NEW DELHI: A massive fully-funded PhD fellowship programme at IITs for students from ASEAN countries was Monday launched by Extremal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday, officials said.
The programme billed the “the largest of its kind” will select 1,000 students in three batches.
Jaishankar inaugurated the programme at the Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan here and also launched a portal for receiving requests from applicants.
The government will spend Rs 300 crore on this fully-funded PhD fellowship programme for students from Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a senior official of the Human Resource Development ministry said.
IIT-DELHI will be the coordinating agency for this programme which will select 1,000 students in the next three years.
“This year 250 students will be selected, 300 the year after and 450 in the subsequent year,” the Ministry official said. (AGENCIES)
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