Overseas Scholarship to pursue Post Graduate and Research courses

Scholarship of Rs.36.00 lakh per annum is provided to encourage students to undertake postgraduate and doctoral research studies in educational institutions abroad.

Full Scholarship of Rs.36.00 lakh is provided as educational Scholarship (annual family income of Rs.8.00 lakh.) Rs.24.00 lakh is given if the family income limit is between Rs.8.00 lakh to Rs.12.00 lakh.

The students should be enrolled in Universities of rank of up to 1000 in the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) rankings.

Graduate students must be under 35 years of age and full-time doctoral research students must be under 40 years of age on the first day of April (1st April) of the year of applying for scholarship.

An allocation of Rs.8.94 crore has been made for the implementation of this scheme in the financial year 2024-2025.

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DETAILS OF THE SCHOLARSHIP

Scholarship up to 06 lakh covering tuition fees, living expenses, visa fees, medical insurance, airfare, equipment allowance, and taxes.

Scholarship upto 06 lakh if annual family income is below X8 lakh and scholarship upto X24 lakh if the annual family income is below R12 lakh.

WHO CAN APPLY?

Are you a student belonging to Adi Dravidar (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) or Adi Dravidar converted to Christian community?

Is your family's annual income below lakh?

Have you received an offer letter from a foreign university/institution that is ranked within 1000 in the latest QS World University Rankings? (Check the rankings here:) I am a Link

Are you below 35 years of age for your Master's (or) below 40 years of age for your PhD?

HOW TO APPLY?

Download the application form and the list of required documents from the following site or by scanning the QR code alongside. I am a Link

Send the filled application along with the necessary documents to the Commissioner/Director of Adi Dravidar Welfare through registered post.