Govt Announces 50 Quad Scholarships For Indian Students Worth $500,000
Scholarships worth $500,000 will be given to students willing to pursue UG courses (Representational/ File Photo)
This announcement comes after PM Modi attended the Quad Summit in Clayton, Delaware in Biden’s alma mater Archmere Academy along with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
The Centre has announced 50 Quad scholarships, worth $500,000, to students from the Indo-Pacific region to pursue a four-year undergraduate engineering program at a government of India funded technical institution. This announcement comes after PM Modi attended the Quad Summit in Clayton, Delaware in Biden’s alma mater Archmere Academy along with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
The Institute of International Education has meanwhile announced its second cohort of fellows. It has extended the programme to include students from countries that are part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Quad Fellows are usually selected from Australia, India, Japan, the United States and the 10 Southeast Asian countries of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. “Prospective Fellows are expected to demonstrate academic excellence, exceptional results in their field, and a desire to use their talents to promote collective good,” reads the official notice on the website.
