National Scholarship for Higher Education of ST Students (formerly Top Class Education for ST) 2026-27

The National Scholarship component of the Central Sector scheme (guidelines 2021-22 to 2025-26) encourages meritorious ST students to study at graduate and postgraduate level in premier institutes notified by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (252 institutions in the guidelines) in fields such as management, medicine, science, engineering, humanities, law and social science. All eligible students admitted on merit to these institutes can receive the scholarship, which continues until the course ends subject to satisfactory performance.