The Human Resource Development Ministry on Tuesday launched a portal on a wide range of educational support such as scholarships, fellowships, freeships and educational loans. The portal, www.educationsupport.nic.in, will serve as a ready reference/single window source of information relating to scholarships available in India, said a Ministry press release.
PaGaLGuY.com adds: For management aspirants seeking financial assistance, the relevant section of the portal is at: http://www.educationsupport.nic.in/showinst.asp?catid=&disid;=156
The portal, the release added, is aimed at saving the valuable time of students and other aspirants from the trouble and inconvenience of searching for information from various sources.
First of its kind in India, the portal presents information on various types of incentives available from all sources such as educational institutions, universities, Ministries of Government of India, organizations, non-government sources and information about educational loans from various public and private sector banks.
The portal presents around 200 scholarships for study in India offered by over 60 universities, institutions and organizations, 20 scholarships from the non-government sources and 28 external scholarships exclusively offered by MHRD for study abroad. The website also presents information about educational loans offered by 23 banks in India. The information will benefit over five million students pursuing different fields in education. The portal also deals with admission policy announcements and the facility of applying for scholarships online with the support of universities and institutions. This facility will enable the students to know of the status of their applications for scholarships applied for.