Scholarship Programme for Diaspora children
The scholarship Programme has been introduced by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India. Ed. CIL (Education Consultants of India) is the nodal agency that looks after and facilitates this Programme for Diaspora children. The objective of the ‘Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children’ (SPDC) is to make available India’s highly developed higher education system to Children of Indian Diaspora (PIOs and NRIs) living in select countries. There are ample facilities for higher education in India. The scheme also aims to strengthen ties between Indian Diaspora and Indian culture. SPDC is applicable for undergraduate Programmes for Professional and General Courses (except Medical and other related courses). Financial assistance towards tuition fees, admission in select institution and courses, post admission services is provided.
The scheme is applicable for Indian Diaspora concentrated in the following 40 countries.
| Sl. No. |
Name of the Country |
Sl. No. |
Name of the Country |
|
| 1 |
Australia |
21 |
New Zealand |
|
| 2 |
Bahrain |
22 |
Nigeria |
|
| 3 |
Canada |
23 |
Oman |
|
| 4 |
Fiji |
24 |
Philippines |
|
| 5 |
France |
25 |
Portugal |
|
| 6 |
Germany |
26 |
Qatar |
|
| 7 |
Guyana |
27 |
Reunion Island |
|
| 8 |
Hong Kong, China |
28 |
Saudi Arabia |
|
| 9 |
Indonesia |
29 |
Sri lanka |
|
| 10 |
Israel |
30 |
Singapore |
|
| 11 |
Italy |
31 |
South Africa |
|
| 12 |
Jamaica |
32 |
Spain |
|
| 13 |
Kenya |
33 |
Surinam |
|
| 14 |
Kuwait |
34 |
Tanzania |
|
| 15 |
Madagascar |
35 |
Thailand |
|
| 16 |
Malaysia |
36 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
|
| 17 |
Mauritius |
37 |
U.A.E. |
|
| 18 |
Mozambique |
38 |
UK |
|
| 19 |
Myanmar |
39 |
USA |
|
| 20 |
Netherlands |
40 |
Yemen |
Reservations for NRIs
The Indian Government provides opportunity to the children of Non-resident Indians to study in India. For this purpose, 1/3 of the 15 per cent supernumerary seats in educational institutions (except medical) are reserved for children of NRIs in the Gulf and South East Asia.
DASA Scheme
DASA stands for Direct Admission to Students Abroad. This Government of India has designated the Educational Consultants of India Limited (Ed.CIL) as the coordinating agency for carrying on the DASA Scheme. Under this scheme, deserving foreign nationals/ Persons of Indian Origins (PIOs) and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) are given direct admission to undergraduate Programmes offered by the National Institutes of Technology and other centrally funded institutes (other than IITs) and Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh .
Through this scheme, the Government of India aims to provide quality education to the children of overseas Indians in the field of Engineering and technology.
For more details on DASA scheme, click here.
