Dinesh Bhatia
Counsellor
Tel: (+965) 2510891
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
July 28, 2008
Dear President/Secretary,
The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of
India has announced the Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children (SPDC -
2009) for the children of PIOs/NRIs to pursue undergraduate programmes for
Professional and General courses in Higher and Technical Institutions in India.
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 Educational Consultants
India Limited (Ed.CIL), a Government of India Enterprise, has been designated
as the Nodal Agency for implementation of the SPDC. The announcement details,
guidelines and the application form can be downloaded from the Ed.CIL websites
{www.edcil.co.in; and www.educationindia4u.nic.in}.
Under this Scheme, scholarship will be provided to 100
selected students under the following criteria: Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) -
50 and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) – 50 with the proviso that in case of
non-availability of suitable PIO candidates, the unfilled slots could be
offered to NRI candidates.
The broad guidelines of the SPDC are as follows:
i) Children of Overseas Indians from 40 countries covering
Africa, Asia, Gulf and the Caribbean will be covered under the SPDC Scheme;
ii) Minimum age limit is 17 years and maximum age limit is 21
years. Applicants born on or after October 1, 1988 and before October 1, 1992
are eligible. Children of NRIs/PIOs with at least three years of education in
the listed foreign countries during the last six years and must have passed the
qualifying examination inclusive of 11th and 12th standard or equivalent will
be covered under the SPDC scheme;
iii) The scholarship will be in terms of partial financial
assistance to the extent of 75% of the total Institutional Economic Cost
(tuition fees, hostel fee and other institutional charges, etc) subject to a
maximum of US$ 3600 per annum. NRI candidates would be eligible for the grant
of scholarship only if their total monthly family income does not exceed an
amount equivalent to US$ 2,250;
iv) Eligibility for scholarships will be based on the basis of
qualifyingmarks of 60% in Class XII and score in the entrance test to be
managed by EDCIL. Candidates who have scored 60% aggregate marks in their
XIIth grade will be eligible to appear in the entrance test. Students who are
appearing for XIIth grade examination this year will also be eligible to appear
in the test, but their selection will be subject to their fulfilling the
eligibility criteria of 60% marks in XII;
v) The scholarships will be offered on merit on the basis of a
Common Written Examination to be held in Kuwait on Sunday, October 26, 2008.
The Common Entrance Test will be of objective type of two hour duration
comprising English language proficiency, Reasoning Ability/Quantitative
Aptitude and General Awareness. The examination will be conducted in Kuwait by
the Embassy of India. The general standard of the examination will be that of
12th Standard of Indian educational system (CBEC).
vi) Contact details of Educational Consultants India Limited are:
Ed.CIL House, 18A Sector 16A, Noida – 201 303 (Uttar Pradesh). Phone:
91-120-2515281(Direct)/2512001(EPABX); Fax: 0091-120-2515485
(Direct)/2515372(General); E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]; Web: www.edcil.co.in,
www.educationindia4u.nic.in.
vii) Original Application Form (Hard copies only), complete in all
respects are to be submitted to the Project Manager (SPDC), Educational
Consultants India Limited, P&S Division, Ed.CIL House 18-A, Sector 16-A,
NOIDA-201301, Uttar Pradesh, India latest by September 9, 2008.
viii) The last date for receiving the original application form in
Ed.CIL is 9th September, 2008
You may like to circulate the above Scheme for the
information of your Members and also give it wide publicity.
With best wishes,
Yours faithfully,
(Dinesh Bhatia)
To
President/Secretary of all
Indian Associations registered with the Embassy
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