New Delhi, July 8 -- Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has announced that 106 candidates have been selected in the first round of the National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) Scheme for the 2025-26 cycle, with the top 40 set to receive provisional award letters immediately.
The remaining 66 will be considered later, "subject to the availability of funds", according to a notice issued by the ministry on July 1.
A total of 440 applications were received through the NOS portal between March 19 and April 27 this year. After scrutiny, 106 candidates were placed in the selected list.
Another 64 applicants, though eligible, were not selected due to limitations such as QS university rankings, state-wise quotas, and category-specific reservat...