UGC Scholarship 2020 is all about the four different types of scholarships being offered by University Grants Commission (UGC).

It is to recollect that higher education regulator invited applications from regular and full time students for availing the four types of scholarships under UGC Scholarship 2020.

The other aim of the this scheme under UGC Scholarship 2020 is to support post graduate education of single girl child in postgraduate courses only.

Girl students up to the age of 30 years at the time of admission in first year of PG courses are eligible.

The scheme is applicable to such single girl child who has taken admission in regular, fulltime first year masters degree course in any designated university or a post graduate college.

Admission to PG course in distance education mode is not covered under the scheme.

Amount of fellowship provided under this scheme under UGC Scholarship 2020 is Rs.36,200 per annum for a period of two years only – that is – full duration of a PG course.

No other additional grant will be payable in lieu of hostel charges and medical charges in this scheme under UGC Scholarship 2020.

Information about this scheme under UGC Scholarship can be obtained from the link ‘https://scholarships.gov.in/public/schemeGuidelines/Guidelines_SGC1819.pdf’

2. PG Scholarship for University Rank Holder candidate (URH)
This is the second scheme under UGC Scholarship 2020 and is provided with a motive of nurturing those students who show excellent performance at undergraduation with a motive of encouraging them to take pursue post graduation.

The purpose of this scheme is to attract talent for pursuing post graduate studies besides
strengthening the basic subjects at Undergraduate level.

The awardees, under this scheme, can pursue their postgraduate programme in any area of specialization in any institution of higher learning in the country.

The target group for this scheme under UGC Scholarship 2020 are the first and second rank holders at undergraduate level and who are admitted in any postgraduate course would be awarded the scholarship.

Even in this scheme under UGC Scholarship 2020 distance mode of education will not be considered.

The undergraduate courses identified under this scheme of UGC Scholarship 2020 are Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Social Sciences, Commerce and Languages.

The duration for which the financial assistance would be provided in this scheme under UGC Scholarship 2020 is two years.

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The details about this scholarship and how to apply for it are available on this link ‘https://scholarships.gov.in/public/schemeGuidelines/GuidelinesUGCUniversityRankHolder1819.pdf’

3. Ishan Uday Special Scheme for North Eastern Region (NER)
This is the third scheme under UGC Scholarship 2020 and is aimed at providing equal opportunities in higher education for students from north-east region in our country.

This scheme under UGC Scholarship 2020 aims to enhance the Gross Enrolment Ration (GER) in the north-eastern region of our nation.

Students who are natives of north-eastern region of our country and whose parental income is not more than Rs 4.5 lakh per annum from all sources can focus on this scheme under UGC Scholarship 2020 for availing assistance.

Also, candidates aiming to avail assistance under this scheme of UGC Scholarship 2020 should have passed 12th standard and should have secured admission in first year of any degree course which either general or technical.

As usual students studying courses under distance learning cannot avail assistance under this scheme of UGC Scholarship 2020.

Even transgender candidates can also apply under this scheme. The reservation shall be followed as per Government of India norms.

The detailed information about this scheme and procedure for applying is available on this link ‘https://scholarships.gov.in/public/schemeGuidelines/ISHAN_UDAY_GUIDELINE.pdf’

This scheme under UGC Scholarship 2020 aims at providing financial assistance to 1000 SC/ST candidates.

Candidates who are pursuing studies in professional subjects through correspondence or distance education mode cannot apply for the scholarship.

The tenure of this scholarship is for a duration of two or three years depending on the tenure of the post graduation course.

This scheme under UGC Scholarship 2020 does not however cover the extension of study period.

Candidates selected for the award of PG scholarships (under ME/MTech.) shall be provided scholarship of Rs.7800 per month for the duration of the PG scholarship.

For other courses, the amount of scholarship paid will be Rs.4500 per month.

The financial assistance in this scheme shall be payable to the awardee from the date of joining the first year of the post graduate course during the selection year.

Information about this scheme and how to go about applying for it is available on this link ‘https://scholarships.gov.in/public/schemeGuidelines/guidelines_pgsprof_gl1819.pdf’

The details about the above schemes under UGC Scholarship 2020 are also available on the National Scholarship Portal.

Students who have been admitted in the recognised educational institutions and are satisfying the eligibility criteria can apply for financial assistance to undertake studies through UGC Scholarship 2020.

Students can visit the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) at ‘https://scholarships.gov.in/’ and apply for UGC Scholarships.

Soon after they click the above url, a new page downloads and below the banner they can see three buttions titled ‘Central Schemes,’ ‘UGC/AICTE Schemes’ and ‘State Schemes’

They can click the second button ‘UGC/AICTE schemes’ to know about the four schemes of UGC Scholarship 2020 described above.

Soon after clicking ‘UGC/AICTE schemes’ button is clicked and when new page appears, applicants can click button ‘University Grants Commission – MHRD’ to know about each of the schemes under UGC Scholarship 2020′

How to apply
Students willing to apply for UGC Scholarship 2020 must visit the NSP at ‘https://scholarships.gov.in/’ and click the ‘New Registration’ button located next to the banner.

Soon after ‘New Registration’ button is clicked, applicants must provide their name, mobile number, email id, bank account details, scholarship category, identification details like Aaadhar Number.

In case if the age of the applying students is less than 18 years, the registration and subsequent application form filling must be done by his or her parents or guardians.

They have to keep the following documents while regisrtration:

1. Educational documents of student

2. Student’s Bank account number and IFSC code of the bank branch
Note: For pre matric scholarship scheme, where students do not have their own bank account, parents can provide their own account details.

However, parents account number can only be used against scholarship applications for maximum two children.

3. Aadhaar number of the Student

4. If Aadhaar is not available, then Bonafide student certificate from Institute/School and Aadhaar Enrolment ID or Scanned copy of Bank passbook

6. If Institute/School is different from domicile state of the applicant, then Bonafide student certificate from Institute/School.

Post registration, they can login and start applying for UGC Scholarship 2020.

Also candidates who are already registered can login directly and commence the process of applying for the scholarships.

The process of registration for the four schemes under the UGC Scholarship 2020 is available at ‘https://scholarships.gov.in/fresh/newstdRegfrmInstruction’

The NSP has been open since 1 September this year for receiving fresh applications and also renewal applications in connection with the four schemes under UGC Scholarship 2020.

The last date to submit applications online is 30 November and last date to verify applications by institutions of students and also for re-submission of defective application is 15 December this year.

UGC requests students to submit applications for UGC Scholarship 2020 well in advance so that institutions can also verify them and take up rectifications.

UGC sources further say that the institutions can verify the applications by 10 December so that there is enough time to take up rectification work in the applications that are in need of corrections.

Admission into UG medical courses, popularly known as MBBS would commence with conducting NEET UG for 2025. Candidates who pass the exam have to take part in the counselling for MBBS admission.

A few other sources convey that registration for NEET UG in 2025 may also commence in March 2025.

Schedule

NEET UG 2025 registration schedule will be made known after the announcement about exam’s application submission commences.

The NEET UG 2025 registration would usually be open for a month or more. The application correction facility will be made active after submission comes to an end.

After corrections, the admit cards are made available for download. Those who have completed their NEET UG 2025 application submission process successfully, alone will be able to download the hall ticket.

Candidates have to write the exam and pass it with required qualifying marks to be eligible for taking part in the counselling process for getting admitted into a medical college.

More about the exam

The full name of the exam is National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test  Undergraduate.

The exam is conducted offline in pen-and-paper mode and answers have to be registered on a separate answer sheet.

The questions in NEET UG 2025 would be related to biology, physics and chemistry which are taught in classes 10,11 and 12 in recognized educational institutions across India.

Questions will be in a multiple-choice format where each question has more than one reply and the right one among that has to be chosen to get marks.

Students willing to join BDS in colleges located across India also have to submit NEET UG 2025 application.

Medical colleges abroad also consider scores of NEET UG for providing admission into MBBS courses.

Who can take up NEET UG 2025 application submission?

Candidates who have passed plus-two in the science stream with biology, physics and chemistry as subjects can take up NEET UG 2025 application submission.

Students who have appeared for their final year exams and are waiting for the results or students who are about to appear for the final year exams of their qualifying degree can also take up NEET UG 2025 application submission.

However, these students have to pass their exams and provide proof of it by the time of admission.

1. The above URL has to be typed into the browser and submitted to allow the website to download.

2. Once the webpage is ready, candidates can click the button Click Here for Registration/Login

3. Clicking the above button will open another webpage with URL ‘https://neet.ntaonline.in/frontend/web/’

4. Once the webpage with above URL opens, candidates can click the registration link and create an account with username and password.

5. After obtaining the account, they can come to the same webpage (https://neet.ntaonline.in/frontend/web/) and login and start applying for the exam.

Website for NEET UG 2025 Application is Here

NEET UG 2025 application submission fees

NEET UG 2025 application submission fees is Rs 1700 for General category candidates and NRI applicants. The same is Rs 1600 for General-EWS/OBC-NCL category applicants.

SC/ST/PwBD/Third Gender category applicants have to pay Rs 1000 while taking up NEET UG 2024 registration.

The fee may also change due to various reasons, candidates can read information bulletin related to NEET UG 2025 application when it is released.

How to download hall ticket?

The process to download hall ticket is online and it can be done on the official website ‘https://exams.nta.ac.in/NEET’

1. Candidates have to type the URL mentioned above in the browser and submit it to allow the website to download.

2. Once the website is ready, candidates can click the link for the hall ticket.

3. This will likely open another website and there, they have to enter their application number and other details and submit them to view the admit card.

Point to remember

Once the admit card is visible, applicants can download and take a printout. Only those who have successfully completed NEET UG 2025 application submission will be able to download admit card.

The link to download admit card will be made active on the official website at the appropriate time.

Students can visit the official website as the exam time nears, to find the link for download hall ticket. Link for obtaining admit cards are usually made available about 10 to 15 days before the exam day.

Students who pass NEET UG 2025 application submission with the required qualifying marks can apply for counselling where they choose the college and course. Counselling takes place to fill seats at the All India level and state level.

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Students who wish to study in central government institutions can apply under the All India Quota for which Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) conducts the counselling.

Respective authorities of various states in India conduct counselling at their state level. Candidates can visit the official websites of the respective authorities for more information.

The best thing to do would be to follow the website of NTA for updates on 2025 NEET UG. Registration can be done at the appropriate time.

Candidates who do not get a seat in the institution of their choice in the initial rounds of counselling can apply in the subsequent rounds.

Preparation involves studying all the lessons in the syllabus, students must ensure that they have mastered all the subjects to score marks in NEET UG for 2025.