IIT Kharagpur Announces Scholarships for Australian Doctoral Students
IIT-Kharagpur Office of International Relations (December 9, 2019)
In a significant boost to its ongoing academic exchange programs with Australian institutions, IIT Kharagpur has instituted competitive high-value scholarships for students from the University of Melbourne, Australia enrolled under the Dual Doctoral Programme jointly conducted by the two institutions. Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya, the Director (Officiating) of IIT Kharagpur made the announcement at the launch of the Melbourne India Partnership Program and Academy Conference at Melbourne earlier today. Each student would receive an annual funding of AUD 30000 (approximately INR 14.6 Lakh)--an amount equal to their home scholarships--which would cover their tuition and other fees, living expenses and travel costs for the programme. The scholarship which will be highly competitive will be offered initially to two inbound foreign students from the prestigious Australian university starting from academic year 2020-21. (Read More)