Three years after the Government of India’s Ministry of Minority Affairs discontinued the Padho Pardesh scheme, the Tamil Nadu government has introduced a new overseas scholarship programme, which will aid 10 students from the Muslim community every year pursue higher studies abroad with assistance of up to ₹36 lakh per student.
The scholarship will assist their higher studies if they are admitted to institutions ranked within the top 250 in the Global QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) rankings. The scholarship programme will be implemented through the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board on a pilot basis.
