Job Description:
In keeping with His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s call for more Tibetan students to pursue professional degrees in order to build a strong Tibetan community, The Tibet Fund invites scholarship applications from Tibetan refugee students who need financial support to pursue professional degree programs in colleges and universities.
The immediate goal of The Tibet Fund’s scholarship program is to meet the most critical needs in the exile Tibetan community today for professionals in the medical and health care fields. Therefore, the program will support scholarships for MBBS, BPT (Physiotherapy),
B. Pharmacy, BDS (Dentist), and MDS (Dentist). Students must have obtained
admission or be attending colleges/universities in India, Nepal and Bhutan and have been awarded partial financial support by the CTA or other institutions. This supplemental scholarship grant (up to 30 percent per year of the total cost) is designed to ensure the continuity of students’ studies.
Eligibility Criteria for the Scholarship Program
• Bona-fide Tibetan refugees residing in India, Nepal and Bhutan;
• Holding a valid Green Book issued by the Central Tibetan Administration;
• Applicants with a minimum of 60% aggregate in class XII are eligible to apply for the scholarship;
• Photocopies of academic marks card, pass certificates and other documents must
bear attestation of the concerned Settlement Officer or a gazette CTA officer holding
the rank of Joint Secretary and above or Principal or Rector of a school having at
least upto class X under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education.
Documents to be submitted along with the application form
• Class X and XII marks card & pass certificate;
• 2 passport size photos;
• Essay on Personal Life History;
• Essay on Personal Academic Achievements and Aspirations;
• At least one Recommendation letter from your concerned college/university;
• Applicant’s valid Green Book duly paid till December 31, 2009;*
• Parent’s valid Green Book duly paid till December 31, 2009;*
• Applicant’s valid Registration Certificate (RC). If the applicant’s RC is kept for
renewal, copy of the receipt need to be produced. Applicants residing in Nepal and
Bhutan must obtain a letter from the respective office of Tibetan Freedom Movement
(Bhod Rawang Denpai Legul) certifying that the applicant is a bona fide Tibetan
refugee with verification from the Settlement Officer or School Principal;*
holding the post of Joint Secretary and above or Principal of a school having atleast
upto class X under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education;
• Applicant must remit Rs.50/- for processing fee;
• Incomplete and late application will not be entertained.
Application Deadline 15 July 2010

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