Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children-2010-11.

DASA - Write Up

SFS Form

SPDC

No:Ed.CIL/PS/MKT/2009/1                                                                                                          28th  January 2009

Sub: Various admission schemes to "Study in India" through Ed.CIL

Dear Sir

This   is   my  enduring  privilege  to  introduce  you  about  Educational Consultants   India  Limited  (Ed.CIL)  which  is  a  Government  of  India Enterprise  under  the administrative control of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, offering consultancy and technical services  in different areas of education and human resource development on a  global  basis.  Ed.CIL  offers  services  for placement of international students     in     Indian     Universities/Institutions     for     higher studies/professional  training,  secondment  of Indian experts/faculty, and technical  assistance  for  the  establishment of educational institutions, curricula, etc

Admission  of international students in Indian institutions has been one of the  core strength areas of Ed.CIL. In the past, we had organized placement of  international  students  from most of the countries in Asia and Africa. Ed.CIL offers admission to international students/NRIs /PIOs in India under following three categories:

I. GOVT. OF INDIA SPONSORED SCHEMES:

Following three schemes are executed under the category

1) DASA (DIRECT ADMISSION OF STUDENTS ABROAD) Ed.CIL  has  been designated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government  of  India as the exclusive "Coordinating Agency & Single Window Facility"for  the direct admission of eligible Foreign Nationals/Persons of Indian   Origin(PIOs)   /   Non-Resident  Indians(NRIs)  to  Under-Graduate Engineering  Programs  offered  by the 14 National Institutes of Technology (NITs)  located at Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut, Durgapur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jamshedpur,  Kurukshetra,  Nagpur,  Rourkela,  Surat, Surathkal, Trichy and Warangal  ; 2 Indian Institutes of Information Technology(IIITs) located at Allahabad  and  Gwalior  and  4  other  Institutions  such  as NIFF-Ranchi, NERIST-Itanagar,  SLIET-Longowal  and PEC-Chandigarh Under the scheme, more than  1200  seats are offered for the admission  to the eligible candidates under  the  15%  supernumerary  quota.  The  Eligibility  criteria  for the candidates in terms of age, residence and qualification are as follow:

a.Age:  Maximum  age limit is 25 years as on 1st October of that particular year.

b.Residence:  Candidate  must  be  a  Foreign  National  /Persons of Indian

Origin(PIOs) studying in any country (including India) Or Indian  National  Studying  abroad(The  Indian national smust have at least three years of education in a foreign country during the last six years and must pass the qualyifying examination from abroad only.

c.Academic   Qualification:  Must  have  secured  minimum  of  atleast  60%

aggregate  marks  or  6.75 CGPA on a 10 point scale or equivalent grades in all the subjects of the qualifying examination.

                    *(Details are enclosed as attachment)

2) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME FOR DIASPORA CHILDREN (SPDC) SCHEME:

The  Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India, introduced a Scholarship  Programme for Diaspora Children (SPDC) for wards of Persons of Indian  Origin  (PIOs)  and  Non-Resident  Indians (NRIs) to assist them in pursuing  Higher  and  Technical  Education.  The  SPDC  is  applicable for undergraduate  studies  in Professional and General Courses (except Medical and  related  courses).Assistance  provided  under  it  shall  comprise  of financial assistance primarily towards tuition fee, admission fee, and post admission  services  which  is 75% of the Institutional Economic Cost (IEC) subject  to  maximum  of  USD3600 per annum. The programme is applicable to Indian  Diaspora  from  40 select countries. Scholarship is provided to 100 selected  students and out of total 100, 50 seats are reserved for PIOs and 50 for NRIs.

                         *(Details are enclosed as attachment)

3) MEA SCHEME FOR NEPALI NATIONALS:

The  Ministry  of External Affairs, Government of India provide this scheme as  a  aid  to Nepal Govt. Nepali students are nominated by Indian Embassy, every  year  80  students  in B.Tech,10 students in Pharmacy,20 students in M.Tech and 2 students  in LLM get opportunity to study in India. The scheme allowances  to  students  include monthly expenditure, tuition fees and one time traveling To & Fro during the course.

II. SELF FINANCE SCHEME (SFS)

Under  this  scheme  Ed.CIL  offers  admission to the International(Foreign nationals /NRIs/ PIOs) students who bear their cost of education themselves in  Under-Graduate  /Post-Graduate/Doctoral  programs etc in various Indian Institutions in the discipline of Arts, Agriculture, Commerce, Engineering, Hotel management, Medical, Management, Pharmacy, Science etc. The admission for  such  candidates  are  arranged in Ed.CIL's associated institutions on Institution Economic Cost (IEC)* basis *IEC  is  a  package,  which  includes tuition fee, all university charges, examination  fee,  eligibility  fee,  hostel  accommodation  with water and electricity,  mess  establishment charges (excluding mess fee), and medical facilities  for  minor  ailments  at  Universities/Institute's  dispensary.

Normally IEC is charged by the University in US Dollars.

                       *(Forms for SFS scheme are enclosed as attachment)

III. FOREIGN GOVT./CLIENT SPONSORED SCHEMES:

Ed.CIL  enters  into  MoU with Foreign Govt./Client to provide admission to the  students  sponsored  by them into its 135 associated institutes in the disciplines  of Arts, Agriculture, Commerce, Engineering, Hotel management, Medical,  Management,  Pharmacy,  Science  etc.  So far Ed.CIL has arranged admission  for  students  sponsored  from  Bhutan,  Maldives, Libya, Syria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, etc in Indian institutions

              *(Details are enclosed as attachment)

For further correspondence you may e-mail/fax/telephone to the undersigned.

Looking   forward  to  have  international  students  in  India  with  your

co-operation.

With best regards.

Shaik Suleman

Head Of Department

Placement & Secondment

Educational Consultants India Limited

(A Govt.of India Enterprise)

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