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SABBATICAL LEAVE |
| Sabbatical leave shall be granted subject to the following
Rules and Regulations: |
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The sabbatical leave would be exclusively for
scientific or academic work at any relevant institution in India or
abroad. The facility of sabbatical leave be extended to include work
on other activities of the innovation chain with industry,
consultancy organizations, financial institutions, project
engineering firms, technology marketing/transfer agencies, etc.;
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The sabbatical leave would be admissible to
Scientists "C" and above who have rendered not less than
six years service in CSIR;
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Sabbatical leave should be granted once in six
years, provided, the Scientist concerned has not gone on one year or
longer deputation or assignment or study leave during the preceding
six years;
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Sabbatical leave could be availed by a
Scientist while receiving Fellowship or the like from CSIR or any
other organization;
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The leave will be limited to a maximum period
of one year; it may be taken for shorter duration;
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The scientist must have at least three years
service after completion of Sabbatical leave;
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Sabbatical leave cannot be combined with any
other leave;
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During the period of Sabbatical leave, the
Scientist concerned will be paid full salary and allowance as would
have been otherwise admissible to him'
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Scientist concerned will furnish a letter of
acceptance from the Host Institution for undertaking advanced
study/research;
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Scientist concerned will give an undertaking
before proceeding on Sabbatical leave that he/she will utilize it
for the bonafide purpose for which it is sanctioned and will not
accept any commercial employment during the period of leave; If
after rejoining duty, he/she resigns within three years he/she shall
refund the salary paid to him/her during the period of his/her
Sabbatical leave;
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During the period of Sabbatical leave, the Scientist
will continue to retain accommodation on the same terms and conditions
as are applicable to other Council employees;
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For all purposes the period of Sabbatical leave
will treated as a period spent on duty without entitlement to TA and DA;
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In case the Scientist proceeds abroad, the laboratory
where he/she is employed or CSIR will have no financial obligations
including medical expenses;
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All applications shall be forwarded by
Laboratories to CSIR in case Sabbatical Leave is out of the Country;
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On completion of Sabbatical leave, the Scientist
will submit a detailed report on the work done and objectives accomplished;
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Sabbatical Leave Rules referred to above were approved
by the Governing Body of CSIR at its 124th Meeting held on 24th of
September, 1991 with the modification made in its 13th meeting held
on 29th July ,1993;
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For the Rules and Regulations, refer Appendix II;
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Note: The revised MANAS (effective since 1/4/92)
vide para 0.6.9 states that "The period spent on Sabbatical Leave
will count for normal assessment". If accepted by GB, an addendum
would be provided to the Guidelines on Sabbatical Leave already approved
in the 124th GB meeting.
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