AICTE Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Application opens for PhD scholars in engineering, management, design

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has opened an application window for its Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) 2024-25. The fellowship comes with a grant of Rs 65,000 per month plus HRA. Eligible candidates can apply for the AICTE Post Doctoral Fellowship 2024-25 through the official website at aicte.gov.in.

The AICTE-led Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2024-25 also offers Rs 50,000 per annum as annual contingency for one year.

Those who possess a PhD degree in the relevant subject of engineering and technology, management, design, planning, applied arts crafts and design, hotel management and catering technology, computer application, and inter disciplinary areas are eligible to apply for the AICTE’s PDF 2024-25.

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AICTE's Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2024-25: Eligibility

Notably, general category candidates should have at least 55% marks or equivalent percentage converted from CGPA score at postgraduate (PG) or undergraduate (UG) level to apply for the PDF 2024-25, as per the eligibility criteria.

According to an official statement, “provisional certificates may be accepted in case the degree is not awarded and interested candidates can also apply through AICTE-approved universities or institutions.

The technical education body also provides various fellowship programmes, including the Industry Fellowship Programme (IFP). Launched to strengthen collaboration between academia and industry, and to improve industry-oriented teaching in technical institutions.

The IFP provides Rs 1 lakh as monthly stipend, including Rs 75,000 from AICTE and Rs 25,000 from the industry partners.

In addition, the technical education regulator recently announced that over 55 engineering colleges across the country were closed during the academic year 2025-26. The reason behind the closure of these BTech institutes was due to low student intake, inability to maintain required faculty, non-compliant with infrastructure and operational norms, among others.