IASRI Scholarship for M.Sc. and Ph.D.

What is the IASRI Scholarship?

The IASRI Scholarship is the institute scholarship paid to postgraduate students at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi. IASRI is a research institute of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, and it is the country's lead institute for agricultural statistics, computer application in agriculture and agricultural bioinformatics.

Like other ICAR institutes, IASRI supports its enrolled Master's and Doctoral students with an institute scholarship so they can pursue full-time study and research. The scholarship is tied to admission. It is granted to students of Indian nationality who join the institute's M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes and who do not hold any other fellowship, rather than being an open, separately advertised award.

What does IASRI offer at postgraduate level?

According to the IASRI website, the institute runs Master's and Doctoral programmes in agricultural statistics and allied disciplines, including computer application in agriculture and bioinformatics. Degrees are awarded through the ICAR postgraduate education framework. IASRI's teaching is closely tied to its research role in designing agricultural surveys, crop-estimation methods and statistical tools used across the national agricultural system.

How much does the scholarship pay?

The institute scholarship is paid at the rates fixed under ICAR's postgraduate scholarship norms for its institutes, along with a contingency grant for research expenses. Because these rates are periodically revised by ICAR, this guide does not quote a specific rupee figure that could not be confirmed against a current official notification. Confirm the exact current amount with the IASRI academic office before relying on it.

Separately, students who qualify on merit in the ICAR entrance examination may be awarded the higher ICAR Junior Research Fellowship (Master's) or Senior Research Fellowship (Ph.D.). A student draws either the institute scholarship or an ICAR fellowship: not both.

Who is eligible for the IASRI Scholarship?

You are eligible if:

• You are a student of Indian nationality.
• You have been admitted and enrolled in an IASRI Master's or Doctoral programme.
• You are a full-time student.
• You do not hold any other scholarship or fellowship.

You cannot apply / are not eligible if:

• You are not admitted to IASRI — the scholarship is only for the institute's own enrolled students and is not an open scholarship you can apply to from outside.
• You already hold another fellowship (for example ICAR-JRF/SRF, UGC or CSIR) or an employer stipend. You cannot draw two at once.
• You are a foreign national. The institute scholarship is limited to Indian nationality.

What documents are required?

How to apply for the IASRI Scholarship

The scholarship is not applied for separately. The steps that lead to it are the admission steps:

1. Appear in the ICAR all-India entrance examination for postgraduate admission (conducted by the National Testing Agency on ICAR's behalf) and secure a rank in a discipline offered by IASRI.
2. Accept your seat and complete enrolment at ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi, submitting your admission, nationality and bank details to the academic section.
3. Sign the declaration that you hold no other financial assistance, after which the institute scholarship is sanctioned for the standard programme duration.

For programme and scholarship queries, contact the IASRI academic office on 91-11-25847121 or through www.iasri.res.in. IASRI is located at Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi-110012, and its academic administration also runs the Academic Management System (AMS) used across ICAR for student records, so enrolled students manage their registration and scholarship records through that system once admitted.

A note on scope

The IASRI Scholarship is a narrow, institute-specific benefit, it exists only for students already admitted to this one institute. Prospective students should concentrate on qualifying for admission through the ICAR entrance route; the scholarship then follows. Because current rupee rates follow ICAR norms that are periodically revised, always confirm the figure directly with the institute rather than relying on older published numbers.