Suborno Jayanti Scholarships

Advisory / Information for ICCR applicants

1. Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) organizes fully paid scholarship programs for Bangladeshi students each year, the full process of which is handled by the High Commission of India, Dhaka, and offices of Assistant High Commission of India in Rajshahi, Sylhet, Khulna and Chittagong, only. Govt. of India has not appointed any agent for processing and/or selection of ICCR applications in Bangladesh.


2. It has come to notice that an organization called “GEE Bangladesh”, with its offices in Dhaka, Khulna, Chittagong, Mymensingh, Kishoreganj and Rajshahi, is acting as an agent for ICCR applicants, collecting cash payment from each ICCR aspirant.


3. While condemning such actions, which are totally illegal, it is clarified that Govt. of India and its offices in Bangladesh, viz. High Commission of India, Dhaka, and the offices of Assistant High Commission of India in Rajshahi, Sylhet, Khulna and Chittagong, do not, repeat, do not have any sort of relationship with the organization mentioned above, or, such sort of organizations which claim themselves to be agents.


4. ICCR applicants are being alerted that any association with such sort of organization(s) would not only result in cancellation of his/her ICCR application/admission/scholarship, but also black listing of his/her name for any type of visit to India in future.

Dhaka

March 20, 2023