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3.3 The scheme is applicable to such students who have taken admission in regular, full-time
Master’s Degree course in any recognized university, deemed university, private university,
autonomous college or a post graduate college.

4. ELIGIBILITY

4.1 The scholarship is available to the student for first PG Degree only. Age limit for the
students is 30 years at the time of admission in PG course.

4.2 Distance mode of education will not be considered under the scheme.
4.3 The Undergraduate courses from following streams have been identified for the award of
scholarships:

1. Life Sciences 2. Physical Sciences 3. Chemical Sciences 4. Earth Sciences 5.
Mathematical Sciences 6. Social Sciences 7. Commerce 8. Languages

4.4 Before verifying applications of students the concerned Universities may ensure that
applicants satisfy all norms as per guidelines.

4.5 The first and second rank holders (Not position holders) would be considered from
Universities/ Institutions and non-affiliated/ autonomous colleges according to the number of
students who have appeared in the examination at undergraduate level as per following table.

Number of students who appeared in
Nature of Institution
examination at undergraduate level
Affiliating Universities (State/ Central) 100
Deemed Universities/ Private Universities /
Autonomous Colleges / Non-affiliated 25
colleges

5. NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIP AND TENURE OF SCHOLARSHI
5.1 Slots: 3000

5.2 Tenure of scholarship: Two years

6. PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING FOR THE SCHEME

 Applications will be invited once in a year on the National Scholarship Portal of the
Government of India. Short notification will also be uploaded on the UGC website.

 Incomplete applications will be summarily rejected. Only verified online applications will
be considered for award of scholarship.

 The concerned University/ Institute should verify that the applicant is a first or second rank
holder out of the specified total number of students who appeared in the examination at the
undergraduate level as specified in the guidelines.

7. JOINING

The scholar would be awarded from the date of joining the post graduate first year course as
per information provided in the online application and verified by the University/ Institute/
College.

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