Scholarship for Students
Pursuing Education in Foreign Universities
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Government of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development
09-March-2017 15:28 IST
Scholarship for Students
Pursuing Education in Foreign Universities
Government scholarships for students
undertaking higher education in foreign universities in the field of art,
agriculture, law, medicine, engineering are as follows:-
1. National Overseas Scholarship
for Scheduled Tribe Students: The scheme is implemented by the Ministry of
Tribal Affairs. Under the scheme, financial assistance is provided to
meritorious Scheduled Tribe students for pursuing Master level courses, Ph.D.
and Post-Doctoral Research Programmes in foreign universities in the field of
Engineering, Technology and Science. The family income ceiling of the
candidates/parents is Rs. 6.00 lac per annum.
2. National Overseas Scholarship
for Scheduled Caste students: The scheme is implemented by the Ministry of
Social Justice and Empowerment. Under the scheme, financial assistance is
provided for pursuing Master level course and Ph.D. in foreign universities in
the field of Pure and Applied Sciences, Social Science, Agricultural Science
etc. The family income ceiling of the candidates/parents is Rs. 6.00 lac per
annum. The number of awards available is 100 per annum.
3. Dr. Ambedkar Scheme of Interest
Subsidy on Educational Loan for Overseas Studies for the Students belonging to
the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Economically Backward Classes (EBCs):
The scheme is implemented by Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment. The objective of the scheme is to provide interest subsidy to
meritorious OBC and EBC students so as to provide them opportunities to pursue
higher education abroad in the field of Arts, Engineering, Medical and
Agriculture. The income ceiling is Rs. 3 lakh per annum for OBCs and Rs. 1 lakh
for EBCs. 50% of the outlay is earmarked to girl students.
4. Padho Pardesh:- The Ministry
of Minority Affairs is implementing the scheme wherein interest subsidy
is provided to minority students to puruse Master’s Level Courses, M.Phil and
Ph.D. in foreign universities in the field of Arts, Engineering, Agriculture
and Medical. The family income ceiling of the candidates/parents is Rs. 6.00
lakh per annum.
5. Overseas Doctoral Fellowship
Programme:- The scheme is implemented by Science and Engineering Research
Board, a statutory body of Department of Science and Technology. The objective
of the scheme is to build national capacity where the talent supply of
researchers in areas of interest to the country is sub-critical. The
selected fellow is provided US $ 24,000 per annum for a period of 4 years for
undertaking the doctoral research program in Science, Technology, Engineering
and Medicine from overseas top ranking universities.
Source | www.pib.nic.in
Regards
Pralhad
Jadhav
Senior
Manager @ Library
Khaitan & Co
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