National Overseas Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Castes

The Central Sector Scheme of National Overseas Scholarship is to facilitate the low income students belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Denotified Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Landless Agricultural Labourers and Traditional Artisans category to obtain higher education viz., Master degree or Ph.D courses by studying abroad thereby improving their Economic and Social status.

Benefits

• In each Selection Year, 125 fresh awards, subject to availability of funds, will be given under the Scheme.
• 30% of the awards for each year shall be earmarked for women candidates. However, in case, adequate women candidates are not available as per the stipulations of the scheme, then the unutilized slots will be utilized by selecting suitable male candidates.
• Financial assistance

Eligibility

• In order to be eligible for scholarship, at least 60% of marks or equivalent grade in the qualifying examination would be required. In case of Ph. D courses, the qualifying exam would be Master’s Degree and for Master’s Degree courses, the qualifying examination would be Bachelor's Degree.
• Age : Not more than 35 (Thirty Five) years, as on first day of April of the year.
• Income : Total family income from all sources shall not exceed Rs. 8.00 lakh per annum in the preceding year
• Not more than two children of the same parents/guardians will be eligible for scholarship under the scheme  

How to apply

To apply online visit https://nosmsje.gov.in/

Implementation agency

Department of Social Justice & Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India

To know more details, http://nosmsje.gov.in/Default.aspx