Fellowships

UGC Merit Scholarships for PG Students 2012-14

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University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi is offering Merit Scholarships for University Rank Holders for admission into post-graduate degree courses for the academic year 2012 – 14. Under this scheme, Merit Scholarships will be given for University Rank Holders in various subjects for supporting post graduate education.

Eligibility: Applicants admitted in post-graduate first year regular non-professional degree course in the year 2012-13 are eligible. They should be pursuing the course in any recognized college / university. Candidates should have secured 1st and 2nd positions at the Under Graduation level. Selection of the candidates for the scholarships will be through an Expert Committee.

Interested and eligible candidates can apply online through website : www.ugc.ac.in/urh. Opening date for the submission of online applications is 3r September, 2012. Closing date for the same is 3rd October, 2012. For more details such as terms and conditions of the scholarship and eligibility criteria see on UGC website : www.ugc.ac.in.

Candidates need not send any hard copy of the applications. The detailed guidelines of the scholarship scheme and amount of the scholarship will be available on www.ugc.ac.in .

UGC Single Girl Child Scholarship Scheme 2012-13

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September 2: University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi has introduced Post Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child for promoting girl education to all levels. UGC is offering scholarships for Single Girl Child of a family for Post-Graduate education. The SGC Scholarship Scheme for the academic year 2012 – 13 has been released. The scheme is named as Post-Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship and is offered for Single Girl Child only.

Eligibility: Any single girl child of her parents can apply. If the family has a son and a daughter, that applications will not be considered for scholarship under this scheme. The Single girl child should have taken admission in regular and full-time 1st year Masters Degree course in any recognized university or a recognized post graduate college.

The scholarship is applicable for PG-I year student only. Those registered for the course under distance mode are not eligible. Age should be below 30 years. The value of Scholarship is Rs.2,000/- per month for a period of two years only. For more details, see www.ugc.ac.in/sgc.

Interested and eligible candidates can apply online through website : www.ugc.ac.in/sgc. Opening date for the submission of online applications is 3rd September, 2012. Closing date for the submission of online applications is 3rd October, 2012.