Fellowship for the Post-Graduate Students in Various Faculties of Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University

What is the SDAU post-graduate fellowship?

Fellowship for the Post-Graduate Students in Various Faculties is a student-support scheme of Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University (SDAU), a state agricultural university funded by the Government of Gujarat through the Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Co-operation Department. SDAU's main campus is at Sardarkrushinagar, Banaskantha district, PIN 385506, in north Gujarat.

The fellowship exists for a reason common to every state agricultural university. Master's programmes in agriculture and allied sciences are two-year, research-heavy degrees that require the student to be present on campus and at research stations through the year. Many students come from farming families in north Gujarat and Kutch and cannot fund that period from home. A monthly fellowship keeps capable students in the programme rather than pushing them into early employment.

SDAU administers the fellowship through the Director of Research and Dean PG, with the Directorate of Student Welfare handling the student-facing scholarship function. Both offices are listed on the university's own website.

Which faculties and colleges are covered?

SDAU is a multi-campus university. Its post-graduate teaching runs through the constituent colleges listed on the university site:

Sardarkrushinagar main campus

• C. P. College of Agriculture
• College of Basic Science and Humanities
• College of Renewable Energy and Environmental Engineering
• ASPEE College of Nutrition and Community Science
• College of Food Technology
• College of Agribusiness Management

Satellite campuses

• College of Agriculture, Tharad
• College of Horticulture, Jagudan
• College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Khedbrahma
• College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Tharad
• College of Agriculture, Bhuj

The university also runs polytechnic institutions at Khedbrahma, Jagudan, Amirgadh, Deesa and on the main campus, and a network of on-campus and off-campus research stations across Gujarat. Polytechnic and diploma students are not post-graduate students and are not covered by this fellowship.

Who is eligible for the fellowship?

A student can be considered if:

• The student is admitted to a post-graduate (master's) programme at SDAU, through the state agricultural universities' common admission process.
• The student is enrolled in one of SDAU's constituent colleges listed above.
• The student maintains the academic standing the university requires for continued fellowship, assessed each semester.

A student is not eligible if:

• The student is an undergraduate or a polytechnic diploma student.
• The student is not enrolled at SDAU, students of Anand Agricultural University, Junagadh Agricultural University or Navsari Agricultural University apply to their own universities.
• The student is already drawing an ICAR junior research fellowship or another national fellowship for the same programme. State agricultural universities generally bar a second concurrent fellowship for the same degree.
• The student has discontinued or been placed on academic probation, since continuation depends on satisfactory academic progress.

What is the fellowship amount?

SDAU does not publish the fellowship amount on its public website. The university's pages for the Directorate of Student Welfare, the student scholarship section and the Dean PG office reference the fellowship but do not state a monthly rate, a number of fellowships or a duration.

This guide will not quote a figure that cannot be verified on an official source. Third-party aggregator sites carry numbers for this fellowship; those numbers are not confirmed on sdau.edu.in and should not be relied on when planning finances. A student who needs the current rate should ask the Dean PG office directly, the rate is revised by the university and by ICAR norms from time to time, so even a correct figure from an earlier year can mislead.

How to apply for the SDAU post-graduate fellowship

1. Secure admission to an SDAU post-graduate programme through the state agricultural universities' admission process for the year.
2. Report to your constituent college: C. P. College of Agriculture, the College of Food Technology, the College of Horticulture at Jagudan, or whichever college your programme sits in, and complete enrolment formalities.
3. Contact the Directorate of Student Welfare on the Sardarkrushinagar campus and ask for the current year's fellowship notification and form.
4. Submit the form with your documents — admission proof, bachelor's degree marksheets, Aadhaar, bank passbook, and a category certificate if you are claiming a reserved-category component, to the college office or the Directorate of Student Welfare as directed.
5. Follow up with the office of the Director of Research and Dean PG, which administers post-graduate fellowships across the faculties.
6. Keep your academic record clear each semester, since continuation of the fellowship depends on satisfactory progress.

There is no separate public online portal for this fellowship. It is an internal university process, and the college office is the correct first point of contact.

What documents are required?

How to check your fellowship status

1. Ask your college office whether your name was forwarded in the fellowship list for the year.
2. Follow up with the Directorate of Student Welfare on the main campus.
3. Escalate to the office of the Director of Research and Dean PG if the list has been sanctioned but payment has not started.
4. Check your bank passbook for the credit, and verify that the account number on your student record is current.

Help and contact

• SDAU: 02748-278226, 02748-278234
• Email: registrar[at]sdau[dot]edu[dot]in
• Address: Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar - 385506, Banaskantha, Gujarat
• Website: sdau.edu.in

A note on what could not be verified

Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University's public website confirms that a post-graduate fellowship function exists, names the offices that run it. The Director of Research and Dean PG, and the Directorate of Student Welfare, and lists the faculties and colleges it covers. It does not publish the fellowship amount, the number of fellowships, the duration, or a dated application window. Those four facts are therefore left unstated in this guide rather than guessed at. Students should obtain them in writing from the Dean PG office at the time of admission.

Common reasons for rejection

Since SDAU runs this fellowship as an internal university process rather than a portal-based scheme, most rejections happen at the college office stage, before a form ever reaches the Directorate of Student Welfare. The common reasons:

• Enrolled in the wrong category of programme. The fellowship is for post-graduate (master's) students. Undergraduate students and polytechnic or diploma students at SDAU's Khedbrahma, Jagudan, Amirgadh or Deesa institutions are turned away at the first check because they are not post-graduate students, regardless of how strong their academic record is.
• Enrolled at the wrong university. Students of Anand Agricultural University, Junagadh Agricultural University or Navsari Agricultural University sometimes apply through SDAU's college offices by mistake, usually after transferring or attending a joint programme. Each state agricultural university runs its own fellowship, so the application has to go to the college of admission, not to SDAU.
• Already holding a national fellowship for the same degree. A student drawing an ICAR junior research fellowship or another national fellowship for the same master's programme is normally not sanctioned a second, concurrent university fellowship for the same period. The fix is to choose one funding source and inform the Dean PG office before submitting, rather than after a rejection.
• Academic standing not maintained. Continuation depends on satisfactory semester progress. A student placed on academic probation, carrying backlog papers beyond what the college allows, or who discontinued and later re-registered can be dropped from the fellowship list even after an earlier sanction. Checking with the college office each semester, rather than assuming continuation is automatic, avoids this.
• Incomplete or unverifiable documents. Missing bachelor's degree marksheets, an Aadhaar number that does not match university records, or a bank passbook not in the student's own name are the most common paperwork reasons a name is held back from the fellowship list. Because the fellowship is credited to a bank account, a mismatch between the student record and the passbook name or account number is enough to delay or skip a disbursement even after selection.
• Missing the internal notification window. Since there is no fixed public deadline and no online portal, the college office and the Directorate of Student Welfare set the year's notification and collection window internally. A student who does not check with the college office early in the semester can miss this window and have to wait for the next cycle.

None of these are appealable in the way a portal-based rejection might be. Because the process runs through the Dean PG office and the college, the practical fix in every case above is the same: confirm eligibility and document completeness with the college office and the Directorate of Student Welfare before the year's list is finalised, and follow up promptly if a semester's academic result affects continuation.