India is well known as an education
hub attracting international students from all over the
world. India’s robust education system, in the backdrop
of its rich diversity and vibrant
culture & history, affords a broad range of options for
students. And as a rapidly growing
country with a leading technological edge, studying in
India has much to offer, whether it is
Engineering, Computers, Arts, Philosophy, Political
Sciences or Classics etc.
Indian Council for Cultural Relations administers
various scholarship programs annually and
awards about 3000+ scholarships under 21 different
schemes to foreign students from about 180
countries. Amongst these 21 schemes, six are funded by
ICCR from its grant and others are
administered on behalf of MEA and Ministry of Ayush. The
courses offered for studies are for
Under-graduation, Post-graduation and Ph.D. levels. Each
academic year, ICCR has about 6000+ of
its foreign scholars who are studying at various
Central/State Universities, Institutes, NITs,
and Agricultural Institutions etc.
In a step
forward towards “Digital India” ICCR
developed
the “Admissions to Alumni (A2A) Portal) to streamline
the enrolment process. The portal was
launched on January 17, 2018 by then Honorable External
Affairs Minister Late Smt. Sushma
Swaraj. With the introduction of the portal from the
academic year 2018-19 onwards, ICCR
Scholarship programs are not only digitized but also
have become an effortless exercise. The
portal contains all relevant information regarding ICCR
sponsored scholarship schemes and other
information like names of the Indian Universities,
courses offered by them and guidelines of
scholarship schemes etc.
