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It offers financial assistance of \u20b91,50,000 per annum for a tenure of two years, subject to the scheme&#8217;s eligibility and selection criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2139\ufe0f Event Details<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Organization: <\/strong>University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Opportunity Type: <\/strong>Postgraduate scholarship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mode of Conduct: <\/strong>Online<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scholarship Duration:<\/strong> 2 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scholarships Available: <\/strong>10,000 per annum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Selection Process:<\/strong> All-India merit-based selection, subject to applicable reservation provisions and scheme guidelines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcc5 Important Dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Student Application Submission Deadline:<\/strong> 31 October 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Institutional-Level Verification (L1) Deadline:<\/strong> 15 November 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>District\/State-Level Verification (L2) Deadline:<\/strong> 30 November 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfaf Eligibility &amp; Rules<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Must be an Indian citizen enrolled in the first year of a postgraduate degree.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must be below 30 years of age at admission.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must be enrolled in a recognised, regular, full-time postgraduate programme in India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distance, correspondence, private and part-time courses are not eligible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selection is merit-based, subject to applicable reservation rules.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applicants cannot receive another scholarship simultaneously, subject to scheme guidelines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfc6 Benefits for Participants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Financial assistance of \u20b91,50,000 per annum.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scholarship support for a period of two years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opportunity to receive funding while pursuing a recognised postgraduate degree in India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10,000 scholarships available annually, subject to the scheme guidelines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thirty per cent of slots reserved for women candidates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of scholarship funds to eligible students&#8217; bank accounts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc About the Event The National Scholarship for Post Graduate Studies is a scholarship scheme offered by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to provide financial assistance to Indian students pursuing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":12654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scholarships"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>National PG Scholarship 2026\u201327: Apply Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Apply for the National Scholarship for Post Graduate Studies 2026\u201327 by UGC. 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