Japanese Government monbukagakusho mext Scholarship-2010
- Last Date : 30th May, 2009 -

Government of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Department of Secondary & Higher Education
ES.3 Section

Japanese Government monbukagakusho mext Scholarship-2010

LAST DATE: 30th May 2009

Applications are invited on plain paper from Indian nationals residing in India for the award of 33 scholarships for Master's and Research Studies/Ph.D offered by the Government of Japan for the year 2010. No scholarship will be offered for Post Doctoral studies (After Ph.D or at final stages of Ph.D).

About two or three scholarships are reserved for Japanese Language and Japanese Studies. The subjects in which scholarships will be awarded are given below:
Research studies (Ph.D)
1) Information Technology (2) Optical Fiber Communication (3) Quality and Reliability Engineering (As applied to various systems like Electricity & Power, Railways, Heavy Industry, Heavy Electronics) (4) Electronics & Communication (5) Robotics (6) Laser Technology (7) Bio-technology (8) Japanese Language and Literature (9) Fisheries (10) Japanese Studies (11) Earthquake Engineering (12) Environmental Science (13) Architecture (14) Aerospace Engineering (15) Material Science/Engineering.

DURATION: About two years .

VALUE OF SCHOLARSHIP:
Each grantee will be provided monthly with 152,000Yen (Research students Course), 154,000Yen (students enrolled in a Master's program or a professional degree program), or 155,000Yen (students enrolled in a doctoral program) (an additional monthly stipend of 2,000 or 3,000 Yen may be provided to those undertaking study research in specially designated regions). However, these amounts are subject to change depending on the annual budget of each year. The scholarship will not be paid to a grantee who takes a leave of absence or is long absent from his/her university.

PASSAGE COST:
Economy class air-ticket from the international Airport closest to his/her place of residence in India to Narita International Airport, Japan and back will be provided by the Japanese Government.

AGE LIMIT:
Applicant must have born on or after April 2, 1975 ( Below 35 years as on 1st April, 2010).

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS:
i) Japanese Language: a) Students who are enrolled in the Post Graduate Degree course in Japanese Language from a recognized university. OR
b) Students who have completed undergraduate Degree Course in Japanese Language from a recognized university. OR
c) Students who have completed undergraduate degree course in any subject from recognized university and who have completed Level 2 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) conducted by Japan Foundation and have completed at least 3 years of Japanese Language study from a recognized university/institute in India.
ii) Japanese Studies: Masters Degree in the relevant field with minimum 60% marks. Essential Qualification
iii) For Master's Degree Bachelors Degree in the relevant field with minimum 60% marks. The candidates should obtained degree on or before 30.5.2009.
iv) For Research Studies/Ph.D Masters Degree in the relevant field with minimum 60% marks. Candidate having practical research/teaching/work experience after obtaining the prescribed qualification as on 30-05-2009 would be preferred. Candidates should apply for the above scholarship on a plain paper preferably typed or neatly hand written with a recent passport size photograph, in the prescribed Performa to
The Section Officer,
ES.3 Section,
Department of Secondary & Higher Education,
A.1/W.3 Curzon Road Barracks,
Kasturba Gandhi Marg,
New Delhi-110 001
by 30th May 2009

Applications can also be submitted online at the Department's Website www.education.nic.in by 30-05-2009. Relevant documents must be furnished by post before closing date. The hardcopy of on line application must be submitted on or before 10-06-2009. The applications received after closing date will not be considered.

Please check this website for application form details here.