Maulana Azad National Fellowship

About Maulana Azad National Fellowship

• Objective: The objective of the Maulana Azad Fellowship Scheme (MANF) is to provide five year fellowships in the form of financial assistance.
• It is given to students from six notified minority communities viz. Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Muslim, Parsi and Sikh, notified by the Central Government, to pursue M. Phil and Ph.D.
• The scheme covers all Universities/Institutions recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) as under :
  • Central/State Universities (including constituent and affiliated institutions)
  • Deemed Universities
  • Institution fully funded by the State / Central Government and empowered to award degrees.
  • Institutions of National Importance as notified by Ministry of Human Resource Development
• Scope: The Fellowship will cater to the minority community students pursuing regular and full time research studies leading to award of M.Phil/Ph.D degree within India only.
• This will enable them to be eligible for employment to the posts with M.Phil and Ph.D as pre- requisites, including the posts of Assistant Professors in various academic institutions.
• Implementing Agency: UGC will be the nodal agency for implementing this fellowship.

Q1) What is Buddhism?

It is a faith that was founded by Siddhartha Gautama—also known as “the Buddha”—more than 2,500 years ago in India. It is one of the major world religions. As a non-theistic faith with no god or deity to worship, some scholars describe Buddhism as a philosophy or a moral code rather than an organized religion.

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