Overview
- Applications are open until November 28 following an announcement by Higher Education Minister Govi Chezhian.
- The fellowships are available to postgraduate degree holders and independent researchers for one-year projects.
- Twenty selected researchers will receive Rs 50,000 per month to study rare documents at the Tamil Nadu Archives.
- Orders have been issued to restructure the Tamil Nadu Historical Research Council to meet contemporary research needs.
- The archive, housed in its current building since 1909, holds government records spanning three centuries, including books from 1633 and documents from 1670.