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Consulate
General of India Vancouver
Press
Release
Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children – 2008 The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India had introduced the ‘Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children(SPDC)’ in the year 2006 to assist Persons of Indian Origin(PIOs) and Non-Resident Indians(NRIs) to pursue Under Graduate courses in Higher and Technical fields in India. Under this Programme, 67 PIO/NRI students were granted scholarship during the academic year 2006-07 while 81 students were granted similar benefits in the next academic year. For the year 2008, the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs have announced Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children-2008(SPDC-2008). Some of the highlights of SPDC-2008 are: ·
100
scholarships are being offered for Undergraduate courses in
disciplines including Engineering/Architecture/ Technology,
Humanities/ Liberal Arts, Commerce, Management - BBA/BBM, Journalism,
Hotel Management, Agriculture/Animal Husbandry, Sciences, Law etc. ·
The
Programme is open only to PIOs/NRIs from the specified 40 countries,
including Canada, having a larger concentration of Indian Diaspora. ·
50%
of the scholarship would be reserved for PIOs. However, in the event
of non-availability of suitable PIO candidates, the unfilled slots
could be assigned to NRI candidates. ·
NRI
candidates would be eligible for the grant of scholarship if their
total monthly family income does not exceed an amount equivalent to
US$1,500 ·
Children
of NRIs should have pursued at least three years of education
inclusive of 11th & 12th or equivalent (not
beyond), in a foreign country during the last six years, and have
passed the qualifying examination abroad. ·
The
last date for receipt of duly filled in prescribed application form by
Educational
Consultants India Limited
(Ed.CIL)
is 4th
April 2008. ·
Candidates
would be selected on the basis of a common entrance test to be
conducted by Ed.CIL on 18th
May, 2008 at the Consulate General of India, Vancouver.
Exact timings would be intimated by Ed.CIL.
The candidates would also have to fulfill the entire criterion
prescribed for the purpose. ·
The
amount of scholarship admissible would be 75% of Institutional
Economic Cost (IEC) or US$3,600 whichever is less. IEC includes
Tuition fee, Hostel fee & other institutional charges. For more information the following websites of Educational Consultants India Limited (Ed.CIL) may be visited:
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