The Central Sanskrit University Merit Scholarship 2025-26

About University:

The Central Sanskrit University has the unique distinction of being the largest and the only multi-campus language university in the world. The Central Sanskrit University also has the privilege of acting as the nodal agency for the implementation of Sanskrit related policies & schemes of the Government of India. In that capacity, the university works in close coordination with the Ministry of Education, Government of India. 

The Government of India in pursuance of the recommendations of the Sanskrit Commission (1956-1957), established the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan on 15th October, 1970 as an autonomous organization for the purpose of implementing the policies and programmes of the Central Government for the development, propagation and promotion of Sanskrit. The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India has declared it as Deemed University on 7th May, 2002 and the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) has placed this university under the category ‘A’ which is the highest rank to be awarded to educational institutions by the NAAC. 

The erstwhile Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed to be University) has now been promulgated as Central Sanskrit University, Delhi (CSU) under the Central Sanskrit Universities Act, 2020 (No.5 of 2020) passed by the Parliament and assented to by His Excellency, The President of India and started functioning as the Central Sanskrit University, Delhi since 30th April, 2020. 

The Central Sanskrit University, Delhi implements various Central Government Schemes for the enrichment and dissemination of Sanskrit language and literature. Accordingly, The Govt. of India awards scholarships through University to meritorious students of Sanskrit related to constituent campuses and other institutions throughout the country. The University also awards a merit scholarship on All India Basis to regular students pursuing higher course of studies in Sanskrit including Pali/Prakrit in any recognized traditional Pathashalas from Purvamadhyama to Uttarmadhyama/Prak-Shastri and the level of Shastri/Acharya/Vidya-Varidhi and Modern institutions from Secondary/Senior Secondary Schools (from 9th to 12th standard) and the levels of Graduation/Post Graduation/Ph.D. 

The Scholarship awarded to those student who have obtained the minimum percentage or equivalent grade in Sanskrit/Pali/Prakrit and aggregate in all subjects can be applied for Scholarship – 
 

The Number of Scholarships to be awarded each year depends upon the availability of funds. The online applications will be invited through advertisement which circulated in popular leading Newspapers in all India every year in between July to August month.