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EDUCATION UK INDIA
COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
An annual scheme that funds a wide range of subjects

This is an annual scheme made available to all Commonwealth countries by the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission. The India programme is managed jointly by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU, UK); Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India and the British Council.

The Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) has announced the COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS PLAN, 2008-UK.

Click here to download details and application form from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India website.

Deadline for applications: 05 November 2007

For queries write to your nearest British Council Office.

ELIGIBILITY
For more information, see the scholarship eligibility criteria or the fellowship eligibility criteria.

VISAS
Student visas for the UK will be arranged gratis by the British Council.

AWARD
Master's/M.Phil/ PhD/ six-months clinical training/Fellowship.

FUNDING
University fees, scholar's return travel, allowance for books, apparatus, approved study, travel, personal maintenance (plus allowances, where applicable, for spouse and children). Fixed Research Support Grant in case of research.
CONTACT INFORMATION

GENERAL

The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
John Foster House
36 Gordon Square
London, WC1H OPF

T: +44-207-387 8572


SCHOLARSHIPS

Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD)
Department of Education
External Scholarships Division
A-1/W-3, Curzon Road Barracks
Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110001

T: +91-11-2338 6401


FELLOWSHIPS

University Grants Commission
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi -110001

T: +91-11-2323 3895

British Council
Delhi: delhi.scholarship@in.britishcouncil.org
Chennai: chennai.scholarship@in.britishcouncil.org
Mumbai: mumbai.scholarship@in.britishcouncil.org
Kolkata: kolkata.scholarship@in.britishcouncil.org

Do not write to the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) in London, as they cannot allocate individual scholarships. Contact the Commonwealth Scholarship Agency in your own country. If you are already in the UK, the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) can help you with general information concerning the scheme, but it cannot issue application forms to international students.
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