Golden opportunity for ST students: Centre announces `National Overseas Scholarship scheme’; details here

Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment has announced National Overseas Scholarship for ST students

The Scholarship aims to provide financial assistance to students who want to pursue studies abroad in certain subjects. The selected students will receive variable awards.

Eligibility

Be below 35 years of age as of 1st July 2022 for the year 2022-23
Belong to the ST category and have passed the Graduation/Postgraduation/Ph.D. Examination
Be admitted to regular and full-time Master’s/Ph.D/Post Doctoral Courses in accredited universities/Institutions abroad after selection
Have an annual family income of not more than INR 6 lakh per annum
Minimum qualification

For Post-doctoral –

Have secured 55% marks or equivalent grade in relevant master’s degree and Ph.D.
Have 5 years of experience in research/technology in the concerned field
For Ph.D. –

Have secured 55% marks or equivalent grade in relevant master’s degree
Have 2 years of experience in research/technology/M.Phil. degree in the concerned field
For Master’s Degree –

Have secured 55% marks or equivalent grade in relevant bachelor’s degree and PhD
Have 2 years of experience in the concerned field
Benefits

The selected candidates will receive an annual maintenance allowance of US Dollars 15,400 for all levels of courses and an annual maintenance allowance for candidates in the United Kingdom will be pound sterling 9,900.
Note – For detailed information, kindly refer to the ‘Scholarship Detail Document’.

Documents needed

Profile Photo {size: 50 KB – 100 KB} (JPEG file only)
DoB Certificate [10th Passing certificate](PDF file only)
Graduation Marksheet/Postgraduation Marksheet/Ph.D award certificate wherever applicable (PDF)
Conversion factor formulae certificate issued from university/Institutes In case of marks are in CGPA/SGPA
ST/PVTG certificate in PDF [Community name should match with a drop-down list of domicile States/UTs & Issued & signed not the below rank of Tehsildar]
Family Income certificate [Issued & signed not the below rank of Tehsildar]
A copy of the latest tax assessment
How to apply

Click on the ‘Apply Now’ button.

Check the box beside ‘I have read and understood the guidelines/instructions for registration’ and click on Continue.
Fill in the required information and submit it to ‘Register’.
Once registered successfully, log in using the registered user id and password.
Fill in the relevant information, upload the supporting documents and submit.
Important dates

Application Deadline – 30th July 2022

Selection Criteria

The candidates will be selected based on the eligibility criteria and their performance in the interview.
Terms and Conditions

An individual can be given the award only once and cannot be considered for the award for a second or subsequent time.

No more than one child of the same parents/guardian will be eligible.