Lalit Kala Akademi Scholarship 2013-14
- Last Date : 20th August 2013 -

General Conditions
Objective

The objective of awarding scholarships to young and budding artists is mainly to provide them a work space to improve their skills/innovative ideas in their respective field of visual arts.

Selection

The selection for award of Scholarships will be made by a Jury comprising of senior artists. The photographs of exhibits or published article will be the main basis, but not the only basis for selection.

Number of Scholarships

A maximum number of 40 scholarships will be given during the year 2013-14 subject to availability of funds and work space.

Value of Scholarship

The Scholarship has a value of Rs. 10,000/- p.m. for a period of one year.

Entry Fee

There will be an Entry Fee of Rs. 100/- to be submitted along with the Application Form in the form of a Postal Order/Bank Draft payable to Secretary, Lalit Kala Akademi drawn on New Delhi branch.

Work Space

The selected applicants will be required to work only at the Regional Centres of the Akademi situated in New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar and two newly added centres at Jaipur and Guwahati attached to their respective State *(see table) only.

General Rules

1. The selected scholars will be required to work in one of the Regional Centres of the Akademi specifi ed above. He/She will have to submit at least two works’ photographs considered suitable and duly certifi ed by the Head of the Regional Centre/Institution every month. With regard to the allotment of centre (work space), the decision of the Lalit Kala Akademi will be fi nal and binding.
2. The State or Union Territory in which the applicant has been residing for at least 3 years in the recent past will be the State or Union Territory from which he would be deemed to be applying.
3. No request for change of centre will be entertained under any circumstances.
4. The selected scholars will be required to submit an undertaking on Stamp Paper of Rs. 50/- duly attested by Notary Public that they will not abandon the scholarship before its completion.
5. The scholarship will be disbursed monthly by a/c payee cheques and no claim for any other payment to the selected scholars will be entertained by the Akademi.
6. Artists who have already received any awards in National/International Exhibitions and or received Research Grant/Scholarship of the Lalit Kala Akademi in the past are not eligible to apply.
7. Applicants sending published articles in language other than Hindi or English must send translation in Hindi or English.
8. The Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, reserves the right to reproduce the images of the works produced by its scholars registered under its Scholarship Scheme. A Copyright Form performa would be fi lled by the scholars during their scholarship tenure and they will have to abide by the mandatory conditions enlisted in the form.
9. The Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi may formulate any other Rule/ Condition, which is necessary for the effective implementation of the Scholarship scheme.