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OFFER OF INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS (ICCR) SCHOLARSHIP UNDER ATAL BIHARI  VAJPAYEE GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME,

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi is pleased to announce Atal Bihari Vaipayee General Scholarship Scheme (A1201) at Indian Universities / institutes for the academic year 2023-24.
ICCR has allotted 2 scholarship slots for the Saudi nationals for the academic year 2023-24. Applicants must be between the age of 18-30 years for Undergraduate Programme and 18-45 years for PhD Programmes.

Since English language is the medium of instruction in the Indian universities, the students must be sufficiently proficient in English to properly pursue the academic lecture.

The applications from interested international students for academic year 2023-24 will be invited online through ICCR's A2A Scholarship Portal http://a2ascholarships.iccr.gov.in, which will be operational from 20th February 2023. Also a 'Timeline for the admission process' as under has been set which is given below for reference :-

20 February 2023

  1. Opening of ICCR A2A Portal for admissions

30 April 2023

  1. Last date of application to be submitted by students

31 May 2023

  1. Last date of Universities to inform the decision (if confirmed, intimation to Missions; if rejected, intimation to students)
30 June 2023

  1. Last date for allocating scholarship and generating Offer Letters by Indian Mission abroad
15 July 2023

  1. Last date of acceptance by students
22 July 2023

  1. Based on the number of acceptances in the first round (if acceptances are less than the scholarship seats allocated) Indian Missions to offer scholarship to other students who were not considered in the first round
30 July 2023

  1. Second round students to convey their acceptances

Detailed guidelines for students are attached herewith.

Atal Bihari Vaipayee General Scholarship Scheme