The Rajya Sabha instituted the Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Chair and two Rajya Sabha Fellowships Scheme in the year 2009 with the objective of promoting research on different aspects of parliamentary democracy in India. However, it was felt that the outcome of the said Scheme remained sub-optimal for the last one decade of its working. At the initiative of the Hon’ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, it was decided to revamp the existing Scheme in order to enhance its effectiveness and utility. The revised Scheme has three components, namely (a) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Chair; (b) Rajya Sabha Fellowships and (c) Rajya Sabha Student Engagement Internships. The revamped scheme has been renamed as ‘Rajya Sabha Research and Study’ (RSRS) Scheme. The broad objective of the Scheme is ‘to promote research/empirical/ comparative study of the functioning of Parliament and other democratic institutions and analyse their contributions to the country’s socio-economic transformation; and to ensure the utility of the research study to the functioning of Parliament’.
RAJYA SABHA FELLOWSHIPS
The Fellowship scheme focuses on various aspects of functioning of parliamentary institutions and the issues and challenges facing these institutions. There shall be four Fellowships.
(i) Eligibility
The Fellowship is open to scholars who have relevant educational qualification/experience for undertaking the study in line with the objective of the Scheme. Former Members of Parliament/ State Legislatures and former officers of Parliament/State Legislature Secretariats are also eligible to apply.
An applicant for the Fellowship should be between 25-65 years of age at the time of application (to be relaxed by RAC in case of deserving applicants)
An applicant should have minimum Master’s degree in social science, law and other related disciplines relevant to the subject of study. Preference will be given to those who possess higher qualifications of M.Phil. and Ph.D.
(ii) Duration
The Fellowships will be for a period of 18 months (extendable upto six months) from the date of award of Fellowship.
Rajya Sabha Internship 2021
Objective: The objective of the Internships scheme is to help acquaint the students with the different procedural aspects of the working of Indian Parliament, especially the Rajya Sabha.
Eligibility: Students pursuing graduation and post-graduation courses in any discipline would be eligible for internship programme during summer vacation. There would be ten Internships, five each for the Graduate and Post Graduate applicants.
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