SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR DIASPORA CHILDREN (SPDC) - EMBASSY OF INDIA

The SPDC is open to the applicants in the age group of 17 to 21 years. Academic Qualification:

1. Schooling & Qualifying Examination: The children of Indian workers in 17 ECR countries who are studied in India must have cleared the Senior Secondary (10+2) or equivalent examination from a system of education recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), with requisite subjects. Children of Indians residing in Nepal has required to be done at least four years of schooling including two years of classes XI & XII in Nepal just prior to apply.
2. Minimum Marks in qualifying Examination: The candidate must have secured a minimum of 60% aggregate marks or equivalent grades in aggregate of all the subjects in the qualifying examination.
3. Subjects of Study in Qualifying Examination: The candidate must have studied the prescribed essential subjects at the qualifying examination level to pursue a particular course of study.
4. Parents Income: The total monthly income of the parent(s) of the candidate/applicant should NOT exceed an amount equivalent to US Dollars Five Thousand (US$ 5000).

Stated amount: 335,700 Every year scholarship is provides to 150 selected students, without earmarking NRIs, PIOs and Children of Indian Workers in ECR countries under SPDC. The SPDC was extended to the Children of Indian Workers in 17 Emigration Check Required (ECR) countries (Afghanistan, Bahrain, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Yemen) Financial Assistance.

1. In the First Year: Partial financial assistance to the extent of 75% of the total Institutional Economic Cost (IEC) subject to a maximum of US $ Four Thousand (US$ 4,000 or 3,35,734.11 Indian Rupee) per annum whichever is less would be made by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India to the applicants selected for the SPDC scheme. IEC includes Tuition fee, Hostel fee & other institutional charges. (Food charges are excluded).
2. For Second and Subsequent Years: The parameters for continuation of scholarship to selected applicants for the second and subsequent years of study, aggregate in an academic year with clear pass marks in all subjects of study, would be eligible to receive the maximum admissible scholarship i.e. 75% of IEC or US$ Four Thousand (US$ 4,000 or 3,35,734.11 Indian Rupee) in the following year of study. Students, who secure less than 50% marks in aggregate in an academic year and have obtained clear pass marks in all subjects of study, would be eligible to receive 90% of the scholarship admissible in the following year of study. Every year scholarship is provides to 150 selected students, without earmarking NRIs, PIOs and Children of Indian Workers in ECR countries under SPDC.