New Delhi, June 8 -- The Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) has launched a new research fellowship programme on the theme "Youth and Decolonisation", offering grants of Rs.3 lakh each for 600 projects over eight months to encourage an "Indian-centric approach" to knowledge and challenge "Eurocentric frameworks" across disciplines.

The programme invites fourth year undergraduate students to undertake research on themes ranging from revisiting Indo-Aryan migration theories and "moving beyond Macaulay" in education to re-examining governance and political thought through thinkers such as Kautilya, Mahatma Gandhi and VD Savarkar.

The programme, launched under the Yuva Shodh Pratibha Scheme (YSPS), is open to students in seven...