UGC fellowship goof-up hits SC/ST candidates
Prasad Nichenametla, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, July 10, 2011
In what comes as a pointer to the callousness of the UGC, the Rajiv
Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF) selection list shows at least 18
candidates whose names appear twice from same institutes and subject
of research. With a specified number of fellowships, the erroneous
list denies
scholarship to at least 15 of the SCs and 3 of the STs deserving candidates.
Several more on the list of 2,000 for the SCs and 667 for the STs are
those who are already receiving the scholarship. Another mismanagement
in the UGC list put out in first week of May on its website is the
selection of the SC students in slots reserved for STs.
Awarded in the name of the late PM Rajiv Gandhi, the RGNF was
initiated by the UPA government in 2005-06 to support higher studies
for the socially disadvantaged sections.
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Aspirants from JNU complained the list contains about 70 candidates
who were selected in 2009-10 and are receiving the fellowship. Anil
Kumar, who is pursuing MPhil from JNU is one such case. Kumar, who was
selected for the RGNF last year under SC category, confirmed to HT,
that his name appears on this list (slot 1706) even when he has not
applied this year. Interestingly, Kumar's name is not there on the
2009-10 list, when he actually applied. The revelations came as a
shock for those who are denied the scholarship, despite meeting the
criteria.
"It might be a goof-up or whatever, we want clarification from the UGC
on the authenticity of the results," Suman Bukke, an ST applicant from
Sri Venkateshwara University at Tirupati said.
Meanwhile, UGC officials and ministry of social justice and
empowerment said that they are not aware of the errors.
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