Pune, 11 December 2023: In a significant step towards empowering minority students, the Government of Maharashtra has fulfilled its commitment by introducing a scholarship scheme to provide opportunities for education abroad. This initiative opens new avenues for minority students to pursue their academic aspirations on an international platform.
Two years after earmarking a substantial fund of 120 crores in the budget, the Maharashtra Government has given the green signal for the implementation of the
the implementation of the Overseas Education Scholarship Scheme for Minority Students. The scheme aims to facilitate access to foreign
institutions that are among the top 200 institutions in the QS World Ranking.
The scholarship is available for postgraduate and doctoral programmes. A total of 27 students per year will have the privilege of benefiting from this scholarship, underlining the State’s commitment to promoting educational opportunities for minority communities.
In order to cater for a wide range of academic interests, the scholarships will be distributed across various fields. Ten scholarships will be awarded
for science, technology and engineering courses, six each for medicine and biology, liberal arts and humanities, three for agriculture and two for law and business.
The scholarship programme prioritises inclusivity by awarding opportunities based on the demographic distribution of minority communities.
communities. Of the 27 recipients, 15 will be from the Buddhist community, one each from the Christian, Jain, Parsi, Jewish and Sikh communities, and the remaining 27 scholarships will be for the Muslim community.
The requirement that students must secure admission to an overseas institution ranked in the top 200 of the QS World Rankings underlines the Government’s commitment to ensuring that the recipients of the scholarship receive a high quality education that is globally competitive.
