PG Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child

The Post Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child with an aim to compensate direct costs of girl education to all levels, especially for such girls who happen to be the only girl child in their family.

Slots: 3000

Eligibility:

The scheme is applicable to such single girl child who has taken admission in regular, fulltime first year Masters Degree course in any designated university or a post graduate college.
Admission to PG Course in Distance education mode is not covered under the scheme.

Age Limit: Girl students up to the age of 30 years at the time of admission in first year of PG courses are eligible.

Amount of Fellowship: Rs.36,200/- p.a. for a period of two years only

Procedure for Applying for the Scheme

Applications will be invited once in a year on the National e-Scholarship Portal of the Government of India. Short notification will also be uploaded on the UGC website.
Incomplete applications will be summarily rejected. Only verified online applications will be considered for award of scholarship.
Affidavit regarding Single girl child status may be uploaded as per format given in Annexure-II.
Joining report as per Annexure-I has to be uploaded.

Last Date: October 31, 2022

For more details, please visit: https://scholarships.gov.in/public/schemeGuidelines/Guidelines_SGC1819.pdf