After Plus Two

The UDAAN scheme launched by CBSE to help girl students in cracking IIT JEE and other entrance exams has started giving results with more number of students getting admissions into premier engineering institutions. IITs have also introduced a special quota for girl students this year to fill the gender gap in IITs.

About 135 girl students have secured admission into premier engineering colleges thanks to Udaan scheme of CBSE. These students have cleared Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains.

Need 70 Percent and above marks:

The scheme is aimed at training the girl students with an overall score of 70 percent or above, and 80 percent in science and mathematics stream with free of cost tutorials. The training will be provided with mentoring support, lectures and study material to prepare for engineering entrance exams.

The UDAAN project motivates meritorious girl students towards further education in science and mathematics. The study materials are pre – loaded on tablets and made convenient with mobile applications. According to CBSE, 135 girls cleared the JEE Mains exam in 2017 with the help of the Udaan initiative. Last year, the number of qualifying girl students was
143.

20 Percent seats for girls in IITs:

It is observed that more than 75 percent of the registered candidates for JEE exam are boys. The UDAAN scheme is limited for students from families with an annual income of less than Rs 6 lakh. The Government has created a supernumerary quota of upto 20 percent for girl candidates in IITs to bridge the gender gap in engineering education at IITs.

INSPIRE fellowship program is the most sought after for the students who wish to enter into science career. The fellowship scheme is intended to encourage the student to take up career in scientific research.

Students often confused a lot regarding eligibility requirements for INSPIRE fellowship program. Here we are giving complete details of the eligibility requirements for this program.

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Other Fellowships for Science Education and Research

Following categories of students are eligible:

1) INSPIRE Scholar having secured minimum 65 percent marks in aggregate or equivalent CGPA at M.Sc or Integrated MS / MSc program of any recognised university / institution.

2) 1st rank holders at University Level Examination are only eligible. Autonomous College Level examinations are not considered. The 1st rank should be of overall full time post graduate program in disciplines such as science, engineering /technology / agriculture / pharmacy / other applied science streams and also undergraduate studies in Medicine i.e. MBBS.

It should be noted that the toppers in any subject specialization in Post graduation 2nd year course only are not eligible. Most importantly, just having the eligibility for the INSPIRE Fellowship will not guarantee the selection for fellowship. The Expert Committee will select the candidates based on the research proposal by the fellow.