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Scholarship programme for Diaspora Children (SPDC) to the Children of PIOs/NRIs

Posted on: October 11, 2019 | Back | Print

Every academic year, the Ministry of External Affairs offers 150 scholarships under the scheme ‘Scholarship programme for Diaspora Children (SPDC) to the Children of PIOs/NRIs’. For 2019-20 the details of the same along with courses and institutions covered may be seen on the SPDC portal(www.spdcindia.gov.in) PIOs/NRIs from Italy are also eligible.

The Ministry of External Affairs provides financial assistance to the students selected under SPDC covering 75% of the total institutional Economic Cost (IEC) subject to a maximum of US$4000/-