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Students from the IITs, NITs, IISC and many other universities participated in the march,” said a junior research fellow.Apart from seeking a uniform hike in PhD fellowship, students sought regular update of fellowship after inflation adjustment. The students have demanded 50% hike in the fellowship amount as well as timely disbursement of the fellowship.“The protest was organized to highlight the struggle of thousands of PhD research scholars. If the hike is calculated as per the increasing inflation rate, the fellowship amount should increase to Rs50,000 and Rs55,000, respectively. “The revised fellowship should be effective from April 2018 and all students must receive arrears. Until now, students from cities had been protesting by themselves but today the protest was held across the country..