Scholarships
Are you thinking of pursuing higher studies? Then you may probably be thinking
of financial backing as well. You need not always depend on loans to go in for
higher studies. Apart from educational loans, monetary aid is available to students
as Scholarships and Endowments. Scholarships enable deserving students to pursue
higher education in their sphere of study or go for specialization by providing
them necessary monetary assistance as course fee and book grant without having
to repay loans.
Today scholarships and stipend are available to school students, college students,
research fellows etc.
The scholarships may be funded by Individual Trusts, Government Institutions,
Institutions of Higher Learning like Universities, by Corporate Houses or by
Missionaries and Charitable Trusts. The students have to fulfill the eligibility
criteria as laid down by the respective organizations or institutions offering
scholarships to be in receipt of these scholarships. The eligibility criteria
set by institutions may be ones regarding the minimum and maximum age limit
of applicants, the academic ability (scholarships are usually given to meritorious
students who have performed exceptionally well in academics), exceptional interest
in a particular field, research work carried out in that field etc. Scholarships
are available in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Medicine, Law, Sports,
Fine Arts and a number of other fields. While some of the scholarships enable
students to pursue studies in India, International Scholarships enable students
to pursue higher studies abroad. Some of these scholarships are quite prestigious
and being a recipient of it gives adds weightage to one's resume.
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