Indian Government Scholarship for Indonesian Students

Posted by Inkpower On Tuesday, January 4, 2011 0 comments
Overview
The Government of India scholarships are provided by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) through its General Cultural Scholarships Scheme (GCSS) for the year 2011-12.


The scholarships are offered to meritorious Indonesian students to undertake higher studies in India under undergraduate (S1), post-graduate (S2) and Ph.D. (S3). Students can opt for any course in the fields of arts, performing arts, architecture, literature, commerce and science; degree courses in engineering and agriculture; and doctoral and post-doctoral courses in various disciplines. Government of India will provide living allowance, contingent grant, accommodation charges, tuition fee and other benefits, including expenses on medical treatment and study tour to the students selected for the scholarship. However, the cost of air passage to India and back for all students and expenses on laboratory chemicals and related incidentals for science stream students would have to be borne by them or by their sponsors. Scholarships are not provided for medicine (MBBS), dentistry (BDS), nursing & other courses related to medicine.
Applications for the 2011-12 academic year are now being accepted in the Embassy of India in Jakarta. Last date for acceptance of applications is 22 January 2011.

Eligible Candidates
To be eligible to apply for ICCR scholarship, you must:
  • be an Indonesian national;
  • be usually and currently resident in Indonesia;
  • not have permanent resident status for any other country;
  • be a minimum of 18 years of age at the time of commencement of scholarship in India;
  • not currently hold a scholarship from ICCR under GCSS;
  • not availed of a scholarship from ICCR under GCSS;
  • priority will be given to candidates who have not had scholarships and have not been awarded scholarship previously to study in India;
  • be applying to commence a new course of study at a level higher than your current qualification;
  • be able to take up the scholarship in the year in which it is offered (2011);
  • for civil servants, be endorsed by your sponsoring organization, i.e. Ministry, Department, statutory authority, agency.
Mandatory requirements for GCSS Scholarships application*:
  • A record of high-level academic achievement (with GPA of at least 2.75) in the last qualifying examination at the School or the University
  • Syllabus of the last qualifying examination
  • Certified/sworn copies of all documents such as marks sheets etc. with English translations
  • To pass an English Proficiency Test to be conducted by the Embassy
  • For Students applying for doctoral/post-doctoral courses or architecture: Synopsis of the proposed area of research
  • Certificate of Physical Fitness, as prescribed in Appendix-2 of the Application Form
  • Medical certificate attesting that the candidate is free from AIDS
  • Curriculum Vitae in English (HP and e-mail required)
  • Certificate in English-language course/TOEFL score minimum 500
  • Recommendation letter from former School/University/Office
*Information above is only a summary. For detailed information, please refer to the Application Form and the detailed
Scholarships
Living Allowance (Stipend)
@Rs. 4,500 per month for Under-graduate courses
(BA/B.Sc./B.Com/BBM/BCA/BBA/B.Tech. etc.)
@Rs. 5,000 per month for Post-graduate courses
(MA/M.Com/MBA/MCA/MSc/ME/M.Tech. etc.)
@Rs. 6,000 per month for Research courses (M.Phil/Ph.D./D.Lit/Fellow)
@Rs. 6,500 per month for Post-doctoral research students
@Rs. 4,500 per annum for Under-graduate courses
@Rs. 6,500 per annum for Post-graduate courses
@Rs. 12,000 per annum for Research courses (M.Phil/Ph.D. in Humanities, S&T/M.Tech/ME)
@Rs. 15,000 per month for Post-doctoral research courses (Humanities, Engineering, Technology)

Guidelines.
For detailed information on ICCR scholarships, please visit: www.indianembassyjakarta.com or www.jnicc.org or www.congendiamedan.or.id or contact:
Education Wing, Embassy of India, Jl. HR Rasuna Said, Kav. S-1, Kuningan, Jakarta
Tel: (62-21) 520 4150/52/57/526 4931 & 521 3775 Fax: (62-21) 520 4160 & 5265622
E-mail: ssedu@net-zap.com or edujkt@net-zap.com
http://www.indianembassyjakarta.com/edu_scholarship.html