Junior Research Fellowship from GATE

What is JRF-GATE ?
From 2002 onwards Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India has introduced a research fellowship program for the students who have qualified GATE with BTech/BE/BArch/BPharm. This fellowship is know as Junior Research Fellowship(JRF-GATE).
What the candidates will do ?
The candidates who will be selected for this will get golden opportunity of working with CSIR scientists in R&D works. The BE/BTech students after getting selected into JRF they have to either take admission directly into Ph.D program in IIT/NIT/REC etc. or they will continue doing MTech as a part of Ph.D.
Age Limit
The upper age limit to apply for JRF is 28 years. The age relaxation is 5 years in case the candidate belongs to SC, ST, OBC, women or physically handicapped.
Duration of Fellowship
Duration of this fellowship is 5 years within which the candidate has to complete the Ph.D. During this fellowship the candidate will get a stipend of Rs 16,000/- per moth in addition with HRA. The candidate will also get a contingency grant of Rs 20,000/-  per annum. After two years as JRF-GATE the fellowship may be upgraded to SRF-GATE and your stipend may increase to 18,000/- per month.

To know detail about this fellowship, eligibility criteria, selection procedure and how to apply for this please visit  http://csirhrdg.res.in/gate.htm  and  http://csirhrdg.res.in/jrfsrfra2.htm

One suggestion for all: Start preparing for GATE seriously and grab these golden opportunities of working with scientists in R&D. Good Luck.