Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarship

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Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships are awards available to Indian students for doctoral study at St John's College at the University of Cambridge and for undergraduate studies at the university. The Scholarships are named in honor of Manmohan Singh, a former Prime Minister of India. Singh graduated from St John's College with a First in Economics in 1957, went on to earn a PhD from the University of Oxford in 1962, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Cambridge in 2006.

Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships for Doctoral Studies

The idea for this award was suggested by Ab Banerjee who is a former Johnian. Banerjee also worked on this plan and attended a few dinners with Manmohan Singh.

These are PhD standard scholarships for prospective Indian PhD students awarded by the College. The award was designed to benefit academically bright Indian students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and is administered by the College.

The scholarship programme has been funded by BP, Rolls-Royce, Hardeep Rai (a St John's College alumnus) and two anonymous sponsors.

The awards are for study towards doctoral degrees in the following subjects:

• Science & Technology
• Economics
• Social Sciences
• Aerospace Engineering
• Marine Engineering
• Energy Studies

PhD Award Eligibility Criteria

The applicant should be:

• An Indian national with a valid Indian passport
• Below 35 years of age before 31 January in year of application
• Holding a Master’s (postgraduate) degree from a reputed/recognized Indian university/institution with a First Class award (UG and PG) in the relevant subject/field
• Evidence of leadership qualities
• Fluent in spoken and written English
• Able to fulfill any other admission criteria laid down by the university

PhD Award Value

The scholarships award value areas are:

• Academic fees
• International airfare
• Monthly stipend to cover living expenses
• UK Visa

PhD Award Winners

The first time awardees (October 2008) in this scholarship's history are:

• Niladri Banerjee
• Manasa Patnam
• Nitu Duggal

The second time awardees (October 2009) of scholarship are:

• Aquila Mukund Mavalankar
• Shruti Badhwar

The third time awardees (October 2010) of scholarship are:

• Mahak
• Karthik Depuru
• Aditi Borkar
• Utham Kashyap Valekunja

The fourth time awardees (October 2011) of scholarship are

• Shashi Ratnaker Singh (a research fellow at TERI)
• Avishek Ranjan (a Master's degree holder from IIT Chennai)
• Arjun Datta (a fellow MTech from IIT Roorkee)
• Sohini Vanjari (a Master's degree holder in zoology from Pune University)

The fifth time awardees (September 2012) of scholarship are

• Parama Ghoshal (assistant professor of chemical engineering at Jadavpur University, Kolkata)
• Nishit Srivastava (MS in engineering from the Jawarharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore)
• Sudhir Rama Murthy (research associate with the Centre for Sustainable Technologies at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)

The sixth time awardees were declared in August 2013.

• Rishika Kundra, MSc, Biomedical Science from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research with specialisation in psoriatic arthritis
• Kedar Pandya, MTech, Aerospace Engineering from IIT Bombay, focusing on ballistic impact behaviour of carbon nanotube (CNT) and nanoparticle dispersed resins and composites.

The seventh time awardee was declared in May 2014.

• Rohit Chikkaraddy (BS-MS Dual degree from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune)

The eighth time awardee was declared in June 2015.

• Arya Thampi (BS-MS Dual degree from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune)

Manmohan Singh Undergraduate Scholarships

This scholarship is available to Indian undergraduate applicants in any subject.

Undergraduate Award Conditions

Applicants must be school-leavers from India, applying for the BA (not BAaff), and must require financial assistance in order to study at the University of Cambridge.

Undergraduate Award Value

The value of this scholarship will depend on the level of financial need of the applicant, and scholarship funds available.

Undergraduate Award Winners

The first time awardees (2010) in this scholarship's history are:

• Rudrajit Banerjee, The Cambridge School, Kolkata
• Neal Duggal, Mallya Aditi International School, Bangalore
• Jesika Haria, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai

The second time awardees (2011) of scholarship are:

• Rishabh Bhargava, Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Kanpur
• Neil Satra, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai
• Payoshaa Shah, Utpal Shanghvi School, Mumbai

The third time awardees (2012) of scholarship are:

• Devang Agrawal, Florets International School, Kanpur
• Gaurav Kumar, DPS International, New Delhi
• Mayukh Ketan Mukhopadhyay, Calcutta International School, Kolkata

The fourth time awardees (2013) of scholarship are:

• Siddhant Jayakumar, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai
• Nisarg Mehta, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai

The fifth time awardees (2014) of scholarship are

• Ritu Muralidharan, Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai

See also

• Gates Cambridge Scholarship
• St John's College, Cambridge
• Dr. Manmohan Singh

External links

• The British council The Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships
• Article on Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships
• Article 2 on Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships
• Article 3 on Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships
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