PETALING JAYA: The Government of India is offering three scholarships to meritorious students from Malaysia for the academic year 2020-21.
The High Commission of India, in a statement, said one of the scholarships will be offered under the General Scholarship Scheme (GSS) and two under the Education Exchange Programme (EEP).
The scholarship programmes will be administered by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and will cover tuition fees, living allowance, house rent allowance, contingent grant, thesis & dissertation expenses, and medical benefits.
However the scholarships will not cover airfare.
In order to qualify for the scholarships, applicants should meet the eligibility criteria for the course mentioned in the website of the university/college concerned where admission is being considered and ensure that they submit all relevant documents as required by the universities.
The commission said preference will be given to applicants who never studied in India before.
Courses allowed to be pursued under the scholarships includes Engineering, Architecture, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Commerce, Management, Business Administration, Journalism, Hotel Management, Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Animal Husbandry, Science, Law, Dance and Music and others.
However the scholarships would not cover medical-related courses.
The GSS scholarship is said to be one of the important scholarship schemes offered under the ICCR which is which is awarded at the level of undergraduate/postgraduate levels and for pursuing research to foreign students belonging to Asian and Latin American Countries.
Whereas the EEP scholarships will be offered to students intending to pursue undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral courses.
Students intending to apply scholarships have to fill in an application form online at ‘Admissions to Alumni’ (A2A) at http://a2ascholarships.iccr.gov.in/
Applications must be submitted before Feb 29, 2020.
