Centre offers 125 overseas scholarships for marginalised

• Government of India offers 125 overseas scholarships annually for marginalised students pursuing higher education abroad.
• Scheme supports students from disadvantaged communities including Scheduled Castes nomadic tribes and other weaker sections.
• Scholarships cover masters and PhD programs promoting global exposure and equal educational opportunities for beneficiaries.

The Government of India provides 125 overseas scholarships each year through the National Overseas Scholarship NOS scheme to help students from marginalized communities obtain international higher education.

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment runs the program to assist deserving students who come from low-income families to access international educational opportunities.

The program helps Scheduled Castes students and De-notified Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes students and landless agricultural laborers and traditional artisan families to achieve higher social status and economic advancement through education.

The scholarship provides funding for students who want to study master toe and doctoral programs at accredited international universities which preferably include top-ranked institutions from around the world.

The minimum requirements for applicants’ state that they need to achieve 60 percent marks in their qualifying examination which they must use to demonstrate their eligibility through specific income guidelines while being younger than 35 years.

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The program requires candidates to obtain admission from an overseas university before they can be selected because this process ensures that only dedicated and academically prepared students will receive program benefits.

Every year, 125 scholarships are allocated to various categories with most scholarships reserved for Scheduled Caste applicants and additional slots set aside for other underprivileged groups. The program reserves 30 percent of its total scholarships for women to support gender equality.

The program excludes undergraduate programs while establishing two main restrictions that include capping benefits to two children per family and mandating study return to India after completion.

The project intends to establish equal access to international educational opportunities while providing advanced educational resources to help underprivileged communities.