NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR POST GRADUATE STUDIES

1. The scholarship is available to the students for the first PG Degree programme only. Students, who have already acquired any postgraduate degree, are not eligible to apply.
2. Only the students, who are already admitted in the first year of PG degree programme in an eligible university/college/institution, (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Institution’), are eligible to apply.
3. In case of integrated programmes, the scholarship shall be given for PG component only.
4. Only students who are below the age of 30 years of age as on the date of admission in the first semester/year of a PG programme are eligible to apply under these schemes.
5. The scholarship is available only for students who are admitted to PG degree programme through ‘Regular/Full Time’ mode. The students, who are pursuing any PG programme through open/distance/correspondence mode, private or part-time mode, are not eligible to apply.

1- The selection shall be made strictly as per the merit of candidates except in the case of 'Single/Twin/Fraternal Girl Child'. The slots shall be allocated as per Govt. of India reservation policy. However, 30% of slots will be reserved for women candidates. 2- Further, 50% of slots under each category are earmarked for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Law, and Management, and the other 50% are earmarked for Science, Engineering & Technology, medical, technical, agriculture, and forestry programs. 3- In case of tie/more than one candidate having similar marks in their UG examination, at the lowest level of the merit list, the list shall be further short listed/segregated based on marks obtained by them in Under-graduation (UG). In case, there are still more candidates in the merit list as compared to the desired/declared slots, further shortlisting shall be done based on marks obtained by candidates in the XII class. Other Info PROCEDURE FOR DISBURSEMENT Scholarship to the identified students (as certified, and verified by the institutions under this scheme) will be disbursed by UGC through DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) Mode and will be transferred to the Bank account of student. This procedure will be completed through PFMS. RENEWALS 1- Scholarship granted under the scheme will be kept renewed during the period of first degree course, subject to good conduct and maintenance of prescribed attendance. 2- The scholarship will be renewed for the next year of study on successful completion of first year of study. 3- During the next year of study, students are required to apply for ‘Renewal’ of their scholarship on the National e-Scholarship Portal of the Government of India. Short notifications will also be uploaded on the UGC website. 4- Students failing to get promoted to the next class/ level would forfeit the scholarship. 5- Change in ‘course of study’ and ‘institution’ is not permitted. If the student changes the course of study or change the institution, the scholarship will stand forfeited from the date of such a change. Important Note:

1. Strict action shall be taken against the student for furnishing any type of wrong/misleading information in respect of his/her eligibility and other details for getting the scholarship and for furnishing wrong/misleading information during the period of scholarship. UGC reserves the right to take action/initiate proceedings against such students and for recovery of full amount of paid scholarship along with interest.
2. The institution concerned and its officials shall be held responsible if any payment is made to an ineligible student on the basis of verification done by it or uploading of wrong/misleading information on the portal by the student or by the institution. Action shall be taken against the institution/officials including blacklisting of institution and recovery of paid amount of scholarship with interest from the institution/officials concerned.
3. Un-authorized access of portal or Filing of bogus or multiple on-line applications or putting junk data on the portal shall invite action under the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Act.