National Testing Service India (NTSI)

The NTS-India invites applications from post graduates / researchers of any discipline of study for the award of 30 Doctoral, and 15 Post Doctoral fellowships (including two Doctoral and one Post Doctoral fellowships for North-Eastern Region) for the year 2010-11 .

The fellowships will be equally distributed among the three languages viz., Hindi,Tamil, and Urdu.

This is initiated with a view to promote research in the interdisciplinary area of testing and evaluation. The research topic may be in any discipline but with a component on testing and evaluation.

Eligibility Criteria

The applicant should have studied one of the above 3 languages under Part – I / Part II upto the graduate level. If the applicants are from other disciplines such as engineering, medicine, agriculture, management, etc., they should have studied one of these languages upto Higher Secondary level.

Note: The value of fellowship for doctoral research is Rs. 10,000/- per month with a contingency of Rs. 20,000/- per annum; for post doctoral research Rs. 12,000/- per month with a contingency of Rs.30,000/- per annum. The period of the fellowship is 2 years and may be extended by one more year based on a strict assessment procedure in deserving cases when the need arises.

For application format, terms and conditions, operational details, etc., please log on to www.ciil-ntsindia.net , www.ciil-miles.net , and look for ANNOUNCEMENT (NEW).

The duly filled in applications in the prescribed format should reach the Head, NTS-India, CllL, Mysore - 570 006, within 21 days of the date of publication of this advertisement (28 days for the candidates from North-East region).