India offers over 150 scholarships

India offers over 150 scholarships

INDONESIA: India is offering over 150 scholarships to Indonesians
every year to study at India's top educational institutions, an
Indian Embassy official said.

"India has awarded over 150 scholarships to Indonesian
students in 2004. We will award these scholarships every year in
the spirit of South-South Cooperation," Kaisar Alam, the second
secretary at the embassy, told The Jakarta Post on Friday during
a reception hosted by Indian Ambassador to Indonesia H.K. Singh.

The reception, mostly attended by Indonesian alumni who
studied in India, was organized in connection with the
celebration of Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC)
and Foreign Students' Day.

"So far, more than 1,000 Indonesian students, experts and
officials have either studied or undergone training in India's
premier educational institutions," Alam, who deals with matters
relating to information, education and culture at the embassy,
said.

Most of the scholarships are available to study information
technology (IT) in India. Indonesians can also join courses in
irrigation, auditing and accounting, urban development,
management, diplomacy, journalism, agriculture and remote
sensing. -- JP