अनुसंधान

The eligibility criteria for the scheme are as follows:

• Full-time faculty teaching economics and/or finance in any UGC-recognised academic institution in India.
• Indian nationals.
• Age below 55 years.
• Preference will be given to the candidates who have not been awarded the scholarship earlier.

The major themes of research for the visiting faculty will be decided by the Bank.

• The scheme would be operated every year.
• The completed applications should reach the Bank within one month from the date of advertisement.
• Interview of short-listed candidates would be held within a month after listing the eligible candidates.
• Commencement of the scholarship scheme would be within three months from the date of selection of candidates.

The Bank reserves the right to choose the mode of communication to public, in any/all of the following ways:

• Publishing advertisements in leading newspapers across India, including vernacular press.
• Displaying the advertisement on the RBI website.
• Sensitisation of full-time faculty of colleges/universities/other academic institutions through our Regional Directors.
• Information sent directly to select universities/research institutions.

• The application in hard copy should be forwarded to the Director, Development Research Group, Department of Economic and Policy Research, 7th Floor, Central Office Building, Reserve Bank of India, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001. The application should be sent along with detailed curriculum vitae (CV) and Research proposal of not more than 1000 words.
• The application can also be sent in a soft version at email.

A maximum of five faculties would be considered each financial year. The Bank, at its discretion, may vary the number of faculty for any year.

The duration of the project is maximum three months.

The main facilities that will be made available includes:

• Economy class return airfare from place of work in India and RBI Central Office, Mumbai.
• Payment of monthly allowance for a period of three months. In addition to the monthly remuneration, on completion of the project/research paper and on acceptance of the same by the Bank, payment of honorarium will be made.

• The scheme would be mainly operational at Central Office Departments of RBI, Mumbai. In certain cases, the Reserve Bank may ask the selected candidate to conduct research at select Regional Offices of RBI also. However, Bank may provide the option to the candidates to work from their institution for the Study during the period of 2 to 3 months.

The selected scholar will have the following responsibilities:

• The scholar would be required to submit a research paper/project report that contributes to RBI research activities.
• The scholar should make a presentation of his/her work in a Seminar at Reserve Bank, Mumbai.
• The scholar, if he/she desires to publish his/her research work elsewhere, may do so with prior permission of the Reserve Bank.

After completion of the project and subsequent submission of the final report, if the scholar desires to publish the study outside RBI, the following guidelines are to be followed by the scholar –

• The paper should be published with the disclaimer that - “the views expressed in the study/paper are solely of the author and not of Reserve Bank of India”.
• In case the scholar wants to acknowledge any names from Reserve Bank of India, it may be done only after seeking prior permission.
• The said study should not be considered as a ‘RBI funded project’.