The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) and the University Grants Commission (UGC) have undertaken special interest in promoting higher education in the North Eastern Region (NER) of India.
The UGC launched the Ishan Uday Special Scholarship Scheme for the students of the North Eastern Region to improve the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER), encourage children belonging to the economically weaker sections of the NER and promote higher education.
The UGC launched the Ishan Uday Scheme from the academic year 2014-2015. The UGC consulted with the State Governments, Ministry of HRD, Central and State Universities of the NER, North Eastern Council, Shillong, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and other stakeholders before launching this scheme.
The Ishan Uday Scheme provides scholarships for general degree courses, professional and technical courses from the beginning of the academic year 2014-15.
Under the Ishan Uday scheme, the UGC awards 10,000 new scholarships every year for students studying degree courses, professional and technical courses, including medical and para-medical courses. The amount of scholarship provided under the Ishan Uday scheme are as follows:
The amount of scholarship will be given through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to the beneficiary student.
The students eligible to apply for the scholarships under the Ishan Uday scheme are as follows:
The following students are not eligible under this scheme:
The applications for availing of scholarship under this scheme are invited once a year on the National Scholarship Portal. Notification of the application dates of this scheme is also uploaded on the UGC website. The process for applying to the Ishan Uday scheme are as follows:
The opening date for applying to the Ishan Uday scheme will be notified on the National Scholarship Portal. The application form needs to be filled by the students before the expiry of the last date.
The scholarships granted under the Ishan Uday scheme can be renewed during the period of the first-degree course, subject to maintenance of prescribed attendance and good conduct. The students can renew the scholarships for the next year of study upon receiving an annual progress report granted by the administrative head of the Institution, University or College.
The following documents have to be uploaded while applying for the Ishan Uday scheme on the National Scholarship Portal:
The UGC launched the Ishan Uday Special Scholarship Scheme to promote higher education in the North Eastern Region of India by providing scholarships for various education courses. The scheme aims to increase GER, encourage economically weaker section students, and improve budgetary allocation utilization.