scholarship is ` 1000/- per month at Graduation level for the first three years of College and University courses and ` 2000/- per month at Post-Graduation level. Students pursuing professional courses would
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get ` 2000/- per month in the 4 and 5 year. The scholarship is paid for 10 months in an academic year and disbursed directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiary. The number of scholarships allotted to a State Education Board is distributed amongst the pass outs of the Science, Commerce and Humanities streams of the State Board in the ratio of 3:2:1.
The Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students is one of the Schemes covered under the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) w.e.f. 1.1.2013. Under the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) payments / funds are released to the State Education Boards / CBSE through the following two modes :- (i) By Public Finance Management System (PFMS)
and
(ii) By National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) For smooth operation of the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and to facilitate retrieval of data, the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) has been devised by the O/o the Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure. The PFMS is a Web Based Transaction System, and it generates MIS on utilisation of funds released on real time basis.
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From 1 November, 2013, all the State Education Boards were required to upload the digitized eligibility lists through PFMS.
During the period from 1.4.2014 to 25.11.2014, 44830 scholarships have been disbursed through CPSMS mode. Out of which 7978 scholarship were disbursed through Adhaar Payment Bridge (APB) mode and 36852 scholarships through Non-APB mode direct into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.
In order to further streamline the procedure of disbursement of scholarship in a transparent way, the Department of Higher Education in collaboration with the Office of the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Public Financial Management System (PFMS), has developed a software through which students can
apply for their renewal scholarship under the Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students through online PFMS portal. A User Manual has also been uploaded for this purpose in their Website address http://pfms.nic.in
(ii) Scheme of Scholarship to students from Non-Hindi Speaking States for Post- Matric Studies in Hindi
The objectives of the Scheme is to encourage the study of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking States and to make available to the State Governments, suitable personnel to man teaching and other posts where knowledge of Hindi is essential.
The Scheme was revised from 2004-05. Under the revised Scheme, 2500 Scholarships are provided to meritorious students studying at Post-Matric to Ph.D level, for recognized fulltime courses of education for study of Hindi as one of the subjects on the basis of the results of "examinations next below" conducted by a Board of Education or a University or a Voluntary Hindi Organization. The rate of Scholarship ranges from ` 300/- to 1000/- per month depending upon the course/stage of study. This scheme is implemented through the State Government /UT Administrations. In the financial year 2013-14, annual grant was disbursed to 239 students for Fresh scholarship for the batch 2013-14 and renewal scholarship to 38 Students of State Government of West Bengal and fresh scholarship for 15 students for the batch 2013-14 and renewal scholarship to 10 students of State Government of Tripura respectively.
(iii) Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir Students
The Scheme aims to provide tuition fees, hostel fees, cost of books and other incidental charges to students belonging to Jammu & Kashmir for pursuing higher education in Government colleges/institutes and other select institutes outside the State of Jammu & Kashmir. For the students of Jammu & Kashmir, who after passing Class XII or equivalent examination through the State Board of Jammu & Kashmir and from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) affiliated schools located in Jammu & Kashmir, have
secured admission in Government colleges/institutes and other select institutes outside the State of Jammu & Kashmir. Five thousand fresh scholarships are available every year, of which 4500 scholarships are for general degree courses, 250 for engineering and 250 for medical studies.
The scheme is being implemented through a web portal of All India Council for Technical Education ( A I C T E ) ( h t t p : / / w w w . a i c t e - i n d i a . o r g / JnKadmissions.html). In order to provide an all India exposure to the students of J&K, these scholarships are limited to two (2) per institute plus seats in Centrally Funded Technical Institutions and Central Universities. Inter-changeability of slots amongst General Degree, Medical and Engineering streams is also permissible with the approval of the Inter- Ministerial Committee (IMC). The provisions of reservation as per J&K State Govt. Reservation norms is also provided for.
During the period from 1.1.2013 to 31.3.2014, three awareness Camps, one in Delhi, Jammu & Srinagar, were organized so as to create awareness amongst the stakeholders. As a result, the number of students a p p l y i n g f o r t h e s c h o l a r s h i p i n c r e a s e d comprehensively as compared to the previous years. During the period, scholarships have been awarded to 3562 students for the academic year 2012-13 and 3747 students for the academic year 2013-14 along with 2858 renewal of scholarship for the year 2012-13. As a part of Selection procedure and admission process for the Academic Session 2014-15, counselling was conducted from 30.8.2014 to 5.9.2014 in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and accordingly 2102 eligible students were allotted Colleges through the centralized counselling on the basis of merit and choice of Colleges given by the students.
(B) External Scholarships
The Ministry of Human Resource Development acts as facilitator in the award of foreign scholarships to students & scholars from India to enable them to study abroad and enhance their knowledge of developments taking place abroad. The External Scholarship Division of the Ministry processes Scholarships
offered by various countries under Cultural/ Educational Exchange Programmes, for Indian students to study in the respective countries at the level of Post Graduate/Ph.D/Post Doctoral/ Research. In brief, after receiving the offer from the country, this Ministry advertises the offer of Scholarships. The Scholarship/Fellowship offers also circulated to all the concerned Universities/ Institutions, UGC, IGNOU & leading Newspapers etc. for Indian students. During the year applications are invited through on-line for award of External Scholarships.
The Commonwealth Scholarship/Fellowships Plan UK is the most prestigious worldwide external Scholarship covers a large number of disciplines, such as Remote Sensing Technology, Communication E n g i n e e r i n g , B i o - T e c h n o l o g y / B i o - C h e m i c a l Engineering, Robotics, Agronomy/Forestry, Social Science, Life Sciences, Management Studies, Environmental Studies, Law etc. For the academic Year 2015-16 the offer of Commonwealth Plan-2015 has been received from Govt. of UK and more than 2000 applications have been received covering 26 streams (PG/Ph.D) from Indian students and are under process.
The Agatha Harrsion Memorial Fellowship is fully funded by the Government of India. This is a research- cum-teaching fellowship and is meant for scholars who have specialized in modern Indian studies in the field of History, Economics and Political Science. A consolidated stipend of ` 29347/- per annum is paid by the Government of India to the selected scholar placed at St. Anthony's College, Oxford (U.K.). The last fellow, joined the college in October 2014 for the academic year 2014-15.
During the financial year 2014-15 a budget provision of ` 90/- lakh has been made to meet the expenditure towards holding meetings of Selection Committees constituted for selection of scholars against Scholarships offered by various countries, for paying air fare & supplementary stipend to scholars for studies in China and for bearing full expenditure on Agatha Harrison Fellowship.
During the current year the following Indian Nationals have availed scholarships/fellowship under various
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for consideration under this Scheme. The rate ofscholarship is ` 1000/- per month at Graduation level for the first three years of College and University courses and ` 2000/- per month at Post-Graduation level. Students pursuing professional courses would
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get ` 2000/- per month in the 4 and 5 year. The scholarship is paid for 10 months in an academic year and disbursed directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiary. The number of scholarships allotted to a State Education Board is distributed amongst the pass outs of the Science, Commerce and Humanities streams of the State Board in the ratio of 3:2:1.
The Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students is one of the Schemes covered under the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) w.e.f. 1.1.2013. Under the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) payments / funds are released to the State Education Boards / CBSE through the following two modes :- (i) By Public Finance Management System (PFMS)
and
(ii) By National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) For smooth operation of the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and to facilitate retrieval of data, the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) has been devised by the O/o the Controller General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure. The PFMS is a Web Based Transaction System, and it generates MIS on utilisation of funds released on real time basis.
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From 1 November, 2013, all the State Education Boards were required to upload the digitized eligibility lists through PFMS.
During the period from 1.4.2014 to 25.11.2014, 44830 scholarships have been disbursed through CPSMS mode. Out of which 7978 scholarship were disbursed through Adhaar Payment Bridge (APB) mode and 36852 scholarships through Non-APB mode direct into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries.
In order to further streamline the procedure of disbursement of scholarship in a transparent way, the Department of Higher Education in collaboration with the Office of the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Public Financial Management System (PFMS), has developed a software through which students can
apply for their renewal scholarship under the Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students through online PFMS portal. A User Manual has also been uploaded for this purpose in their Website address http://pfms.nic.in
(ii) Scheme of Scholarship to students from Non-Hindi Speaking States for Post- Matric Studies in Hindi
The objectives of the Scheme is to encourage the study of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking States and to make available to the State Governments, suitable personnel to man teaching and other posts where knowledge of Hindi is essential.
The Scheme was revised from 2004-05. Under the revised Scheme, 2500 Scholarships are provided to meritorious students studying at Post-Matric to Ph.D level, for recognized fulltime courses of education for study of Hindi as one of the subjects on the basis of the results of "examinations next below" conducted by a Board of Education or a University or a Voluntary Hindi Organization. The rate of Scholarship ranges from ` 300/- to 1000/- per month depending upon the course/stage of study. This scheme is implemented through the State Government /UT Administrations. In the financial year 2013-14, annual grant was disbursed to 239 students for Fresh scholarship for the batch 2013-14 and renewal scholarship to 38 Students of State Government of West Bengal and fresh scholarship for 15 students for the batch 2013-14 and renewal scholarship to 10 students of State Government of Tripura respectively.
(iii) Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir Students
The Scheme aims to provide tuition fees, hostel fees, cost of books and other incidental charges to students belonging to Jammu & Kashmir for pursuing higher education in Government colleges/institutes and other select institutes outside the State of Jammu & Kashmir. For the students of Jammu & Kashmir, who after passing Class XII or equivalent examination through the State Board of Jammu & Kashmir and from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) affiliated schools located in Jammu & Kashmir, have
secured admission in Government colleges/institutes and other select institutes outside the State of Jammu & Kashmir. Five thousand fresh scholarships are available every year, of which 4500 scholarships are for general degree courses, 250 for engineering and 250 for medical studies.
The scheme is being implemented through a web portal of All India Council for Technical Education ( A I C T E ) ( h t t p : / / w w w . a i c t e - i n d i a . o r g / JnKadmissions.html). In order to provide an all India exposure to the students of J&K, these scholarships are limited to two (2) per institute plus seats in Centrally Funded Technical Institutions and Central Universities. Inter-changeability of slots amongst General Degree, Medical and Engineering streams is also permissible with the approval of the Inter- Ministerial Committee (IMC). The provisions of reservation as per J&K State Govt. Reservation norms is also provided for.
During the period from 1.1.2013 to 31.3.2014, three awareness Camps, one in Delhi, Jammu & Srinagar, were organized so as to create awareness amongst the stakeholders. As a result, the number of students a p p l y i n g f o r t h e s c h o l a r s h i p i n c r e a s e d comprehensively as compared to the previous years. During the period, scholarships have been awarded to 3562 students for the academic year 2012-13 and 3747 students for the academic year 2013-14 along with 2858 renewal of scholarship for the year 2012-13. As a part of Selection procedure and admission process for the Academic Session 2014-15, counselling was conducted from 30.8.2014 to 5.9.2014 in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and accordingly 2102 eligible students were allotted Colleges through the centralized counselling on the basis of merit and choice of Colleges given by the students.
(B) External Scholarships
The Ministry of Human Resource Development acts as facilitator in the award of foreign scholarships to students & scholars from India to enable them to study abroad and enhance their knowledge of developments taking place abroad. The External Scholarship Division of the Ministry processes Scholarships
offered by various countries under Cultural/ Educational Exchange Programmes, for Indian students to study in the respective countries at the level of Post Graduate/Ph.D/Post Doctoral/ Research. In brief, after receiving the offer from the country, this Ministry advertises the offer of Scholarships. The Scholarship/Fellowship offers also circulated to all the concerned Universities/ Institutions, UGC, IGNOU & leading Newspapers etc. for Indian students. During the year applications are invited through on-line for award of External Scholarships.
The Commonwealth Scholarship/Fellowships Plan UK is the most prestigious worldwide external Scholarship covers a large number of disciplines, such as Remote Sensing Technology, Communication E n g i n e e r i n g , B i o - T e c h n o l o g y / B i o - C h e m i c a l Engineering, Robotics, Agronomy/Forestry, Social Science, Life Sciences, Management Studies, Environmental Studies, Law etc. For the academic Year 2015-16 the offer of Commonwealth Plan-2015 has been received from Govt. of UK and more than 2000 applications have been received covering 26 streams (PG/Ph.D) from Indian students and are under process.
The Agatha Harrsion Memorial Fellowship is fully funded by the Government of India. This is a research- cum-teaching fellowship and is meant for scholars who have specialized in modern Indian studies in the field of History, Economics and Political Science. A consolidated stipend of ` 29347/- per annum is paid by the Government of India to the selected scholar placed at St. Anthony's College, Oxford (U.K.). The last fellow, joined the college in October 2014 for the academic year 2014-15.
During the financial year 2014-15 a budget provision of ` 90/- lakh has been made to meet the expenditure towards holding meetings of Selection Committees constituted for selection of scholars against Scholarships offered by various countries, for paying air fare & supplementary stipend to scholars for studies in China and for bearing full expenditure on Agatha Harrison Fellowship.
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* * * * * SL. No. COUNTRY 2014-15NOMINATED ACCEPTED BY DONAR COUNTRY
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1. Israel 13 7 7
2. Korea 9 Reply awaited Reply awaited
3. China 23 18 16
4. Japan 52 30 28
5. Italy 22 19+1 Renewal Under Process
6. Mexico 6 Did not confirm yet
7. UK (CSFP)-2014 65 56 27
8. New Zealand (CSFP) 2 2 2
9. Sri Lanka Presidential Scholarship
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10 Ms. Agatha Harison Memorial Fellowship
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(Position as on 24.11.2014)
(C) Grant of No Obligation to Return to India
"No Obligation to Return to India" (NORI), a letter which is required by a person who has gone to USA on J-1 visa to obtain a waiver from Embassy/Consulate General of India in the USA. The Embassy of
India/Consulates General of India (CGI) in the USA issues waiver after obtaining 'No Obligation to return to India (NORI)' from the Ministry of Human Resource Development in respect of applicant. External Scholarship Division of this Ministry has issued 450 letters of "No Obligation to Return to India" (NORI) till 24.11.2014.
CEPs/EEPs and Commenwealth scholarship plan. The statement indicates the details of Indian Scholars sent to different countries are as under: