Sri Lankan students to receive Rs. 2.5 billion worth of Indian scholarships EdCIL – Indian Education Fair 2012

The Government of India, while extending courtesies towards its closest neighbor, selects meritorious Sri Lankan nationals that excelled in studies for the award of these scholarships. Nearly 270 scholarships and highly subsidized slots are offered for undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral Programmes in Science, Engineering, Economics, Business, and Humanities. Subjects also include Indian Classical Music, Dance, Painting and Sculpture. Selection of candidates is done in consultation with the Ministry of Higher Education, Government of Sri Lanka, to pursue higher studies in some of the leading universities in India. The scholarships amounting to 2.5 billion Sri Lankan Rupees, represents a three fold increase in the number of scholarship slots that would be spent over a period of 3 years for the specified Indian scholarships for the local students.

EDCIL – Indian Education Fair 2012, which is organized for the second consecutive year by the EDCIL (India) Limited, wide opens its gates for endless opportunities in the higher education sector in such an environment with lot of encouragement, support from the Government of India and the endorsement of High Commission of India in Colombo. Yet another valuable exhibition displaying the entire spectrum of higher educational opportunities, EDCIL – Indian Education Fair 2012 will showcase its best Higher Education Institutes in Sri Lanka from 17th to 19th of February at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre at BMICH in Colombo.

While due recognition was offered by the High Commission of India in Colombo towards this Higher Education Exhibition, the involvement of EDCIL (India) Limited as a ‘Public Sector Enterprise’ of the Government of India made immense contribution towards the success of its 2nd edition in 2012. With a strong resource base and a professionally competent and dedicated workforce offering consultancy services in all areas of education and human resource development, in India and beyond national boundaries with special focus on developing