National Overseas Scholarship for SC etc. Candidates
(Applicable from the year 2022-23)
1 Objective of the Scheme
The Central Sector Scheme of National Overseas Scholarship is to
facilitate the low income students belonging to the Scheduled Castes,
Denotified Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, Landless Agricultural
Labourers and Traditional Artisans category to obtain higher education
viz., Master degree or Ph.D courses by studying abroad thereby improving
their Economic and Social status.
2 Scope
a. The Scheme provides financial assistance to the selected candidates
for pursuing Masters level courses and Ph.D. courses abroad in
Institutions/Universities accredited by the Government/authorized body
of that country in any field of study.
b. In each Selection Year, 125 fresh awards, subject to availability of
funds, will be given under the Scheme.
c. The following will be the category-wise distribution of slots for various
groups eligible for scholarships under the scheme:
S.
No.
Category Numbers
a) Scheduled Castes 115
b) Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic
Tribes
06
c) Landless Agricultural Labourers and
Traditional Artisans
04
Total slots 125
d. If for any specific year, successful candidates are not available to the
extent prescribed for each of the above listed categories, the awards for
that year will become open for candidates belonging to other categories
mentioned above as per merit criteria under the scheme.
e. 30% of the awards for each year shall be earmarked for women
candidates. However, in case, adequate women candidates are not
available as per the stipulations of the scheme, then the unutilized slots
will be utilized by selecting suitable male candidates.
f. Bachelors Level courses in any discipline are not covered under the
Scheme.
g. Candidates already staying or studying or having completed studies
abroad by utilizing any other scholarship from State Government, other
agency, or through own funds are not eligible to apply under NOS.
h. Candidates having unconditional offer of admission to top 500
ranked foreign Institutes/Universities as per the latest available QS
rankings only will be selected for grant of scholarship during the first
round of selection. In the second round of selection in the year year,
the following priority will be given:
i. Candidates having unconditional offer letter of admission from
Top 500 QS Ranking Institutions applying in the second cycle.
ii. Candidates having unconditional offer letter of admission from
other QS ranked Institutions, who have applied for scholarship
under the scheme during the previous cycles or current cycle of
the current year for admission.
iii. Candidates having unconditional offer letter of admission from
other recognized Institutions, who have applied for scholarship
under the scheme during the previous cycles or current cycle of
the current cycle for admission.
However, any financial condition mentioned in the offer of admission
such as deposit of fee or any other amount, or proof of source of
funds, shall not be a bar for consideration of application under the
Scheme guidelines.
3 Minimum Qualification
In order to be eligible for scholarship, at least 60% marks or
equivalent grade in the qualifying examination would be required. In
case of Ph. D courses, the qualifying exam would be Master’s Degree
and for Master’s Degree courses, the qualifying examination would be
Bachelor's Degree. In case a student has completed Bachelor's of
Engineering after completing Diploma (Lateral Entry to 2nd year),
percentage of marks obtained in Bachelor's degree will be taken into
account.
4 Age
Not more than 35 (Thirty Five) years, as on first day of April for
selection year.
5 Income Ceiling
Total family income from all sources shall not exceed Rs. 8.00 lakh
per annum in the preceding financial year as detailed in para 8 c of these
guidelines. The income certificate should be issued by a Revenue Officer
not below the rank of "Tehsildar". The students will submit the ITR/ITRs
of the family members as well.
6 Family
Under the Scheme, for determination of family income, the family
will be considered as following:
“The candidate applying for scholarship, his/her parents and
siblings below the age of 18 years, his/her spouse and also children
below the age of 18 years.”
Note: In case of married women, income of the in-laws and her spouse and
children below the age of 18 years will be considered.
7 Maximum Number of children in a family for the award
An awardee cannot be considered for the award for a second time as
the award can be given only once. Not more than two children of the
same parents/guardians will be eligible for scholarship under the scheme
and a self-certification will be required from the candidate to this
effect. The second child of the same parents/guardians will be
considered only if slots are still available in the last cycle of the year in
which the applicant has applied.
8 Application Procedure
a. The scheme will be advertised in the news papers/other media giving
summarized information about the Scheme. The candidates, after
assessing their eligibility and suitability, as per the eligibility conditions
of the Scheme Guidelines, can apply online to this Ministry on the
portal, i.e., www.nosmsje.gov.in
b. The selection year period would be April-March of each year. The
portal shall be opened for calling of applications for the first round
from mid of February for a period of 45 days (before the beginning of
selection year) and only online applications received shall be
considered for award of selection. In case the slots remain unfilled,
the portal will be opened again for the second cycle from 1st of
September for a period of 45 days in each selection year. Once all
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the 125 slots are filled, the portal will not be reopened during the year
for submission of applications.
c. For the first round of each Selection Year, family income for last
completed financial year will be taken into account for the purpose of
selection. For the second round, the family income for the previous
completed financial year will be taken into account for purpose of
selection.
For example, for the selections for the financial year 2022-
23, online portal for inviting applications of NOS Scholarship for first
round will be opened from 15 February 2022 to 31 March 2022 and
family income for financial year 2020-21 will be taken into account for
purpose of selection. The portal for second round will be opened from
1st September 2022 to 15th October, 2022 and for that family income
for financial year 2021-22 will be taken into account for purpose of
selection.
d. Online applications complete in all respects only shall be considered for
award. All the incomplete applications will be summarily rejected.
However, the rejected candidates will have the option to apply in
subsequent phases of selection. The candidates are required to submit
documents as per the attached Annexure I.
e. Grievances in connection with results will be entertained for upto 30
calendar days from the publication of the Result in the portal.
9 Selection Procedures
a. Only candidates who have obtained unconditional offer of admission
from one of the foreign Institutions/ Universities which are in the list of
top 500 ranked institutions/ universities from the academic
session 2022-23 and onward shall be considered for award of
scholarship for studying in that Institution/University subject to
fulfillment of other eligibility conditions of the Scheme.
b. No request for change of Institution/University shall be entertained. In
case the selected candidate desires to change the course or university,
he/she can apply afresh in the next available round.
c. There will be only two round of Selection. For every cycle of selection,
merit list of the eligible candidates shall be drawn up on the basis of
the rank, as per the latest available QS ranking, of the foreign
Universities/Institutions from where the candidate has received the
offer of admission and scholarships shall be awarded in order of this
merit. The candidates holding an offer letter from the higher ranked
University/ Institution will be ranked higher in the merit list. In case of
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a tie between the QS rankings of two or more candidates, their
position in merit will be decided on the basis of the marks/grades
secured by the candidate in the qualifying examination for the higher
studies for which the scholarship has been applied for.
d. The online applications of the eligible candidates shall be placed before
the Selection-cum-Screening Committee for making their
recommendations for selection and ranking of the eligible candidates
for scholarship.
e. Wait list of eligible candidates will be maintained in the final round.
The wait list will be valid upto 31st March of the selection year.
Candidates on the wait list may apply for the next selection year as
well. Waitlist will be maximum of 50% of the total seats.
f. The selected candidates who have already secured admission in
foreign University/ Institution shall be issued provisional Award of
Scholarship letters.
g. Students may be allowed a maximum time period of either one year or
two intake deferrals, whichever is earlier from the date of issuance of
provisional award letter to join university/Institute abroad failing which
the award would stand automatically cancelled and no correspondence
in this regard will be entertained thereafter.
h. If in case Confirmation of Award letter is issued to an awardee, he/she
has to complete all the procedures like verification of original
documents, submission of Bonds, Solvency Certificates etc. within SIX
(6) months from the date of issuance of Confirmation of Award Letter,
otherwise the award letter will be automatically cancelled. No further
time will be granted for completion of these formalities.
i. The timelines for selection of candidates under the guidelines is placed
at Annexure-II.
10 Mandatory Conditions
The candidates are required to make their own efforts in seeking
admission in programmes/ fields specified in the Scheme in the latest
available top 500 QS ranking
Institutions/Universities.(https://www.topuniversities.com/universityrankings/world-university-rankings/2022)
i. The candidate is not eligible for scholarship under this scheme
to pursue the same level (Masters/Ph.D.) of course for which he/she
has already acquired the qualification from any University/Institution
either in India or abroad.
ii. Topics/courses concerning Indian Culture/heritage/History/Social
studies on India based research topic shall not be covered under NOS.
The final decision as to which Topic can be covered under such
category will rest with Selection-cum-Screening Committee of NOS.
iii. Employed candidates are required to provide a “No Objection
Certificate” (NOC) from the Employer to this Ministry.
iv. In case the awardee was a Government Servant before going abroad,
on return to India he/she is also required to serve the Government, if
he/she continues to be in Government service after return to India, as
one was before going abroad with award under the Scheme.
v. All administrative matters like study leave, salary etc. will be directly
resolved by the candidate with his/her employer and as per rules of
the serving organization. This Ministry will not take any responsibility
or render any assistance in this regard.
vi. It will be for the candidate to obtain the appropriate visa for a country
wherein he/she intends to study further with the award from the
Scheme, and the Visa issuing authorities may see that only such type
of visa be issued which permits the candidate to pursue specified
course abroad and thereafter the candidate returns to India. In case
the candidate is applying for admission in any University in the United
States of America, the candidate is required to obtain J-1 VISA
only. The State Department of USA keeps a list of Designated
Sponsor Organizations for J-1 visas for students. Candidates going to
USA should apply in the J-1 Visa sponsoring Universities/colleges only.
In case a candidate has applied for admission on F-1 Visa or has
already obtained F-1 Visa, such candidate is not eligible for scholarship
under the Scheme. Government of India will render no assistance to
the candidate for obtaining Visa.
vii. The candidate will give an undertaking that he/she will allow his/her
University to share information with concerned Indian Mission abroad
and the Ministry. The candidate has also to give an undertaking that
he/she is not in receipt of any scholarship from any government/ other
organization including University/College for the course he/she is
applying under this scheme.The selected candidate will also be
required to give an undertaking to this Ministry and the Indian Mission
abroad, as per prevailing laws of the foreign country, that the
extension of stay abroad beyond completion of the course or duration
of the scholarship under the scheme, whichever is earlier will not be
permissible. However, the extension of stay abroad beyond completion
of the course or duration of the scholarship under the Scheme,
whichever is earlier is permissible as mentioned in clause 10(xviii).
More Info: https://nosmsje.gov.in/
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