Scholarships for single female students are awarded by the University Grants Commission of India (UGC). These scholarships are available for non-professional, postgraduate courses only. Scholarships will be given to candidates who have been admitted to a Master’s degree programme that is recognised by the UGC. The candidate’s age should not exceed 30 years at the time of admission.
The amount of scholarship is Rs 2,000 a month and payable for two years (10 months every year). For this, the candidate must submit an affidavit stating that she is the only girl child in her family.
The number of such scholarships is limited to 1200 a year. Scholarships awarded under this category will not affect any other benefit that the student is drawing from other sources. The scholarship is applicable to regular students and not external candidates.
The scholarship is called the Indira Gandhi Scholarship, because she was the country’s first woman prime minister who was a single girl child herself. Applications for the scholarships are invited in the month of August/September every year.
Last date to apply for this year is September,2013. See the link for more information
http://www.cbse.nic.in/Scholarship/Webpages/Guidelines%20and%20AF.html
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