Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship for Academic Excellence 2024 is launched by the government of Rajasthan. To help the financially weaker section of society students complete their education without worrying about any financial trouble. Under this scheme, financial assistance will be provided to students who want to pursue undergraduate level master level, and PhD level programs from abroad Universities. All the students who have cleared the eligibility criteria can easily fill out the application form by visiting the official website. Check out more information about the Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship for Academic Excellence 2024 in the article given below.
Department of College Education, Government of Rajasthan has launched Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship for Academic Excellence Yojana. Under this scheme, all those students of the state who desire to pursue their higher education at a foreign university will get monetary help. All the students who are going to pursue undergraduate level, Master’s level, and Ph.D. and Post- Doctoral research programs from a university established abroad can grab the benefits of this scheme. Collect more details about the scheme from a further session of the page.
The Rajasthan government has approved a budget of 65 crores in order to implement the Rajiv Gandhi scholarship for academic excellence 2022 which is provided to the youth so that they can continue their higher education if they are going abroad. Free education will be provided to 200 students who are going abroad every year and 30% of these seats are reserved for women who are going abroad. The students who are permanent residents of Rajasthan state can apply for this opportunity to study in the top 150 Universities across the world. The students must have a family income of less than rupees 800000 to get up priority but the students with up to rupees 2500000 annual family income can also apply for this prestigious scheme.
Short Details of Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship for Academic Excellence
- Name of the scheme: Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship for Academic Excellence
- Launched by: Department of College Education, Government of Rajasthan
- Launched for: Students
- No of scholarship: 200
- Benefits: Monetary
- Mode of application: Online
- Official site: Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship
RGS Scheme Key Dates
Application Form Submission for the Scholarship Scheme update soon
The last date to apply for the scholarship program update soon
Implementation Of Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship
The scheme was introduced by the State Government in the year 2021 in order to provide higher education to the state domicile students in case they are getting higher education abroad. The scheme was affected from December 2021. 18 students were selected at that time who started their academic session in September 2021. The scheme will allow 15 students to pursue BTech, MBBS, BDS, and other degrees from the top 25 Universities. The students who belong to the first category, that is the students who have an annual income of less than Rupees 8 lakh will be getting a scholarship opportunity of 1 crore, and these scholarships will be provided strictly on a merit basis. The preference will be given to the first category students and the selection procedure will consider the ranking of the Institution
Number of Scholarship
| Field | Number of slots |
| HumanitiesSocial ScienceAgriculture and forest science nature and Environmental scienceLaw | 150 |
| Management and Business Administration Economic and Finance | 25 |
| Pure SciencePublic Health | 25 |
| If the seats are left in the above-mentioned fields, then the students will consider following the course of study. | |
| Engineering and related scienceMedicineApplied Science | 15 |
- To seek application contenders, need to go to the Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship website of the Department of Collage Education, Government of Rajasthan
Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship FAQs
No, the list of the universities/ institute is specified above. Only those students who have taken admitted to one of the above-mentioned 50 universities will get the scholarship.
Ans: Yes, you can apply for this scheme even if you are getting a scholarship from the university/ institute to which you have taken admitted.
Ans: No, the benefits you are getting under the other scholarship will be reduced from this scheme.
Ans: No, you have to apply for the eligible courses listed above in this article to get the scholarship.
Ans: The amount of the scholarship will be disbursed by the Rajasthan Government. The mode of disbursement of the amount depends on the Rajasthan Government.
200 seats are available each fiscal year for the scholarship.
Not more than one child of the same parents/ guardians can avail of the scholarship. Also, an awardee cannot be considered for the award on a subsequent occasion as the award can be given only once.
Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship Helpdesk
For any guidance/ information/ detailed explanation, applicants can contact on the email ID jdacad1960gmail.com
