'As Our Fellowship Sees Long Delays, Our PhD Dreams Hang By a Thread' | The Quint

Since January 2025, the PhD scholars under the Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) have not received their stipend. This has posed some serious questions over their sustenance and their pursuit to continue our research. According to a reports the Ministry of Minority Affairs told the students in an RTI response that the NMDFC has released the pending fellowship amounts to the respective MANF fellows up to December 2024. The Ministry added, “Further, NMDFC is in the process of receiving funds under the MANF scheme from the Government to release fellowships to the existing MANF fellows.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices