As you know, the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs introduced a Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children (SPDC) in 2006, to assist Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in pursuing Under Graduate courses in Higher and Technical fields in India. Under this Programme, 67 PIO/NRI students were granted scholarship during the academic year 2006-07 while 81 students were granted scholarship in the next academic year.
1. The following are the highlights
of the SPDC-2008, which is
being announced today:
- 100 scholarships are being offered for Undergraduate courses in disciplines including Engineering/Architecture/ Technology, Humanities/ Liberal Arts, Commerce, Management - BBA/BBM, Journalism, Hotel Management, Agriculture/Animal Husbandry, Sciences, Law etc.
- The Programme is open only to PIOs/NRIs from the specified 40 countries having a larger concentration of Indian Diaspora.
- 50% of the scholarship would be reserved for PIOs. However, in the event of non-availability of suitable PIO candidates, the unfilled slots could be assigned to NRI candidates.
- NRI candidates would be eligible for the grant of scholarship only if their total family income does not exceed an amount equivalent to US $ One thousand and five hundred (US $ 1, 500).
- Children of NRIs should have pursued at least three years of education inclusive of 11th & 12th or equivalent (not beyond), in a foreign country during the last six years, and have passed the qualifying examination abroad.
- The last date for receipt of duly filled in prescribed application form by Ed.CIL is 4th April 2008.
- Candidates would be selected on the basis of a common entrance test to be conducted by Ed.CIL on 18th May, 2008 at your Mission/Post. Exact timings would be intimated by Ed.CIL. The candidates would also have to fulfill the entire criterion prescribed for the purpose.
- The amount of scholarship admissible would be 75% of Institutional Economic Cost (IEC) or US $ three thousand six hundred (US $ 3,600), whichever is less. IEC includes Tuition fee, Hostel fee & other institutional charges.
2.You are requested to render
necessary assistance by way
of wide publicity of the programme
among the Indian Community
especially the PIOs, smooth
conduct of the common entrance
test and necessary coordination.
3. Hon’ble Minister of Overseas
Indian Affairs has desired
that the Programme may be given
wide publicity through the
Indian Ethnic Magazines/publications
with a view to attract more
PIOs.
4. A copy of the announcement
is attached as an attachment
to this message sent by e-mail.
It can be downloaded from the
Ed.CIL websites www.edcil.co.in;
and www.educationindia4u.nic.in.
5. Kindly acknowledge receipt of this mail. Queries, if any, could be addressed to the undersigned.
Donwload:
Information Booklet
Regards
(D.N. Srivastava)
Joint secretary (DS)
Countries covered under the Programme:
- Australia
- Bahrain
- Canada
- Fiji
- France
- Germany
- Guyana
- Hong Kong, China
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Reunion Island
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Suriname
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- U.A.E
- UK
- USA
- Yemen
