'As Our Fellowship Sees Long Delays, Our PhD Dreams Hang By a Thread'
29 May 2025 | The Quint
"It's very difficult to survive without the stipend. I have taken help from my friends, relatives, and whoever I could... have taken loans from them. The situation is such that I no longer have the courage to ask for more help from them," says Saurabh Anand, a fellow PhD Scholar at Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala.
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…