Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Scholarship is a UGC scholarship scheme initiated with the objective to empower the girls of our country through the means of education. The government introduced Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Scholarship to compensate the direct cost of girl education pursuing higher education. This scholarship is for those girls who are the only child of her parents. Under this single girl child scholarship, the selected candidates are offered financial assistance of INR 36,200 per annum.
This is just a brief introduction about the Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Scholarship. Its eligibility conditions, award details, application period, application process and other details, read this article which covers all this information and more. Before that, find the highlights of this single girl child scholarship in the table given below.
Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Scholarship 2023 – An Overview
| Name of Scholarship | Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Scholarship |
| Eligibility | Girl students pursuing PG courses and Only child of their parents |
| Awards | INR 36,200 annually for a period of 2 years |
| Last Date to Apply | TBA* |
| Application process | scholarships.gov.in |
* The application period is tentative and subject to change as per the discretion of the scholarship provider.
Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Scholarship 2023 – Application Period
The announcement date of this single-girl child scholarship varies from year-to-year. However, the scholarship application period generally starts in the month of July every year. The deadline for this scholarship falls in the last week of October or January.
Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Scholarship 2023 – Scholarship Award
Introduced by UGC with the aim to encourage and promote higher studies among girls and their parents/guardians, this single girl child scholarship provides monetary support on monthly basis for a period of two years to 3,000 girls from across the country every year. The scholarship amount is directly transferred into the awardee’s bank account. Also, the students need to submit a ‘Continuation Certificate’ at the end of every three months in the prescribed format. Now, find below the details of the scholarship award.
- The selected girl students receive a scholarship amount of INR 36,200 per year for a period of 2 years, i.e., complete duration of post .
- The award is disbursed to students through the UGC designated agency from the date of their joining the 1st year of PG course. The awardees need to submit a copy of their award letter and joining report along with the photograph, address and contact number to the designated agency.
Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Scholarship 2023 – Documents Required
There are a few important documents that the applicants must keep with them while filling out the Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Scholarship application form. Given below is the list of all the necessary documents that the applicants need to complete the application process.
- Scanned copy of Aadhar Enrollment/Aadhar Card
- Applicant’s passport size photograph
- Self-attested copy of previous academic mark sheets
- Fee receipt of the current course year
Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Scholarship 2023 – Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for this UGC scholarship, the applicants must be girls studying in universities/colleges/institutions recognised by UGC, State/Central Government or are institutes of national importance. The details of the Indira Gandhi Single Girl Scholarship eligibility criteria are given below.
- Applicants must be admitted into the regular, full-time 1st year master’s degree course in any designated university or postgraduate college.
- The girl candidates must be the only child of her parents. The candidates must not have any brother, though the girl students who are twin daughters/ fraternal daughters may apply for this UGC scholarship.
- The candidates must not be more than 30 years of age at the time of admission into the PG programme.
- The candidates admitted to PG course through distance education mode are not eligible for this scholarship.
- Also, there are no income criteria for students to be eligible for this scholarship.
Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Scholarship 2023 – How to Apply
The scholarship application process is easy and simple for applicants as the whole process has been made online. The applicants can apply for this UGC scholarship through the official portal of National Scholarship Portal. Follow the steps highlighted below to fill out the application form for the Indira Gandhi Single Girl Scholarship.
- The candidates applying to the NSP for the first time need to register with NSP as a new user.
- Fill in all the required information and click on ‘Register’ to get registered. A student application ID and password are generated on the registered mobile number.
- The girl candidates need to log in to NSP using the newly generated ID and password. An OTP is sent on the registered mobile number using which the candidates must change their password, which is a mandatory step.
- Once the password is changed, the candidates are directed to the Applicant’s Dashboard Page, where applicants need to click on ‘Application form’ to start the application process.
- The applicants need to provide all the necessary details such as registration details, academic details, basic details, contact details and scheme details.
- All the required documents in support of identity and academic eligibility must be uploaded by the applicants.
- Now, the filled-in application form must be saved as a draft so that the applicant can check every detail once again to make sure they are correct.
- Finally, the candidate must click on the ‘Submit’ button to submit the completed scholarship application form.
Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Scholarship 2023 – Terms and Conditions
The candidates need to mind a few terms and conditions if they wish to avail the benefits of this UGC scholarship. Highlighted below are some rules and regulations attached to this girl scholarship.
- Only those candidates who are in the 1st year of a PG course are eligible for this UGC scholarship.
- The candidates are not liable to receive any additional grant in lieu of hostel charges, medical charges, etc.
- Under this single girl child scholarship, the host institutes do not charge any tuition fee from the awardees.
- After the completion of one year of the award of the scholarship amount, the candidates need to submit their Progress Report in the prescribed format to the designated bank (Canara Bank), based on which fund for the next academic is released to the beneficiaries. This report needs to be duly signed by the Head of the Department and Registrar of the University or Head of the Institution or Principal of the College.
- The candidates must keep in mind that if they discontinue their studies without prior notice to UGC, they need to refund the whole amount through e-mode (RTGS/NEFT) directly to the UGC account.
- The awardees of this scholarship are not debarred from accepting any other scholarships.
- The scholarship may be terminated if the candidates get involved in any kind of misconduct, provide incorrect information at any stage of the application or score less than 55% in the 1st year (50% in case of Physically Challenged awardees).
Contact Details
In case of any query regarding the Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Scholarship, the applicants can submit their questions at the email ID mentioned below:
Email ID – sosa3ugc@gmail.com
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