Monday, 13 January 2014

Saraswati Dalmia Scholarship

Last date : January 31, 2014
This scholarship has been established with a donation by her daughter Yashodhara Dalmia, an art historian and an independent curator based in New Delhi. She has written widely on  art and her several publications include Amrita Sher-Gil – A Life (Penguin/Viking, 2006), which is a comprehensive account of the life of one of India’s first modern artists. Her book The Making of Modern Indian Art: The Progressives (Oxford University Press, 2001), is regarded as the definitive account of a seminal phase of Indian art history.
There is one Saraswati Dalmia Scholarship for a MPhil/PhD student undertaking research in modern and contemporary Indian art. The value of the scholarship is £4,095 to be used towards tuition fees. The scholarship is for one year only and is not renewable.
Eligible Programmes
  • Full-time OR part-time MPhil/PhD in the Department of History of Art and Archaeology (new admissions), which involves undertaking research in the field of modern and contemporary Indian art.
  • Applicants currently enrolled on the first or second year of the full-time (or part-time equivalent) MPhil/PhD will also be considered but will not be given preference.  
  • Open to full and part-time programmes.
Candidate Criteria
  • Open to Home/EU and overseas applicants.
  • Applicants are expected to have an outstanding academic record, usually a 2.1 or first in their undergraduate degree and must normally possess or expect to be awarded a Merit or Distinction in their Masters Degree.
  • New applicants to the MPhil/PhD programmes in the Department of History of Art and Archaeology (new admissions-starting in September 2014), must
  1. have an offer of admission in the Department of History of Art and Archaeology by the scholarship application deadline.  
  2. have demonstrated in the research proposal of your application for admission that your research is in the field of modern and contemporary Indian art.
Candidate Assessment
  • Candidates will be assessed on academic merit by a Selection Panel consisting of three academic members.
  • The assessment of your application will be based on the information in your application and in your on-line application for admission.  Selectors will be looking at the degree results and also at academic references, statement and other relevant information.
For more details : http://www.soas.ac.uk/registry/scholarships/saraswati-dalmia-scholarship.html

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