Huawei Scholarships for Indian Students

The Huawei Maitree Scholarship Programme for academic year 2013 is open for application to aid Indian students who want to pursue higher studies in China. The scholarship amount of 5,000 dollars aims at covering the student's tuition fee and living expenses.

The transnational educational initiative was started in 2011 by the telecommunications giant as a part of its corporate social responsibility programme. It fosters the spirit of innovation and scholarship in every discipline to bring about a better understanding, appreciation and friendship between youngsters of India and China.

Under the programme, 20 scholarships are provided every year to the selected Indian students for higher studies in credible and reputed institutions of China preferably in emerging areas of science and technology, culture, social studies and development related programmes.

Huawei believes that the scholarship will help under-graduate and post-graduate students dedicate themselves to the pursuit of excellence and be instrumental in shaping their careers.

Apart from the educational curriculum, the scholarship facilitates exchange of knowledge between students from entirely different societies by providing them with invaluable opportunity to understand and experience another culture.

The duration of scholarship is one year which is renewable for every new academic session till the completion of course. For renewal of scholarship, the recipient is required to satisfy the criteria of 80 per cent marks in previous academic year.

Students should be enrolled full-time in a degree programme. As a proof, they must provide a certificate from the college (original copy) saying that he/she is enrolled as a full-time student and bears a good moral character.

The student should have earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 (80 per cent) or above during previous year of study at a university. A copy of the mark sheet (attested by the university) needs to be submitted as a proof.

The last date for submitting the documents and applying for the scholarship is July 10. The results will be announced on July 17.

The candidate must have independently gained admission to a reputed university/college/institution in China at the time of applying for the scholarship.

Candidates should submit the application online, giving complete and accurate details about school and university education, professional experience (if any) and a statement of purpose. A candidate should provide references from two persons of repute preferably academicians and teachers. All applications will be reviewed by a selection panel chosen internally. Applicants who are short-listed will face an interview. Final selection will be based on the applicants successful performance in both these stages. Author info Get complete infomation about scholarships for Indian students at http://www.huaweischolarships.org.