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India to offer scholarships to diaspora students
Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The ministry of overseas Indian affairs
(MOIA) is introducing scholarships for diaspora children to study in
higher technical and non-technical institutes in India in the academic
session 2006-07.
A senior official of the ministry said that the scholarship programme
was open to 100 students from a list of select countries. Educational
Consultants Indian Ltd. (Ed.CIL) will act as the nodal agency.
The programme is open to students from Bahrain, Fiji, Guyana, Hong
Kong, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman,
Qatar, Reunion Island, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Surinam,
Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Arab Emirates and
Yemen.
The scholarships will be offered in only those institutes with which
Ed.CIL has a memorandum of understanding.
The official said a budget of Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million) had been
earmarked in the first year for the programme. The number of
scholarships will be increased annually till it reaches 350.
The scholarships will be applicable for professional and general
courses (except medical and other related courses).
Applicants will have to pay processing charges to Ed.Cil - $200 per
student for non-technical courses (humanities streams) and $350 per
student for technical courses (which includes engineering, management
and hospitality).
The applicants should be from the age group of 17-21 years and should
have passed senior secondary (10+2) or equivalent from any educational
system recognised by the Association of Indian Universities with the
requisite subjects.
They should have secured at least 60 percent aggregate marks or 6.75
cumulative grade point average (CGPA) on a scale of 10.
Selection will be based on a common written examination to be held
April 30, the venues and timings of which will be announced by the
Indian missions in the respective countries.
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