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PG Diploma in Research & Innovation (JFP)

P.G. Diploma in Research and Innovation (Jindal Fellowship Programme) aims to enhance research potential and capacity of students interested in pursuing research-based careers in the social sciences and humanities. The programme is designed to take students’ undergraduate education to the next level by enabling them to achieve in-depth understanding of the domains they have begun to explore.

As a PG Diploma in Research and Innovation (Jindal Fellowship Programme) scholar, the student will have an academic mentor for the whole year, working with her/his research ideas as well as an expert supervisor, who will guide her/him through the research internship of four months.

What Makes It Different at JGU?

  • Fellows engage meaningfully with a discipline and research area which they are interested in, through active mentorship and research supervision. During the first semester, students finish required and optional coursework. In the second, they complete a four-month long internship, preferably within a Research Centre in JGU.
  • Learn from internationally-qualified teaching and research faculty from prominent universities worldwide, with gender parity and a 1:9 faculty-student ratio.
  • The programme is designed for students interested to pursue higher education as well as for those wanting to work on research-based jobs in the industry.
     
Programme Structure

Duration- 1 Year

Year Semester Subject
1st Semester 1 (16 Credits)
  • Advanced Writing (4 Credits): The intensive and immersive writing programme encourages students to consider their written work in their embedded environment; one that is constituted through many historical, cultural and political determinants but is mediated through different forms of technology.
  • Advanced Research Methods (4 Credits): This course will examine ways of integrating disciplines with a methodology that is both academically and socially relevant.
  • Introduction to Future Studies (4 Credits):This interdisciplinary course attempts to compose probable futures by discovering, debating and (re)constructing assumptions and patterns of change and stability of systems.
  • Advanced study (4 Credits each):Students choose one or two advanced level courses in their area of interest. *
  • Optional Language Study– Available options include Spanish, French, German and Mandarin.
Semester 2 (14 Credits)
  • Internship (8 Credits): Each student will do an internship from January- April in an organisation, institute, or with an individual that coincides with the student’s area of interest, career and study goals.
  • Advanced Research Report (6 Credits)
  • *The following Advanced Courses are on offer for the students of P.G. Diploma in Research and Innovation:
    • Technology & Innovation in Global Business
    • Global Economy
    • Psychology of Courtroom
    • Positive Psychology: The Science of Flourishing
    • Biological Psychology
    • Family Business Management
    • Digital Marketing
    • Marketing Strategies for Emerging Markets
    • Urbanisation & Development: Practice, Theory & Policy
    • Ancient Civilisation: Egypt, Mesopotamia & Greece
    • Competency Mapping
    • Consumer Behaviour
    • Globalisation of Education
    • Behavioural Economics & Finance
    • RISE
    • Derivatives & Risk Management
    • Statistical Programming with R
    • Application of Psychology to Enhance Human Potential
    • Organisation Development & Management of Change
    • Apocalypse Now: Fictions of Dystopia.

 

Eligibility & Selection Process

Candidates must have earned an undergraduate degree from a UGC recognised and fully accredited institution in India or abroad. Candidates with exceptional academic and/or extracurricular records are encouraged to apply.

Admission Criteria

  • Applicants are selected through a holistic admission process conducted over two rounds based on a statement of purpose, supplemental application and interview.

Important Dates

  • We have a limited number of seats for each programme. Once the seats are filled, the admissions for that programme will close. Therefore, do not wait until the later application periods to apply because you may not get a seat in your desired programme.
Fee

Tuition Fees*: 5,00,000 (INR per annum)

Particulars Amount in (Rs.)
Accommodation Charges* 2,16,000 per annum
Other Allied Services Charges* (Other Services including but not limited to food, Laundry, Security Services, Housekeeping charges, electricity etc.)* 1,19,000 per annum
Refundable Security Deposit** (One time payment) 50,000

*The Tuition fee, accommodation charges and other allied service charges are subject to an annual increase of ten percent (10%).

**The security deposit will be fully refunded, subject to the completion of studies and/or receipt of a ‘No Dues Certificate’. The security deposit shall not carry any interest.

Career Opportunities

Office of Career Services of O.P. Jindal Global University works round the clock to guide students in securing a good position at reputed organisations. Some of the past recruiters of PG Diploma in Research and Innovation (Jindal Fellowship Programme) include:

  • Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences
  • StartUp JGU
  • Penguin India
  • Behavioural Economics and Science Team
  • Centre for Equity Studies
  • Centre for New Economic Studies
  • Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI)
  • Harappa Education
  • World Leaders for Mental Health
  • Centre for Land Warfare Studies
  • Jindal Centre for Social Innovation + Entrepreneurship
     
Electives

Here is the indicative list of electives for PG Diploma in Research and Innovation (Jindal Fellowship Programme). The electives may change every semester, so that students can continue to explore a wide gamut of study.

  • Blood and Antiquities and Archaeopolitic
  • From Sculpture to Installation: The Poetics of Objects and Space
  • Open Studio 1: Introduction to Visual Arts
  • The Static and the Moving Image: New Art Practices in a Digital Age
  • Critical Concepts in Peace and Security
  • The History and Archaeology of the Ancient World
  • Open Studio 2: Introduction to Visual Arts
  • Image and Thought: Art History from Renaissance to Modernism
  • Rethinking Friendship
  • Transformative Actions in Public Space: Exploring Contemporary Theatre & Performance
  • Thinking about the field
  • Ancient Civilisations: Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece
  • Society, Environment and Climate Change
  • Food and Water Security
  • Mysticism: East and West
  • Believe, Obey, Fight: European Right-Wing Regimes and the Second World War
  • Culture, Power, History: Key Texts in Sociology and Anthropology
  • The Politics of Development
  • Energy and Sustainability
  • Primer on GIS and Basic Spatial Analysis
  • Can we be Moral: The debate between choice and chance
  • Philosophical Approaches to the Mind
  • Islam in South Asia – History and Politics
  • Feminist Classics: East and West
  • Culture, Ecology and Politics
  • Harry Potter: Texts, Films and Culture
  • China’s Foreign Policy
  • Nationalism and Integration in 20th-Century Europe
Scholarships

O.P. Jindal Global University awards Merit Cum Means Scholarships every year after the personal interview. Students pursuing final year of graduation from JGU are eligible to apply for the scholarship based on parental income.