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About the scholarship
Ishan Uday is a UGC scheme run on the National Scholarship Portal for students of the North Eastern Region. Its purpose is straightforward: to make sure that a student from the region who has just finished school and entered an undergraduate course is not forced out by cost in that first year. The award is a monthly scholarship rather than a one-time payment, and it continues through the degree subject to the scheme’s renewal conditions. Ten thousand fresh scholarships are offered each year, which makes it one of the larger single-region schemes on the portal.
Two amounts apply, and the distinction matters. A student in a general degree course receives Rs 5,400 a month. A student in a technical, medical or paramedical course receives Rs 7,800 a month. One scholarship tracker lists a flat Rs 8,000 a month instead; that figure is not used in this article because the Rs 5,400 / Rs 7,800 split is the one corroborated across the scheme listings checked, and the flat figure appears to be a tracker simplification.
Benefits
- Rs 5,400 a month for general degree courses, for the duration of the undergraduate course subject to renewal.
- Rs 7,800 a month for technical, medical and paramedical courses, on the same renewal basis.
- Payment through the National Scholarship Portal’s direct benefit transfer system, once institute and higher-level verifications are complete.
Who can apply
- You must be domiciled in a state of the North Eastern Region. The state lists in the sources checked name Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura; confirm your state’s coverage on the NSP scheme page if you are unsure.
- You must have passed Class 12 or an equivalent examination from a school situated within the North Eastern Region.
- You must have taken admission to the first year of a first undergraduate degree — general, technical or professional, including medical and paramedical courses, and including integrated courses — at an institution recognised by the UGC with a valid AISHE code.
- Your parents’ annual income must be up to Rs 4.5 lakh.
- The course must be in full-time, regular mode. Distance, correspondence and part-time courses do not qualify.
- The scholarship is for first-year, first-degree students. Students already in later years, or already holding a degree, are outside its scope.
Documents required
Keep ready: domicile proof for the North Eastern Region, your Class 12 marksheet and certificate from a school within the region, proof of admission to the first year of the degree course, parental income certificate, Aadhaar details and Aadhaar-linked bank account details. The NSP application form and the scheme guidelines govern the final list, so confirm it there before submitting.
How to apply
- Complete your One-Time Registration (OTR) on the National Scholarship Portal, scholarships.gov.in, if you have not already done so.
- Open the Ishan Uday Special Scholarship Scheme for NER application for 2026-27 and fill in your personal, academic and bank details.
- Upload the domicile, Class 12, admission and income documents listed above and submit before the portal closes on 31 October 2026.
- Ask your institute to complete its verification by 15 November 2026, and follow up so that district, state and ministry verification is completed by 30 November 2026 — the general NSP verification pattern for the 2026-27 cycle.
FAQs
Rs 5,400 a month for general degree courses and Rs 7,800 a month for technical, medical and paramedical courses. A flat Rs 8,000 figure on one tracker is not used here because the split rates are the corroborated ones.
A student domiciled in an NER state who also passed Class 12 from a school situated within the region. Both conditions apply, not just one.
No. The scheme is for admission to the first year of a first undergraduate degree.
Yes. Only full-time, regular-mode courses at UGC-recognised institutions with a valid AISHE code qualify.
31 October 2026. The window opened on 16 September 2026.
Verified 31 Oct 2026 against the Buddy4Study Ishan Uday article (window 16 Sep to 31 Oct 2026; 10,000 fresh scholarships a year; Rs 5,400 a month general degree and Rs 7,800 a month technical/medical/paramedical; NER domicile plus Class 12 from a school within the NER; first-year first undergraduate degree at a UGC-recognised institution with valid AISHE code; parental income up to Rs 4.5 lakh; regular mode only) corroborated by NECareerHub, GovJobAssam and jobassam listings giving the same 31 Oct 2026 deadline and the same two monthly rates. The general NSP verification pattern (institute verification by 15 Nov 2026, district/state/ministry verification by 30 Nov 2026) is stated as the portal-wide pattern for 2026-27. The conflicting flat Rs 8,000 a month tracker figure is flagged in the article and not used.
