Good news for standard XII students who have chosen / are planning for higher studies in pure science courses, after 12th.
The applications are invited for the “Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE)”, a component of INSPIRE, for students studying courses in natural/ basic sciences at B.Sc., B.Sc (Hons), integrated M.Sc./MS programs in any one of the recognized institutions in India.
Total of 10,000 scholarships are available annually under SHE.
Eligible candidates will receive annually scholarship @ total value Rs.80,000 per candidate. The cash value payable to the SHE scholarship holder is Rs.60,000 per annum along with a summer time attachment fee of Rs.20,000 which will be paid to the mentoring institution for undertaking summer time project.
Eligibility
The selection of candidates will be based on performance in Board Examinations within the cut-off threshold (of top 1%) for each State or Central Board Examination at Class XII.
This scholarship after 12th is not open for courses in engineering, medicine, technology and other professional / applied science courses.
For complete details on the scholarship, log on to the INSPIRE website
http://www.inspire-dst.gov.in/SHE.html