UGC Ishan Uday Special Scholarship Scheme For NER 2025-26

Organisation : University Grants Commission (UGC)
Portal : National Scholarship Portal (NSP)
Scholarship Name : Ishan Uday Special Scholarship Scheme For NER 2025-26
Applicable For : Students who have passed Class XII from a school situated within North Eastern Region (NER)
Application Last Date : 31st October 2025
Website: https://scholarships.gov.in/home

What is UGC Ishan Uday Special Scholarship For NER?

Ishan Uday Special Scholarship Scheme For NER 2025-26 is offered by University Grants Commission (UGC). Students who have passed Class XII from a school situated within North Eastern Region (NER) can apply. Ten thousand (10000) Scholarships, at the rate of Rs.8,000/- per month for 10 months in a year, are available for students belonging to economical weaker section of North Eastern Region. Last date of application is 31st October 2025.

Related / Similar Scholarship : UGC National Scholarship For Postgraduate Studies 2025-26

Eligibility of UGC Ishan Uday Special Scholarship For NER

** The scholarship is open to those students who have passed Class XII or equivalent examination from a school situated within NER through a recognized Board of Education including Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).
** The scholarship is available for those students only, who are pursuing a recognized UG degree programmes as specified and notified by UGC from time to time.
** Only the students, who are already admitted in the first year of UG degree programme in an eligible university/college/institution within India, are eligible to apply. In other words, a student who has secured admission in UG programme in the academic year 2020- 21 will be eligible for selection in the year 2020-21 only.
** The scholarship is available to the students for first UG Degree only. Students, who have already acquired any degree, are not eligible to apply.
** The scholarship will be given for the duration of study of UG programme as specified by UGC for each programme, from the start of class in the first year/semester.
** In case of ‘integrated’ and ‘dual degree’ programmes, the scholarship will be payable for the UG component only.
** The scholarship is available for students who are admitted in UG degree programme through ‘Regular/Full Time’ mode only.
** The students, who are pursuing any UG programme through open/ distance/ correspondence/ private/ part-time mode, are not eligible to apply.
** Students gaining admission through ‘Management Quota’ are not eligible to apply.
** The income of the parents of the student should be below Rs. 04.50 lakh per annum. Students, whose parents’ annual income is Rs.04.50 or more, are not eligible to apply.
** Student should have a valid Domicile Certificate of any State of NER

How To Apply For UGC Ishan Uday Special Scholarship For NER?

** Applications will be invited once in a year on the National e-Scholarship Portal of the Government of India. Short notification will also be uploaded on the UGC website.
** Incomplete applications will be summarily rejected. Only verified online applications will be considered for award of scholarship.
** Students are not required to upload any certificate/affidavit on NSP while submitting their online applications.
** However, as per requirement of scheme they have to submit necessary documents to their institutions to enable them to verify their online applications.
** In case, a student does not have a separate KYC compliant bank account in their name, he/she should open a KYC compliant bank account in his/her name and give its correct information in the online application.
** Even if a student is selected for scholarship, the payment of scholarship may not be generated due to mis- match of name of student, bank account number, IFSC code etc.
** Students are advised to fill the online application on NSP very carefully. The application may be rejected or payment may be stopped due to the wrong information in the online application
** No correspondence will be entertained in this regard after the application is verified by their institution.
** The institutions are also advised to check whether the student has given correct information in their online application.

Important Dates of UGC Ishan Uday Special Scholarship For NER

** Scheme Open from : 25-06-2025
** Student Application Open till : 31-10-2025
** Defective Application Verification Open till:15-11-2025
** Institute Verification Open till:15-11-2025
** DNO/SNO/MNO Verification Open till:30-11-2025