Economic Struggles Give Way to Research Ambitions for Ahmedabad's Bhavesh A. Prabhakar

The National Fellowship for Scheduled Caste (SC) Students (NFSC) Scheme provides financial assistance to SC students pursuing higher education. The scheme, run by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, helped Bhavesh A. Prabhakar, a resident of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, pursue his Ph.D. despite facing significant economic barriers.

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Prelims-testable facts

01The National Fellowship for Scheduled Caste (SC) Students (NFSC) Scheme is a government support program for students from SC backgrounds.
02Bhavesh A. Prabhakar, a resident of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, received fellowship assistance under the NFSC Scheme in December 2019.
03The NFSC Scheme aims to provide financial support to students from SC backgrounds to pursue higher education, including doctoral studies.
04Bhavesh A. Prabhakar was facing significant economic barriers that threatened his ability to undertake doctoral studies due to limited financial resources.
05The NFSC Scheme is designed to ease financial difficulties and make higher education more accessible to students from SC backgrounds.
06Bhavesh A. Prabhakar's research interests include open economy macroeconomics and time series econometrics, as evident from his Google Scholar profile.

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Most people think that the NFSC Scheme only provides financial support for undergraduate studies, but actually it also covers doctoral studies.
Most people think that the NFSC Scheme is only available to students from SC backgrounds, but actually it is also available to students from ST and OBC backgrounds under different schemes.

Prelims Practice MCQs

Single facteasy

Under which Ministry is the National Fellowship for Scheduled Caste (SC) Students (NFSC) Scheme run?

A.Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
B.Ministry of Human Resource Development
C.Ministry of Education
D.Ministry of Finance

The NFSC Scheme is run by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment to provide financial assistance to SC students pursuing higher education.

Multiple statementsmedium

Consider the following statements regarding NFSC Scheme: 1. The NFSC Scheme is run by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. 2. The NFSC Scheme provides financial assistance to SC students pursuing higher education. 3. The NFSC Scheme began assisting Bhavesh A. Prabhakar in January 2020. How many of the above statements are correct?

A.Only one
B.Only two
C.All three
D.None

Statement 1 is false because the NFSC Scheme is run by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, not the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Statement 2 is true because the NFSC Scheme provides financial assistance to SC students pursuing higher education. Statement 3 is false because the NFSC Scheme began assisting Bhavesh A. Prabhakar in December 2019, not January 2020.

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