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Announcement for Lata Mangeshkar Dance & Music Scholarship Scheme (A1209) (formerly ICCR Scholarship Scheme for Indian Culture)
2025-26
Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) announces scholarship slots globally under Lata Mangeshkar Dance & Music Scholarship Scheme (A1209) (formerly ICCR Scholarship Scheme for Indian Culture) for pursuing study of Indian Culture such as dance, music, theatre, performing art, sculpture, Indian languages, Indian cuisine, etc. for the academic year 2025-26.
The applications from interested international students will be invited online at -
ICCR’s A2A Portal
https://a2ascholarships.iccr.gov.in/
which will be operational from 20 February 2025
Timeline for admission process:
20-February-2025 | Opening of Portal for inviting applications from interested candidates |
30-April-2025 | Last date for applicant to submit application on portal |
31-May-2025 | Last date of Universities to inform the decision (if confirmed, intimation to Missions; if rejected, intimation to students) |
15-June-2025 | Last date for allocating scholarship and generating Offer Letters by Indian Missions abroad |
22-June-2025 | Last date for acceptance by students |
1-July-2025 | Based on the number of acceptances in the first round (if acceptances are less than the scholarship seats allocated) Indian Mission to offer scholarship to other students who were not considered in the first round |
10-July-2025 | Second-round students to convey their acceptances |
General guidelines are available at the website of ICCR:
https://www.iccr.gov.in/online-forms-links/a2a-scholarship/guidelines-students
Detailed guidelines on the process of applying for ICCR Scholarships are available on the Portal.
For further details please contact the
AMRITA SHER-GIL CULTURAL CENTRE
1025 Budapest, Búzavirág u. 14.
Tel.: 0036 1 3257742 / 43
email: program.budapest@mea.gov.in