UK launches Chevening Scholarships and Fellowships for 2019-20
Applicants who aspire to study at the UK’s best institutions can apply via the Chevening website until 6 November 2018.
The UK has announced the launch of the Chevening Scholarship and Fellowship programmes for the year 2019-20.
Two programmes are on offer:
Chevening Scholarships
Chevening Scholarships offer full financial support for one year for candidates to pursue a master’s degree at any UK university. The applicant must have minimum two years of work experience and a strong academic background.
Chevening Fellowships
Chevening Fellowships run for 8-12 weeks and offer professional development and networking opportunities in specified areas. A successful applicant must have 7-10 years of work experience. Chevening Fellowships on offer are:
- South Asian Journalism Fellowship
- Science & Innovation Leadership Fellowship
- Cyber Security Fellowship
- Financial Services Fellowships
- Gurukul Fellowship for Leadership & Excellence (To open in December 2018)
50,000 outstanding professionals across the world have had the opportunity to develop in the UK through Chevening. There are more than 1,500 scholarships on offer globally for the 2019/2020 academic year, demonstrating the UK’s ongoing commitment towards developing the leaders of tomorrow.
British High Commissioner to India, Dominic Asquith said:
Chevening offers a unique and exciting opportunity to ambitious young leaders and experienced professionals alike to develop their careers by coming to the UK’s best institutions – either for further study or bespoke fellowship programmes. It’s a great example of the UK and India’s living bridge, sharing the best of what our two countries have to offer.
The British High Commission celebrated the launch of this year’s programme by holding an event with Chevening Alumni focused on the theme of ‘Chevening for Gender Equality’.
Chief Guest, Kumari Selja – Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) said:
It is very heartening to see brave women come out, speak up and be counted. All stakeholders must make a cohesive effort to build a society that holds gender equality as its unequivocal and abiding principle.
For over 35 years, Chevening Scholarship and Fellowships have worked to ensure equality of opportunity and the Chevening India programme has seen a steady rise in the percentage of female scholars with 48% applications coming from them in the last year.
Further information
More information and detail on how to apply can be found at Chevening website.
Successful applicants can choose from over 12,000 master’s courses at over 150 different higher education institutions. The Chevening Alumni are leaders and opinion makers working in influential positions in varied fields including the parliament, judiciary, the government and private sector.
Some of the notable Chevening Alumni from India include:
- Anupriya Patel, Minister of state in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- Supriya Sule, Member of Parliament – Lok Shabha
- Richa Anirudh Thate, Anchor and Reporter
- Rica Roy, Sports editor, NDTV 24x7
- Suchi Mukherjee, Founder and CEO, Limeroad.com
- Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister, HRD
- Piyush Goel, MoS for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy
- Amitabh Kant, CEO Niti Aayog
- Harish Bhat, Member, Group Executive Council (GEC), Tata Sons
- Samir Saran, Vice President and Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
- Rahul Kanwal, Editor-At-Large, Aajtak & Headlines Today at TV Today Network Limited
Media
For media queries, please contact:
Sally Hedley, Head of Communications
Press and Communications
British High Commission, Chanakyapuri
New Delhi 110021
Tel: 44192100; Fax: 24192411
Mail to: Ishan Bhatkoti
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