Dear Sir,\n\nI am Barun Kumar Barick, a PhD student of Department of Physics, IIT\nBombay[dot] As per the notification by MHRD, F[dot]No[dot] 17-2/2014-T[dot]S[dot]-I on 8th Oct\n2015, the duration of fellowship has been increased form 4 years to 5\nyears and that is in effect from 10 July 2015[dot] There is a confusion about\nimplementation date[dot] Is it means the fellowship will be extended for all\nof them who are in tenure of fellowship at least up to 10 July 2015 or for\nthem who got admission after 10 July 2015[dot] IIT Bombay is interpreting the\ndate of applicable from 10 July 2015 means those who got admission after\nthis date[dot] However, some other IITs have already extended the fellowship\nto 5 years[dot]\n\nTherefore, I earnestly request you to please clarify about implementation\ndate of the MHRD fellowship for PhD students joined with MTech/ME degree[dot]\n\nThank you for your time and looking forward to your response[dot]\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nBarun Kumar Barick\nRoll No:114120006\nPhD Scholar\nDepartment of Physics\nIIT Bombay\nemail:bkbarick[at]iitb[dot]ac[dot]in\nbkbarick[at]gmail[dot]com