MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (MHRD)-CHINESE GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIP

General Information

Online applications are invited for selection of Indian nationals for Chinese Government Scholarship 2020-21, for pursuing following programs:

(i) Undergraduate programs

(ii) Master’s programs

(iii) Doctoral programs

(iv) General Scholar programs

(v) Senior Scholar programs.

Slots: 40 slots are offered under the Chinese Government Scholarship. Final selection of candidates rests with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China. Nominations would be made in a proportional manner according to the number of applications received under each degree program.

AIRFARE: The Government of India will bear the cost of airfare for onward air tickets only i.e. India to China for the candidates who are finally selected for award of this scholarship.

VALUE OF SCHOLARSHIP: Please visit http://www.campuschina.org for details of the value of scholarship provided by the Government of China.

Eligibility

(a) Citizenship: Applicant must be a permanent citizen of India and should be currently residing in India at the time of applying.

(b) Age Criterion:

i) For applying to undergraduate programs: applicant must be a high school graduate (Class XII pass) under the age of 25.

ii) For applying to master’s programs: applicant must be a bachelor’s degree holder under the age of 35.

iii) For applying to doctoral programs: applicant must be a master’s degree holder under the age of 40. iv) For applying to general scholar programs: the applicant must be a high school graduate i.e. he/she must have cleared Class XII (at least) under the age of 45.

v) For applying to senior scholar programs: applicant must be a master’s degree holder OR an associate professor (or above) under the age of 50.

(c) Other Criterion: Candidates who have been abroad for the purpose of study/research/training, for the period of more than six months at a time either on a scholarship or on their own, are eligible to apply only if they have been in India for at least two years, after their return from abroad as on 24 January 2020.

Fees

Application fee information is not available.

Application Procedure

Candidates must necessarily apply on both the following websites to be considered for nomination by the Ministry of Human Resource Development for this scholarship:

(i) Chinese Scholarship Council’s Online Application System (http://www.campuschina.org). Instructions for applying to the Chinese Scholarship Council’s Online Application System are enclosed.

(ii) http://proposal.sakshat.ac.in/scholarship. Portal would be active from 12 December 2019 to 24 January 2020.

Applicants are required to upload the following documents while applying for this scholarship on http://proposal.sakshat.ac.in/scholarship :

(a) PDF of the application form submitted on http://www.campuschina.org.

(b) Self-attested copy of class X mark sheet, class XII mark sheet, degree certificate (UG/PG/Doctoral as applicable). Please note that if your degree is awarded in terms of GPA, the applicant must upload the official procedure adopted by the University/Institution for conversion of GPA to Percentage.

(c) Class X pass certificate as proof of age of the applicant. (Document size: size of an individual document must be under 530 kb)

 

For further details, please check-

https://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/Chinese_Scholarship%202020-21_updated_0.pdf

Selection Procedure

The following criteria would be adopted for nomination of the candidates:

• For undergraduate programs, merit list would be based on Class XII marks (80% weightage) and Class X marks (20% weightage).

• For Master’s, Doctoral, General Scholar and Senior Scholar programs, priority for nomination would be given to candidates who have completed their last qualifying exam either from Institutes of National Importance (INI)/Central Universities (CU)/ Centrally funded Technical Institutes (CFTI)/National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accredited institutions

Important Dates

Other Information

Contact

Department Of Higher Education

Shri Madhu Ranjan Kumar

Joint Secretary

Shastri Bhawan

New Delhi – 110001

Department Of School Education & Literacy

Shri Maneesh Garg

Joint Secretary (SE-I)

Shastri Bhawan

New Delhi – 110001