National Overseas Scholarship/Passage Grant For SC Etc.

National Overseas Scholarship/Passage Grant For Sc Etc.

CANDIDATES FOR THE SELECTION YEAR – 2018-19

Applications in the prescribed format are invited for 100 slots and 05 passage grants for Selection Year 2018-19 under National Overseas Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Castes, Denotified Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Landless Agricultural Labourers and Traditional Artisans

I) Scholarship:

The Scholarship covers cost of fees etc. and other educational expenses including maintenance, contingency allowance, and travel expenses etc. for various courses in the specified field of study at Masters and Ph. D level only. As per the scheme guidelines, the annual intake of 100 slots is for the following fields.

Specified Fields of Study

• Engineering and Management
• Pure Sciences and Applied Sciences
• Agricultural Sciences and Medicine
• International Commerce, Accounting and Finance

Passage Grant:

For the passage grant, only those candidates are eligible who possess a Master or equivalent degree in above mentioned disciplines and are in receipt of merit scholarship for Post Graduate studies, Research or Training abroad (excluding attending seminars, workshops, conferences from a foreign Government/organization or under any other scheme where the cost of passage is not provided).

Minimum Qualification

(a) For Ph.D. - 55% marks or equivalent grade in relevant Masters Degree. Preference would be given to the experienced candidates, especially to those who are on lien with their existing post and employer.

(b) For Master’s Degree: - 55% marks or equivalent grade in relevant Bachelors Degree. Preference would be given to the experienced candidates, especially to those who are on lien with their existing post and employer.

Age:

Below 35 (Thirty Five) years, as on 1st April, 2018

Income Ceiling

Total family income from all sources shall not exceed Rs. 6, 00,000 (Rs. Six lakhs per annum)  Maximum number of children in a family for the award.

Not more than two children of the same parents/guardians will be eligible and to this effect a self certification will be required from the candidate. An awardee cannot be considered for the award on a subsequent occasion as the award can be given only once. The second child of the same parents/guardians will be considered only if the slots are still available for that year

Duration of Award with Financial assistance

The prescribed financial assistance is provided up to completion of the course/research or the following period, whichever is earlier: -

(a) Ph.D. -- 04 years (Four years)

(b) Master’s Degree -- 03 years (Three years)

Applications should be sent at the following address to this Ministry (employed candidates through proper channel), in the prescribed application form which will form a part of the advertisement published by the D/o SJ&E in Employment News /Rozgar Samachar. Applications received up to 31st March of the financial year (2018-19) will be considered for grant of award/assurance of award for the Selection Year 2018-19. The applications received will be considered on periodical basis.

Shri Deepak Mehra

Director (SCD-V),

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,

Department of Social Justice and Empowerment

Room No.636 - ‘A’ Wing,

Shastri Bhavan,

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Marg,

New Delhi-110 001.

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