Lok Sabha Recruitment 2018 Apply Online Vacancies 23.05.2018

Qualification in Details:

i. Eligibility:
(i) The scholar should not be less than 25 and more than 70 years of age on the last date of application.
(ii) The scholar must posses a Master degree in any of the social science disciplines with outstanding research publications at the time of application.
(iii) The scholar must be a person with an outstanding academic record in any discipline relevant to parliamentary studies or should be an expert in her/his own domain.
(iv) Maximum of Rs.10 lakhs (plus Rs.50,000 as contingency allowance) will be awarded to encourage and support original studies on subjects relating to Indian Parliament

ii. Duration The duration of the Fellowships will be of two years with no further extension to be granted in this regard.

iii. Fellowships for writing Books The Lok Sabha Secretariat will grant twenty-five Research Fellowships every year, on any subject having relevance or connection with the Parliament or Parliamentary democracy

iv. Title of the Project: 1. Statement of the Problem, 2. Overview of Literature, 3. Conceptual Framework, 4. Research Questions/Hypotheses, Coverage [ i. Methodology:ii) Data Collection: iii) Time Budgeting: vi) Bibliography ]

v. Amount of Fellowship: The total amount of each Fellowship for writing Books will be a maximum of Rs.10 lakh (Rupees Ten lakh only), plus Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees Fifty thousand only) as contingency allowance. The contingency allowance may be utilized for meeting costs such as purchase of books, journals, stationeries, photocopying, typing, travel expenses and related expenditures. The amount sanctioned to a Fellow will be disbursed in instalments, subject to the satisfactory progress of the project and recommendation of the Fellowship Committee to that effect