Indian Government ICCR offers 900 Africa Scholarships 2024-2025 for Study in India

Published December 10, 2015 · · Updated February 11, 2024 · 3 minutes · by Kamerpower ·

Indian Government ICCR offers 900 Africa Scholarships 2024-2025 for Study in India 

Indian Government ICCR offers 900 Africa Scholarships 2024-2025 for Study in India and its fully funded. Application Deadline Vary by Country.

The Government of India is offering the Africa Scholarship through Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) under Africa Scholarship Scheme for Undergraduate, Postgraduate, M. Phil./Ph.D and Post-Doctoral Fellowship in various Indian Universities/Institutes. Kamerpower.com

At the inaugural plenary of the India – Africa Forum Summit held in New Delhi in April 2008, the Honorable Prime Minister of India announced the Government of India’s initiative to enhance the academic opportunities for students of African countries in India by increasing the number of scholarships for them to pursue under-graduate, post-graduate and higher courses. (Indian Government ICCR offers 900 Africa Scholarships)

The ICCR implements this scheme on behalf of the Ministry of External Affairs and Under this Scheme, the Council offers 900 scholarships to the following countries:

NO. PAYS NOMBRES DE BOURSES 1 Algeria 16 2 Angola 9 3 Benin 9 4 Botswana 17 5 Burkina Faso 9 6 Burundi (Kampala) 10 7 Cameroon 8 8 Cape Verde 9 9 Central AfricanRepublic 9 10 Chad 8 11 Comoros (Madagascar) – 31st December 2023. 9 12 Congo ( Republic of) 12 13 Cote d’Ivoire 10 14 DRC (Congo) 10 15 Djibouti 11 16 Egypt – December 14th 2023. 27 17 Equatorial Guinea 8 18 Eritrea (Nairobi) 8 19 Ethiopia 50 20 Gabon 8 21 Gambia 23 22 Ghana 16 23 Guinea 8 24 Guinea-Bissau 8 25 Kenya 52 26 Lesotho (Pretoria) 16 27 Liberia 8 28 Libya 8 29 Madagascar 10 30 Malawi (Lusaka) 10 31 Mali 8 32 Mauritania 8 33 Mauritius 97 34 Morocco – 07 January 2023 13 35 Mozambique – 18 January 2023 34 36 Namibia 22 37 Niger 8 38 Nigeria _ December 25th 2023 20 39 Rwanda (Kampala) 13 40 Senegal 10 41 Sao Tome & Principe 8 42 Sierra Leone 8 43 Somalia 16 44 South Africa 52 45 South Sudan (Republic of) 7 46 Sudan 27 47 Swaziland (Pretoria) –22 January 2023. 12 48 Seychelles 9 49 Tanzania 24 50 Togo 8 51 Tunisia 15 52 Uganda 30 53 Zambia 16 54 Zimbabwe 19 TOTAL 900

Benefits:

1.  The selected candidates would be provided with return economy class air fares to the nearest international airport and Air-Conditioned III Train fare to the place of study, if so required.
2. The selected students will be paid living allowance, contingent grant, house rent allowance and thesis expenses, as admissible under the rules of the ICCR.
3. Air ticket for journey from Home Country to India will be provided by the Embassy and return ticket will be provided to the scholar in India.

Application Process:

• Applicant may approach this Embassy directly with duly completed applications, original educational documents and a certified copy of the same.
• Since slots are limited, applicants are requested to approach the Indian Embassy with duly completed application form as soon as possible well before the due date. Incomplete applications will NOT be considered.

List of India Embassies by Countries:

Forms

• General Instructions to Applicant
• Application form 
• Physical fitness 
• Financial terms and Condtions 
• Joining Report 
• List of Universities/institutions where ICCR students are studying.

Indian Government ICCR offers 900 Africa Scholarships 2024-2025 for Study in India