PARLIAMENT QUESTION: INSPIRE-SHE SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Ministry of Science & Technology

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: INSPIRE-SHE SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION प्रव तथ: 13 AUG 2026 3:48PM by PIB Delhi The Government has not shelved its flagship INSPIRE-SHE (Scholarship for Higher Education) Scheme.

The scheme is presently under redesign to further strengthen its objectives, improve its implementation framework, and align it with emerging priorities in science education and research.

The state-wise details of the total scholarship amount disbursed and the number of students benefited

under the scheme since its inception are given below:

S. No. State/UTs Students benefitted Amount disbursed (Rs.in Cr.) 1 Andaman And Nicobar 02 0.06 Islands 2 Andhra Pradesh 1059 14.82 3 Assam 1043 23.66 4 Bihar 3136 48.39 5 Chandigarh 1290 13.91 6 Chhattisgarh 2531 53.13 7 Delhi 670 28.71 8 Goa 37 0.97 9 Gujarat 1045 24.23 10 Haryana 2044 42.34 11 Himachal Pradesh 2219 42.16 12 Jammu And Kashmir 251 6.03S. No. State/UTs Students benefitted Amount disbursed (Rs.in Cr.) 13 Jharkhand 451 9.83 14 Karnataka 26164 157.37 15 Kerala 5393 108.22 16 Madhya Pradesh 7795 133.75 17 Maharashtra 5487 103.22 18 Manipur 1452 21.62 19 Meghalaya 319 5.38 20 Mizoram 39 0.59 21 Nagaland 156 2.86 22 Odisha 2385 35.35 23 Punjab 859 20.17 24 Puducherry 13 0.25 25 Rajasthan 23467 472.57 26 Sikkim 1 0.018 27 Tamil Nadu 384 6.51 28 Telangana 269 6.32 29 The Dadra & Nagar Haveli 2 0.02 & Daman & Diu 30 Tripura 18 0.74 31 Uttar Pradesh 60263 916.64 32 Uttarakhand 6554 131.31S. No. State/UTs Students benefitted Amount disbursed (Rs.in Cr.) 33 West Bengal 15958 353.00 Total 136298 2784.15 The Government supports Indian students pursuing scientific research abroad through several scholarship schemes. Under the INSPIRE-SHE Mentorship Grant of the Department of Science and Technology

(DST), 271 scholars have successfully completed summer research mentorship project abroad so far. The Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship, implemented by DST in collaboration with the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF), enables young researchers to undertake advanced water research at leading U.S. institutions, with 63 participants (43 interns and 20 fellows) supported across two phases. Additionally, the National Overseas Scholarship Scheme of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment provide financial assistance to eligible persons with benchmark disabilities to pursue Master's and Ph.D. programmes, including scientific research, at foreign universities, under which 55 beneficiaries have pursued Ph.D. studies abroad during the last five years.

This information was given by the Minister of State (Ind. Charge) Science & Technology; Earth Sciences and Minister of State PMO; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy and Space Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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