The fellow shall do whole-time research work under approved guidance in a subject selected by him and approved by the Board of Research Studies concerned. The fellow may be registered for the Ph. D. degree on the recommendation of the Head of the Department concerned.

No research fellow shall, without the previous permission of the Board of Research Studies concerned, join any other course of study or appear at any other examination conducted by the University or a public body.

A fellow shall be eligible to get only one fellowship at a time. Before the fellowship is awarded, the fellow shall be required to submit an undertaking to the effect that he/she is not in receipt of any scholarship or stipend from the State or the Central Government or University Grants Commission or any other agency. Fellow enjoying any other scholarship or stipend shall be required to surrender it forthwith if selected for award of this fellowship.

A person who is awarded a research fellowship shall not accetp or hold any appointment, paid or otherwise, during the tenure of the award. He shall be a whole-time research worker and a teaching load up to six hours in a week could be assigned to him by the Head of the Department in consultation with the Research Supervisor without any remuneration. This will, however, not apply when a fellow is engaged in his field studies outside the University Campus.

The fellow shall have to present to the Head of the Department quarterly report of his work through his Supervisor who shall forward it to the Vice-Chancellor alongwith his remarks about the progress of work.

A fellow under this scheme is entitled to enjoy the Month's leave in a year in addition to the general holidays with the approval of his/her Supervisor and the Head of the Department. This includes all kinds of leave, i.e. casual leave, earned leave, etc. The general holidays do not, however, include the vacations i.e. summer and winter. The year for this purpose is reckoned from the date the fellowship was awarded. In extraodinary circumstances, such as serious illness, etc., leave without remuneration may be granted with the approval of the Vice-Chancellor.

The fellowship for a particular month shall be paid to the fellow in the first week of the following month through the Head of the Department where he/she is working on presentation of a bill.

The fellow shall be entitled to actual first class fare each way or actual bus fare for journey by road, plus D.A. admissible under rules when he/she is deputed for tour or conferences or research meetings or in connection with his research work.

A fellow shall not relinquish the fellowship before the completion of the period of the award without the prior permission of the Vice-Chancellor, on the recommendation of the Head of the Department concerned.

The Vice-Chancellor shall be competent to suspend or withdraw a fellowship if it is reported that the progress or conduct of a fellow has not been satisfactory.

The women awardees may be permitted by the Vice-Chancellor, on the recommendation of the Supervisor and the Head of the Department concerned, to avail of maternity leave to the extent of three months once during the tenure of Fellowship.