About Scholarship

India has been a long standing development partner of Nepal and the partnership with Nepal emerges from deep bonds of friendship between the two countries. India's human resource and capacity building programs in Nepal through scholarship schemes has a long history spanning over decades with extensive covering of students from class VI to PhD in a wide spectrum of courses/streams ranging from Engineering, Medicine, Agriculture, Pharmacology, Food Technology, Computer Application, Business Administration, Music & Fine Arts etc.  It  flows from India's focus on Neighbourhood First' policy and India's aim to create mutually beneficial cooperation.

To contribute in the human resource development and nation building of Nepal, around 1500 scholarships/seats are provided every year to Nepalese Nationals by the Government of India. Since 2006 alone, India's scholarship programs in Nepal has benefitted more than 27,000 students. It not only funds students studying in India, but also covers students who are studying in schools/colleges in Nepal.

The  Mahatma Gandhi Scholarship Scheme  (MGSS) funds students of class XI and Class XII to pursue their education in Nepal, whereas the Golden Jubilee Scholarship Scheme  (GJSS)  funds  undergraduate students to pursue professional  courses  such  as  MBBS/BDS, B.E./B.Tech and other three years courses in Nepal.

Army Public School (APS) Scholarship scheme for the students of Class VI, VII, VIII, IX & XI, enables students of Nepal to study in the academies of APS in Pithorgarh, Dhaula Khan and Noida in India. The

prominent ICCR scholarship schemes- the Atal Bihari Vajpayee General Scholarship Scheme (ABVGSS) and the  Silver  Jubilee  Scholarship Scheme (SJSS) provide the opportunity to Nepali Nationals to pursue Under Graduate, Post Graduate and PhD Courses in prominent and prestigious universities/institutes of India. AYUSH scholarship scheme is for Nepali students who are interested in pursuing traditional medicines in India, and the popular COMPEX scholarship scheme is for students to pursue undergraduate courses in Engineering, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Food Technology and Nursing in India. Nepali Nationals may pursue Masters in Engineering in India under the Homi Jahangir Baba Scholarship Scheme and Masters in Agriculture under the  Nepal  Aid Fund scholarship scheme.

The cultural and geographical proximity and special bonding between the people of India and Nepal has made India the second home of students from Nepal and the scholarship schemes are a very strong medium for Nepali citizens to fulfill their aspirations by pursuing education in India's prestigious universities/colleges.

A brief introduction of various scholarship schemes is  as follows:-