST BENGAL
29
40
23

TOTAL:
311
368
397

Under this scheme,Senior/Junior Fellows of age above 40 years and in the age of 25-40 years respectivelyare assisted financially an amount ofRs. 20,000/- p.m. and Rs. 10,000/- respectively for 2 years.


Annexure IV

Year-wise and State wise break –up of The Total Number of fellowships/scholarships awarded under Tagore National Fellowship for Cultural Research Statement during last 03 years

Sl No
State/UT
No. of Fellows/Scholars
No. of Fellows/Scholars
No. of Fellows/Scholars


2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
  1.  
Delhi
--
--
20
  1.  
Maharashtra
--
--
04
  1.  
Madhya Pradesh
--
--
01
  1.  
Nagaland
--
--
01
  1.  
Punjab
--
--
01
  1.  
Tamil Nadu
--
--
03
  1.  
Telangana
--
--
04
  1.  
Uttar Pradesh
--
--
02
  1.  
West Bengal
--
--
07
Total
--
--
43*
 Under this scheme, the selected Fellows/Scholars are released honorarium ofRs. 80,000/- and of Rs. 50,000/- per month respectively for period of 02 years.


This information was given by the Minister of State (I/c) of Culture and Tourism, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.


Source: PIB
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