Human Resource Development Group

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research

GENERAL

The EMR Division under HRD Group of CSIR provide CSIR Research Fellowship and
Associateships to bright young men and women for training in methods of research under the
expert guidance of faculty members /scientists working in University Departments/ National
Laboratories and Institutes in various fields of Science & Technology and Medical Sciences. List
of CSIR Laboratories is at Annexure- I.

The CSIR Fellowships / Associateships are tenable in Universities/IITs/Post-Graduate

Colleges/Government Research Establishments including those of CSIR, R&D
establishments of recognized public or private sector, industrial firms and other
recognized institutions. However, CSIR reserves the right to determine the place best
suited to provide necessary facilities in the area of science and technology in which the
awardee is to specialize.

The CSIR Fellowships / Associatships are tenable in India. Only bonafide Indian citizens,
residing in India are eligible for the award of research Fellowship/Associateships. The
programme is aimed at National Human Resource Development for S&T.

The award of CSIR Fellowship / Associateships is for fixed tenure and does not imply any
assurance or guarantee for subsequent employment by CSIR to the beneficiary. The
authority to award / terminate vests with CSIR. The awardee shall not lay claim to
permanent absorption in CSIR, after the expiry of Fellowship / Associateship.

SUBJECT OF RESEARCH

Preference is given to a subject / topic of research relevant to the research programmes of CSIR
laboratories and nationally important S&T areas.

CSIR JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (JRF)

A certain number of JRFs are awarded each year by CSIR to those holding MSc or equivalent
degree, with minimum 55% marks after qualifying the National Eligibility Test ( NET) conducted
by CSIR twice in a year

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applications for JRF are invited twice a year through press advertisement on all India basis in the
prescribed application form. The completed application form may be submitted to the Controller of
Examinations, Examination Unit, CSIR Complex, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi –110 012.

AGE LIMIT

The upper age limit for JRF shall be 28 years, which is relaxed upto 5 years in the case of
candidates belonging to Schedule Castes/Schedule Tribes, Women, Physically Handicapped and
OBC applicants.

SELECTION PROCDURE
 The Selection for award of JRF shall be made on the basis of a competitive written test called the
National Eligibility Test (NET), conducted by CSIR at national level and consisting of two papers.
Paper – 1 is objective type consisting of Part (A) general nature and part (B) is subject type. It
tests the mental ability and broad awareness of scientific knowledge at the rudimentary level. The
second paper is to be selected from the amongst (1) Chemical Sciences (2) Earth, Atmosphere,
Ocean and Planetary Sciences (3) Life Sciences, (4) Mathematical Sciences and (5) Physical
Sciences. The second paper requires short descriptive answers to questions. Usually
examinations are held for a day on the third Sunday in June and December, each year.

The candidates who qualify in the test are informed individually after the result is
finalized. The Fellowship is awarded on receipt of necessary details of the qualifying
degree examination, place of work, research topic, the name of supervisor and the
concurrence of the Institution to provide all the necessary facilities. The validity of the
offer of this award will be one year. The candidate is expected to register for PhD degree
within a period of one year from the date of joining.

Undertaking by a Research Fellow / Associate on Acceptance of the Award of Research

Fellowship / Associateship

STIPEND & TENURE

i. The stipend of a JRF selected through the all India test will be Rs 16000/ p.m for a period of
2 years. In addition, annual contingent grant of Rs. 20,000/- per fellow will be provided to the
University / Institution. The guidelines for utilization of contingent grant are given in Anneuxre
– II

ii. On Completion of two years as JRF, the stipend may be increased to Rs. 18000/- p.m for
the 3rd and subsequent year, on the basis of assessment of Fellows’ research progress/
achievements through interview by an Expert Committee consisting of the Guide, Head of the
Department and External Member from outside the University/ Institution who is an expert in
the relevant field, not below the rank of Professor/ Associate Professor. As far as possible the
External Member should be the chairman of 3 members Committee. Where the guide
happens to be the Head of the Department, the Dean, Faculty of Science or any senior
member of the Department may be associated as the third member of the Committee
(Annexure III). On upgradation, the designation of JRF will be changed to SRF (NET). In the
event of the Committee not recommending upgradation the candidate will continue as JRF
with a stipend of Rs 16000/- p.m for the 3rd year or his fellowship may be terminated
depending upon the decision of the Committee. The progress of research work of JRF will be
assessed again at the end of 3rd year for such upgradation.

It is expected that Fellows will have published work to their credit by the end of 3rd year.
This shall form an important quantitative and qualitative criterion for judging the progress
made by the candidate. If the work of JRF is still not found satisfactory for upgradation,
the fellowship will be terminated. Extension of tenure of SRF (NET) for the 4th year will
be on the basis of the progress report and recommendation of the guide. The 5th year
extension as SRF(NET) is permissible on the recommendation of three members
assessment Committee and progress report duly supported by publications in the form of
reprints/preprints/manuscripts of the paper published, accepted or communicated for
publication (Annexure IV).

The total tenure as JRF plus SRF(NET) will not exceed five years. This will include the
tenure of Fellowship awarded by UGC/DST/ICMR/ICAR etc or any other funding
agency/Institution. The order for continuation at the same rate of stipend as SRF(NET),
continuation at the same rate of stipend as JRF or otherwise will be issued by the EMR
Division of HRDG, CSIR. Extension may not also be granted if the fellow does not
acknowledge support of CSIR in his research publication.

CSIR SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (SRF)

A certain number of SRFs will be awarded each year by CSIR directly to those possessing the
following qualification and experience :

MSc, BE, BTech with minimum 60% marks and at least two years of post MSc, BE, BTech,
research experience as evidence from fellowship/ associateship or traineeship and published
papers in standard refereed journals

OR

ME, M.Tech or equivalent degree in Engineering/Technology with minimum 60% marks

OR

MBBS or BDS (with 1 year if internship) with first division

OR

BPharm/BVSc/BSc (Ag) or equivalent degree with minimum 60% marks and at least three years
of research experience.

Research workers who have had requisite training in methods of research alongwith
above qualification and who have proved their aptitude for original research are eligible
for this Fellowship.

AGE LIMT

The upper age limit for SRF shall be 32 years. The upper age limit is relaxable upto 5
years in the case of candidates belonging to scheduled castes/tribes, women, physically
handicapped and OBC applicants.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applications for SRF are normally invited every year on all India basis through press
advertisement. The prescribed application form is printed along with the advertisement in
the Employment News every year. Application proforma duly completed and forwarded
through the proposed Supervisor and Head of the Department/Institutions should be
submitted within the prescribed date alongwith a Demand Draft for the amount indicated
in the advertisement to the Deputy Secretary, EMR Division, HRD Group, CSIR Complex,
Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi - 110 012.

SELECTION PROCEDURE

Selection will be made through the procedure of assessment of academic record and
published/project work by discipline-wise high-level expert Committees. Second class rail
fare will be admissible to those applicants who are called for interview.
Merely fulfilling of eligibility criteria will not entitle a candidate for being called for
interview. Candidates will be called for interview after screening on the basis of criteria
adopted by CSIR depending on the number if fellowships available. CSIR reserves the
right to call or not to call a candidate for interview.

The validity of the award letter shall be six months from the date mentioned in the award
letter. No extension beyond six months will be considered. Decision of CSIR in matters of
selection for interview or for award of Fellowships etc. shall be final.

TENURE

The tenure of SRF will initially be 2 years. Extension of tenure for the 3rd year will be
issued by EMR Division of HRDG after receiving the recommendation of three member
Expert Committee consisting of Guide, Head of Department and external Professor in the
relevant field duly supported by detailed progress report and publications in the form of
reprints/preprints/manuscripts or paper communicated for publication (Annexure V). The
total tenure as JRF & SRF will not exceed 5 years. The tenure of SRF in Engineering &
Medical Sciences is four years. Extension for 3rd & 4th years will be issued by EMR
Division according to the procedure outlined above. Computation is made of the total
period of tenure ship of Research Fellow/ Associate if he/she has availed any other
fellowship of equivalent status from any agency/institute. A Research Fellow/Associate
who joins on the first day of the month, his/her tenure ship will be completed on the last
day of the previous month. In other cases the tenure ship will be completed on the last
day of the same month.

STIPEND

SRF in a science discipline is entitled to a stipend of Rs.18000/- pm for 1st, 2nd, 3rd
years. The stipend in case of medical (MBBS, BPharm, BDS, MVSc and MPharm) and
engineering subjects (both at bachelors & master’s degree level) will initially be
Rs.18000/- pm for 1st and 2nd years and later enhanced to Rs.20000/- for the
subsequent years depending on progress of research having been assessed as
satisfactory.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

AWARD OF FELLOWSHIP AND RELEASE OF GRANTS

The Fellowship will be awarded to the selected applicants by a formal letter giving details
of the grant and the conditions governing it, under intimation to the University/Institution,
which sponsored their applications. The offer should be availed within one year for JRF
and 6 months for SRF/RA from the date mentioned in the award letter. The grant money
is payable in one or two installments during the financial year on presentation of claim bill
in triplicate in prescribed proforma (Annexure VI) duly signed by the Finance Officer/Head
of the Institution. The first payment will be made after the receipt of the joining report of
the fellow alongwith other necessary documents as mentioned in the award letter,
through the Guide duly forwarded by the Executive Authority of the institute in whose
favour the grant is to be released. Subsequent payments will be made only after receipt
of (a) the progress report of the Research Fellow in the prescribed proforma (Annexure-
V) for the period ending 31 March and previous one year report, (b) statement of
accounts of expenditure incurred during the current financial year ending 31 March,
alongwith the claim bill for the next financial year from the institution. The sponsor
Institution/University may advance money for payment of stipend to the fellow and to met
the contingent expenditure on his/her joining the fellowship for subsequent years, which
may be adjusted subsequently on receipt of the grants from the CSIR for the Fellowship.
The unspent amount of earlier payments on account of stipend will be adjusted in making
the fresh payment. The accounts should be maintained on ledger type system by the
grantee Institution for the Research Fellow (Annexure-VII). The university/Institution shall
be responsible for proper utilization of grant and for rendering the account of CSIR.

CONTINGENT GRANT

A contingent grant of Rs.20,000/- per fellow per annum is provided to the

University/Institution. For less than one year, the contingent grant will be admissible on
pro-rata basis. Part of this grant may be utilized in the interest of research work, purchase
of books, etc. The unspent balance of contingency grant at the end of a year may be
carried forward to the next year. The guidelines for utilization of the contingent grant are
given in Annexure-II SRFs will be given Rs.3000/- (lump sum) extra on submission of
PhD thesis in e-form. For details contact CSIR’s Unit for R&D of Information Products at
[email protected]

PROGRESS REPORT

The preparation of annual progress report on the research work done shall be essential part of
the Fellow’s work. Each Research Fellow shall submit his/her annual research report in the
prescribed proforma (Annexure-IV) within a period of 15 days after completion of one year tenure
to CSIR through his/her Guide/Head of the Department at the time of claiming the grant for the
next financial year. It is essential to give upto date and full information against all the columns of
Annexure-IV. The results should be presented quantitatively in Tables/Figures and discussed in
terms of the objectives and conclusions drawn should also be given. Fragmentary reports shall
not be entertained. The progress report should be always accompanied by copies of published
papers, re-prints, pre-prints of papers duly acknowledging financial assistance of CSIR duly
accepted for publication, manuscripts of papers communicated for publication, failing which the
fellowship will be terminated. Attendance record must accompany the annual report. The
Guide/Head of Department shall bring out in his assessment report the share of originality and
initiative of the fellow in carrying out the research work. If thesis is submitted for higher degree,
this may be reported by the guide of the department to CSIR and the result when announced.

PUBLICATION/PATENT

The results of Fellow’s research work may be published in standard refereed journals at the
discretion of the Guide. IT SHOULD BE ENSURED THAT THE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY
CSIR is ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGED IN ALL SUCH PUBLICATIONS. One copy of the published
research papers should be sent to CSIR. The right to commercial exploitation of the results and
patent right arising out of the investigation will, however, rest exclusively with CSIR.

OBLIGATIONS OF RESEARCH FELLOW

i. He/She be a full time researcher and submit himself/herself to the disciplinary regulations
of the University/ Institute/ Laboratory where he/she is working. Regular attendance of the
fellow may be ensured by the department by keeping an attendance register.

ii. In case a fellow decides to appear for competitive examination, he/she would invariably
seek permission from the guide and inform CSIR about it.

iii. The Research Fellow is not to take any assignment other than related to his/her
approved research programme, paid or unpaid. His/her taking up any paid assignment at
 any time in the course of fellowship, may lead to the fellow being asked to pay back the
entire fellowship amount in addition to disciplinary action.

iv. Once a Research Fellow accepts the Fellowship and joins, it is incumbent on him/her to
continue the research for the normal tenure of the fellowship or for such lesser duration,
which the original objectives of the research problem have been achieved.

v. No Fellow shall discontinue his/her Fellowship without prior approval of CSIR. In case
he/she wishes to discontinue the fellowship prior to completion of the tenure on attainment
of original objectives of research, he/she must submit the resignation to CSIR through the
Guide one month in advance, indicating specific reasons for not continuing the Fellowship.
The Fellowship shall cease from the date stipulated in the CSIR letter approving the
resignation.

vi. The research Fellow must send a detailed consolidated report of the research work done
during the entire period of Fellowship on completion of the tenure/resignation of the
Fellowship through the Guide to CSIR, in the prescribed proforma (Annexure VIII), within
one month.

vii. During the tenure of the Fellowship, the Fellow shall correspond with CSIR only through
the Guide with the approval of the Head of the Institution.

viii. The Research Fellow shall keep CSIR informed about his/her getting the higher degree,
submission of thesis for Ph.D., MD, MDS, MS, MPhil, ME etc. and
submission/acceptance/publication of any research paper arising out of the research work
done during the tenure of the fellowship. He/She must acknowledge the support of CSIR in
the publications. One copy each of all the research papers published must be sent to CSIR
at each stage of publication/ manuscript/reprint.

TEMPORARY TEACHING & RESEARCH JOB

A Research Fellow on the recommendation of Guide, an provided his/her University/

Institute has no objection, may be permitted by CSIR to take up temporary paid
lectureship/research job in a recognized R&D Institution/University, College/Institute of
repute/Recognized R & D Institution/PDF studies in India & abroad for a period not
exceeding one year during the entire tenure of the Fellowship (JRF & SRF together). The
Research Fellow will not be entitled to any extension of the Fellowship for such periods.
The Fellow will not be entitled to stipend or contingency during such leave. Such leave
period will be counted in the tenure. Such leave can be taken only after joining and
working as Research Scholar at least for one year. Fellow has to report for duty at the
same place from where he proceeded on leave.

LEAVE

Leave with stipend not exceeding 45 days for each completed year of tenure may be
allowed by the Guide after the request has been communicated to CSIR. The leave will
be treated as part of the Fellow’s tenure. The leave due can be carried over to the next
year, however not more than 90 days can be accumulated at any time during the tenure.
Of this not more than 30 days can be availed at the end, prior to completion of the tenure
of Fellowship. During the first year of Fellowship or any, uncompleted year leave may be
granted on pro-rata basis. Sanction of leave without stipend may be considered by CSIR
under special circumstances. In case a Fellow proceeds on leave before termination of
Fellowship, he/she must join back before the expiry of tenure; failing which the tenure will
be deemed to have terminated with effect from the date he/she proceeded on leave. The
fact of joining back from leave should be communicated to CSIR immediately.

The Guide can grant leave to a Fellow in his/her charge with the concurrence of the Head
of the Institution/Department if the leave is due as prescribed in the para 25. If leave is
not due, such cases will be decided by CSIR only. The Fellow should not be allowed to
proceed on leave to visit abroad for attending conferences/seminars etc. without prior
approval of the CSIR well in advance. The entire duration of such foreign visits if funded
by any national/international agency, whether partially or fully, would be treated as leave
without stipend.

(i) Women Fellows with less than two surviving children are entitled for full stipend
plus HRA, during the period of absence upto 135 days on grounds of maternity.
Such leave shall be sanctioned by the Guide under intimation to CSIR. The
Fellowship amount for leave period will be paid after the fellow resumes duty and
submits a medical certificate in support of actual confinement. It is expected that
the Fellow will make up the deficiency during the remaining tenure.

(ii) Male Fellows of CSIR with less than two surviving children are entitled for 15
days paternity leave during confinement of his wife on submission of relevant
documentary proof.

TRANSFER OF FELLOWSHIP

The fellow should carefully choose the host institution, infrastructural facility to carry out
his research before joining. Request for transfer of fellowship will not be entertained
except on compelling circumstances for which the fellow & his/her guide should submit
proper justification. The No Objection Certificate should be produced by the Fellow/
Associate from supervisor and Head of Department of University/Institute from where
transfer is sought and where to be transferred by giving reasons of transfer is sought and
where to be transferred by giving reasons of transfer. No TA will be permissible in such
cases. The Research Fellow must ensure that necessary facilities are available at the
Institution chosen by him/her for research at the time of joining the Fellowship. However,
no transfers will be allowed in the last six months of the tenure of fellowships & also after
submission of Ph.D. thesis. Joining time given in the event of transfer which will be
treated as duty period will be as under:

Local transfer 1 day

< 300 km 2 days

> 300 km one week

TERMINATION OF FELLOWSHIP

The fellowship shall normally stand terminated on completion of its tenure or from the date the
Fellow resigns and his/her resignation has been accepted by CSIR. The Fellowship may be
terminated by the CSIR on the recommendation of the Supervisor and Head of the
Department/Institution. The fellowship may also be terminated if the institution where it is tenable
refuses to continue to provide facilities to the fellow on disciplinary grounds and so informs CSIR.

If a fellow leaves without permission, stipend due at any time shall not be paid to him/her
by the Institution, till all University and other dues are cleared and certified by the
University/Institution. Responsibility in such cases shall be that of the
University/Institution concerned.

The unspent balance of grant lying with the Institution at any time due to termination
/resignation of the Fellow must be refunded to CSIR immediately by means of a demand
draft in favor of CSIR Complex, New Delhi.

Research Fellows must settle their claims within one year of leaving the Fellowship. No
claim will be admitted by CSIR after one year of leaving the Fellowship.

ACCOMMODATION / HRA

All Research Fellows may be allowed hostel accommodation wherever available and
those residing in hostel provided by University/Institute will not be eligible for HRA.
Reimbursement of hostel fee is not permissible. Where this is not possible, house rent
allowance will be allowed as per the rules of the host institutions. In no case it should
exceed the rates payable to Central Govt. Employees in that area. The basis for
calculating HRA will be the actual stipend of the Research Fellow. The concerned
institution will send HRA claim bill, in triplicate separately in respect of the Fellows who
fulfill the requisite conditions of the host institutions.

MEDICAL BENEFITS

All Research Fellows may be provided medical benefits as per rules of the host
Institution. This will be limited to the fellow only and not for his/her family
members/dependent. For calculating the medical benefits the criteria will be the revised
basic pay of Central Govt. employees.

The host institute may get the fellows/associates medically examined at the time of
joining or thereafter, if felt necessary.

OVERHEAD CHARGES

For maintaining and only on timely submission of the accounts of CSIR grants, the
beneficiary University/Institution is entitled to claim from CSIR the overhead charges at
the following rates.

a) For Research Fellows and Associates : Rs.500/- per year without any ceiling on
the total amount.

b) The rates are applicable from the financial year 1998-99.

The admissibility of the overhead charges shall be subject to the timely submission
(within one year) of the following statement/documents to CSIR.

a) Consolidated utilization certificate in respect of the financial year in question.

b) Statement of Accounts of CSIR grants headwise and yearwise. Audited statement

by statutory auditors or government auditors may be sent later on.

c) Details of refunds of unspent balance of terminated Fellowships along with cheque

number, date etc.
 d) Abstract of claim for overhead charges.

The amount of overhead charges may be retained by the Institution while refunding the
unspent balance or where there is no unspent balance for the year in question, then from
the grants of the current year, provided the accounts are rendered within one year.
Payment of the overhead charges to the employees maintaining accounts of CSIR shall
be made only on authorization by CSIR and on receipt of the statement/documents
mentioned above.

The disbursement of overhead charges will be at the discretion of the institute/university.

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN CSIR LABORATORIES

The JRF’s may be recruited in CSIR Laboratory/Institute from among the candidates who
are identified for support by EMR from the result of the national CSIR-UGC NET only.
The terms and conditions as given above will be applicable to all JRFs & SRFs. GATE -
Qualified (in Engineering and technological subjects only) candidates can be selected as
JRFs in CSIR Laboratories after following a procedure prescribed by Directors. Persons
declared eligible for lectureship only will also be eligible for award of JRF in sponsored
schemes, through HRD or other agencies only.

SRF (EXTENDED)

For those meritorious candidates who have submitted their PhD thesis and are awaiting the
award of PhD degree may apply for SRF (Extended). The tenure will for a maximum period of
one year only. This tenure of SRF (Ext) will be counted in case the candidate applies and get
selected as CSIR RA, after getting the PhD degree. The upper age limit for SRF (Ext) is 33 years.

CSIR RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIP (RA)

A certain number of RA-ships may be awarded each year directly by CSIR to young
research workers who have shown promise in original research and propose to pursue
research work in science, engineering, medicine or technology on specific projects. The
Associate will do full time research work on problems stated in his/her application and
approved by CSIR.

ELIGIBILITY

Under this scheme, persons possessing Doctorate (PhD/MD/MS/MDS) or equivalent

degree or having 3 years of research, teaching and design and development experience
after MVSc/MPharm/ME/MTech will be eligible for award as RA.

AGE LIMIT

The upper age limit for award of RA shall be 35 years. The upper age limit is relaxable
upto 5 years in the case of applicants belonging to scheduled castes/tribes, women,
physically handicapped and OBC candidates.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Application for RAship are invited every a year on all India basis through press
advertisement. The prescribed application form will be printed alongwith the
advertisement in the Employment News. The completed application proforma must be
submitted to the Deputy Secretary, EMR Division, CSIR Complex, Library Avenue, Pusa,
New Delhi - 110 012, within the prescribed date.

SELECTION PROCEDURE

The selection would be through assessment of academic achievements of candidates

and interviews of those screened by high level discipline wise Selection Committees
constituted for the purpose. Second class rail fare is admissible to those applicants who
are called for interview. The validity of the offer of award shall be six months from the
date mentioned in the award letter.

The RA-ships are tenable in Indian Universities/IITs/Colleges/Government Research

Establishments and those of recognized public or private sector industrial firms other
Institutions approved by CSIR.

STIPEND AND CONTINGENCY GRANT

The consolidated stipend of RA will be one of the following.

a) Rs.22000/- (fixed)

b) Rs.23000/- (fixed)

c) Rs.24000/- (fixed)

The stipend may normally be fixed at Rs.22000/-. However, a selected RA may be placed
in the higher stipend if there is ample justification and such recommendation is made by
the discipline wise Selection Committee and approved by DGCSIR. In addition,
contingent grant of Rs.20000/- per annum per Associate will be provided to the
concerned Universities/Institutions.

TENURE

Associateship will be tenable initially for a period of one year. It may be extended further
at the discretion of CSIR. In such a case the progress of RA would be assessed each
year by high level discipline wise Assessment Committee consisting of one external
member not below the rank of Professor, Supervisor of the candidate and Head of the
department. If the supervisor happens to be the Head of the department, another
professor of the same Department may be associated with the Committee. External
member should be preferably chairman of the three members Committee. However the
order for extension or otherwise will be issued by the EMR Division after having
considered the high level discipline wise Committee/s report, together with the detailed
progress report duly supported by the reprints/ preprints/manuscript of the papers
published, accepted or communicated. The total tenure of RA is planned to be of
maximum 3 years including the tenure of associateship awarded by
UGC/DST/ICMAR/ICAR etc.

AWARD OF ASSOCIATESHIP AND RELEASE OF GRANTS.

The procedure described in paras 19 to 27 for Fellowship will be applicable in the case of
Associateship.

CONTINGENT GRANT
The Contingent grant is Rs.20,000/-p.a. The details in para 20 of the Fellowship will be
applicable for utilization of this grant.

The associate shall present yearly reports on the progress of his /her work, through the
supervisor and the Head of the Department in the University/Institution, in the prescribed
proforma (Annexure IV).

The associate shall, at the expiry of the Associatship submit a comprehensive report of
the work done during the entire period Associateship through the supervisor to CSIR in
the published work (manuscript, reprints).

If an Associate wishes to leave the Associateship before the end of the tenure, it should
be with the prior approval of CSIR.

The Asociateship can be terminated, if any time CSIR is not satisfied with the progress or
conduct of the Associate.

For the rules regarding selection, payment of funds, utilization of the contingent grant,
submission of progress report, tenure, publications and the patents, leave for temporary
or paid lectureship research job etc. the general rules applicable to JRFs & SRFs will
apply to RA.

DELEGATION OF POWERS TO DIRECTORS

Director of CSIR laboratory/Institute is empowered to upgrade the JRF to SRF and extend the
tenure of SRF and RA after following the prescribed procedure on the basis of three members
assessment Committee report. The order is to be issued by the laboratory and only copy may be
sent to Head, HRDG for monitoring. Director is also empowered to sanction leave (without
stipend also), accept resignation etc. under intimation to HRDG. This will apply in case of those
Fellows/Associates who are awarded Fellowship/Associateship by HRD Group of CSIR. Director
is also empowered to sanction leave without stipend to fellow/associate proceedings abroad upto
the period of one year only under intimation to HEAD, HRDG.

GENERAL

CSIR may send whenever considered necessary its officers for reviewing the work of the
fellows and Associates, inspection of accounts, etc, in Universities/Institutes where the
scholars are placed.

Any kind of paid or honorary, part-or-full-time employment or private practice even in

honorary capacity is not permissible during the tenure of Fellowship/Associateship.

The stipend of research fellow/associate is exempt from the payment of income tax under 10(16) of IT Act,

These terms and conditions supersede all previous instruction issued in regard to
JRF/SRF/RA. However, any relaxation would require approval of DGCSIR. In all matters
decision taken by CSIR shall be final.
 ANNEXURE-II
GENERAL GUIDELINES

To facilitate speedy day to day working of the research Fellowships/Associateships of CSIR, the
following power can be exercised by the guides1 of Research Fellow/ Associates in concurrence with the Head of
the Department/ Dean of the Faculty/ Director/ /Vice Chancellor.

1 Sanctioning of leave when it is due.

2 Approving of tours of research Fellows/ Associates for:

i. Attending Symposia/Seminars/Conferences in India provided the Fellows/Associates are
presenting paper that have been accepted and for attending Workshops/Training Courses
relevant to the research projects;
ii. Field work connected with research;
iii. Computation work;
iv. Consulting rare reference volumes in the nearest University/Research Institution library.

3 Utilization of contingent grant for the following:

i. Acquisition of books and documents of relevance to the research topic provided these are not
available in the library of the University/Institute2.
ii. Towards meeting actual train fare and DA3 during tours the research Fellows/ Associate will be
entitled to TA/DA as admissible in case of Government servants drawing (Revised) basic pay @
Rs.8000/- pm4 & above but below Rs.16400 for RAs and Rs.4100 and above but below Rs.6500
for Research Fellows. However, DA will be limited to 50 days in a year.
iii. Towards meeting TA/DA limited to first class/ entitled class rail fare of outside expert members
of assessment Committee5.
iv. Chemical / consumable items required for the research work.
v. Equipment required exclusively for research.
vi. Photographic materials for research or thesis work.
vii. Computation charges.
viii. Reprints/ Off- print of research papers.
ix. Stationery and postal charges5.
x. Typing of research papers.
xi. Registration fee for attending conference in India and abroad.
xii. Any other purpose, specially authorized by CSIR.
xiii. Contingency grant can be utilized for registration of Ph. D and submission of thesis.

Contingent grant cannot be utilized for :

i. Foreign travel or other expenses for visit abroad.
ii. Stationery items such as: pen, pencils, folders, file covers, carbon papers etc. and furniture
items.
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1Senior Faculty member (or supervisor) for Research Associates
2The requisition is to be recommended by the supervisor and approved by the Head of the Department. The book
will become the property of the University/ Institution’s Library after purchase and could be issued to the
supervisor/ Fellow/Associates after accession for use by the indenting Fellow/Associates till his/ her research
Fellowship Associateship is over. Normally not more than 25% of the total annual contingent grant can be utilized
for purpose.
3The calculation of the daily allowance will be made from the date of commencement of the journey to the date he/
she returns to the Headquarters.
4It is expected that Assessment Committee meetings be so fixed that services of experts can be utilized while they
are on a visit to that institution.
5Not to exceed 20% of the contingent grant.

N.B. No expenditure can be incurred for purchasing furniture and office equipment.