ICCR Scholarship

The last date for the applicants to apply for ICCR scholarship is 15 April 2026

High Commission of India
Lilongwe
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OFFER OF SCHOLARSHIPS BY INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS (ICCR)

FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2026-2027

The Government of India under the aegis of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is offering 30 scholarship slots to Malawi Nationals under the ‘India-Africa Maitri Scholarship for Africa’ for the Academic Year 2026-2027.

The Africa Scholarship Scheme is one of the most important and popular schemes of the ICCR for foreign students to pursue higher studies in Indian universities and educational institutions.

The application from interested students for Academic Year 2026-2027 are invited online through ICCR’s A2A Scholarship Portal http://a2ascholarships.iccr.gov.in

The portal contains all the relevant information for the applicants including details of all participating Universities/Institutes, courses offered, availability of hostels, application guidelines, eligibility criteria and other relevant information for helping the applicants in decision-making while applying for the academic courses of their preference.

For any further queries, interested students should contact the High Commission of India in Lilongwe by email at itec[dot]malawi[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in

A brief timeline for applying for ICCR Scholarship is given below:

27 February 2026	Opening of A2A Portal for students to apply
15 April 2026	Last date for applicant to submit application on portal
30 April 2026	Last date for Universities to scrutinize the applications and upload provisional admission confirmation for selection by the Indian Missions
15 May 2026	Last date for Missions for allocating scholarships and generating offer letters by Indian Missions
10 June 2026	Last date for second-round of selection for the Missions to generate offer letters against any vacant slots from the reserve list of candidates and convey their acceptance

The last date for the applicants to apply for ICCR scholarship is 30 April 2025

High Commission of India

Lilongwe

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OFFER OF SCHOLARSHIPS BY INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS (ICCR)

FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-26

The Government of India under the aegis of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is offering 20 scholarship slots to Malawi Nationals under the ‘India-Africa Maitri Scholarship for Africa’ for the academic year 2025-26.

The Africa Scholarship Scheme is one of the most important and popular schemes of the ICCR for foreign students to pursue higher studies in Indian universities and educational institutions.

The application from interested students for academic year 2025-26 are invited online through ICCR’s A2A Scholarship Portal http://a2ascholarships.iccr.gov.in

For any further queries, interested students should contact the High Commission of India in Lilongwe by email at itec[dot]malawi[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in

A brief timeline for applying for ICCR Scholarship is given below:

20-February-2025	Opening of ICCR A2A Portal for inviting applications from interested candidates.
30-April-2025	Last date for applicant to submit application on portal.
31-May-2025	Last date for 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 Mission abroad.
22-June-2025	Last date for students to confirm / reject acceptance of offer of scholarship.