General Guidelines

The Research Program is of 18 months duration (3 Semesters), leading to doctoral and Postdoctoral degrees/diplomas. The students are selected from countries like Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, USA, Europe and Australia. Students are chosen on the basis of their leadership potential. Commitment to community or national service academic qualifications and excellence. Students may enroll in Research Programs and may pursue any academic discipline or field of study that is consistent with the interest of scholar. Once selected the students will compete the research in India and later the degree/diploma will be awarded through an appropriate University program in US/UK/Canada Italy or any where in the world including country of residence depending solely on the choice of NIER.

In addition, few students attend orientation sessions, which current fellows actively participate in learning and discussion activities designed to create information and exchange networks among the students worldwide. Finally the program strongly encourages the students/alumni to maintain contact with the program after completing their research to help then remain current in their respective field through the expanding network.