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13.21 GUIDELINES FOR POST GRADUATE MERIT SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME

FOR UNIVERSITY RANK HOLDERS AT UNDER GRADUATE LEVEL

1. INTRODUCTION

Higher Education has had played a very vital role in the history of nation building all over the
world. It is amply clear that no rise in general standards of living and culture is possible
without strengthening the higher education system in the country. It obviously calls for a
multipronged strategy. There is a need to modernize our higher education system, and equally
important to continuously attract young and talented students to pursue higher education. It is
being increasingly observed that the brighter lot is not pursuing Post-Graduate education i our
institutions of higher learning.

To emerge as a powerful nation, there is an urgent need to bring in talented boys and girls in
the field of Post-Graduate education by way of providing them good incentives in the form of
scholarships. The UGC, therefore, introduced a Post-Graduate Merit Scholarship Scheme for

University undergraduate rank holders.
The scholarship may be tenable for a period of two years to enable the rank holders of each
university at undergraduate level to pursue their Master’s Degree. All universities/degree

awarding institutions would be required to issue rank certificates to the toppers of the
university in B.A., B.Sc., and B.Com. The purpose of this scheme is to attract talent for pursuing
post graduate studies besides strengthening the basic subjects at Undergraduate level. The
awardees, under this scheme, can pursue their Postgraduate programme in any area of
specialization in any institution of higher learning in the country.

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE SCHEME

The objectives of the scheme are:

2.1. To promote and nurture talent;
2.2. To reward meritorious students with outstanding performance at the Under graduate level

for pursuing postgraduate studies;

2.3. To promote study in basic courses at undergraduate level. Professional courses are not
covered under the scheme;
2.4. To build up academic excellence at postgraduate level across the colleges and universities

in the country.
3. TARGET GROUP

3.1 The First and Second Rank holders at undergraduate level and admitted in any
Postgraduate Course would be awarded the scholarship. The students will have to submit the
proof of their merit position at undergraduate level as well as their admission in postgraduate

courses as per Annexure-I.

3.2 The scholarship would, however, be subjected to securing a minimum of sixty percent
marks at undergraduate level. The joining report has to be uploaded as per format at
Annexure-II.

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