Details of Manmohan Singh scholarship announced

Updated on: Friday, December 02, 2011

The St. John's College at the University Cambridge has released details of this years prestigious 'Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships', the programme first launched in 2007.

The scholarship, worth 35,000 pounds per student, has been set up exclusively for Indian students to read for PhD & MPhil degrees in science, technology, economics and social sciences.

St John's College, where Dr Singh studied for a First in Economics in the late 1950s, will award three 35,000 pounds scholarships to eligible students for up to three years starting in 2012/13.

Large organisations like Rolls-Royce India, BP Foundation and others have agreed to sponsor this scholarship. Tata and Sons have sponsored this scholarship in the past.

This scholarship programme is administered by the British Council which manages prestigious scholarships like the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan, British Chevening Scholarships and others.

A selection committee, comprising an appropriate nominee from each sponsor and a panel of academics and others selected by the college will be set up in India to make recommendations to the college regarding the profile of applicants.

The closing date for applications for the Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships is December 31, 2011.

Details of Manmohan Singh scholarship announced

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