{"id":12687,"date":"2026-10-16T18:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=12687"},"modified":"2026-10-16T18:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:35:12","slug":"icar-national-talent-scholarship-nts-pg-2026-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/icar-national-talent-scholarship-nts-pg-2026-27\/","title":{"rendered":"ICAR National Talent Scholarship (NTS-PG) 2026\u201327"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccc About the Scholarship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ICAR National Talent Scholarship (NTS-PG) is a merit-based financial assistance scheme offered by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to support eligible postgraduate students pursuing agricultural and allied-sciences education. The scholarship is intended for students admitted to eligible agricultural universities outside their state of domicile through the ICAR entrance examination and admission framework.<\/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>Organizer:<\/strong> Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Government of India<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Academic Year:<\/strong> 2026\u201327<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mode of Application:<\/strong> Online through the National Scholarship Portal (NSP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scholarship Type:<\/strong> Merit-based postgraduate scholarship<\/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>Application Deadline:<\/strong> 31 October 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Defective Application Verification Deadline:<\/strong> 15 November 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Institute Verification Deadline:<\/strong> 15 November 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Department\/State\/Ministry Verification 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>Applicants must meet the eligibility conditions specified in the official ICAR NTS-PG scholarship guidelines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applicants must pursue an eligible postgraduate programme in agriculture or an allied discipline at a qualifying agricultural university.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Admission must meet the applicable ICAR entrance-examination and admission requirements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The qualifying agricultural university must be located outside the applicant&#8217;s state of domicile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students who receive the ICAR Post Graduate Scholarship may not qualify for NTS-PG under the applicable scheme provisions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applicants must complete the online application and institutional verification requirements prescribed by NSP and ICAR.<\/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>Eligible students may receive scholarship assistance of \u20b95,000 per month.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Financial support helps students manage expenses associated with postgraduate agricultural education.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The scholarship supports eligible students pursuing advanced studies in agriculture and allied sciences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scholarship continuation and disbursement are subject to the applicable ICAR guidelines and verification requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc About the Scholarship The ICAR National Talent Scholarship (NTS-PG) is a merit-based financial assistance scheme offered by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to support eligible postgraduate students<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":12690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12687","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>ICAR NTS-PG Scholarship 2026\u201327: Apply Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Apply for the ICAR National Talent Scholarship (NTS-PG) 2026\u201327. 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