selection committees seek young women and men of outstanding intellect, character, leadership, and commitment to service.

The rhodes scholarships support students who demonstrate a strong propensity to emerge as ‘leaders for the world’s future’.

They are well known advocates for expanded social justice, and have advanced the frontiers of science and medicine.

Monetary support

A rhodes scholarship covers all university and college fees, a personal stipend and one economy class airfare to oxford at the start of the scholarship, as well as an economy flight back to the student’s home country

Objective:

To nurture the budding scientific talent and to nourish the objective of pursuit of scientific research.

Scope:

Pursuing ph.d programme with a special fellowship in csir labs/other specialized r & d institutions/universities.

Nature of fellowship:

Stipend : rs.20000/- + hra per month during the first two years of the fellowship and a contingency grant of rs.70000/- p.a. May be raised to rs.24000/- + hra per month from third year onwards on the basis of review/satisfactory progress. May be reverted to jrf (net), if performance is not found satisfactory.

Duration: initially for 2 years. Extendable as per normal rules for csir jrf (net) programmes; maximum up to 5 years.

Website:http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/