International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Santosh and Mayuri Bora

abstract
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) established the National Talent Scholarship (NTS) for students enrolled in a Bachelor's program at an agricultural university recognized by the ICAR that is located outside of their state of residence and is adequately funded under the planning scheme "Strengthening and Development of Higher Agricultural Education in India" of the Education Division of the ICAR. For undergraduate bachelor's degree candidates, the scholarship is worth ? 2,000 per month. The scholarship will be given out initially for a year starting on the day the student actually enrolls, and it will then be renewed for the duration of the undergraduate program provided the student continues to maintain good academic standing and behavior as required by the relevant university. In 2020, the current study was carried out with the aim of assessing the level of awareness among the university students regarding National Talent scholarship and exploring the number of students availing. Additionally, the study aimed to figure out what problems respondents had in obtaining the scholarship. Using a stratified random sample technique, 240 undergraduate students from Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Jorhat were included in the study. A "Google Forms" questionnaire was created, and data was gathered online by sharing the URL to the Google form. Frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and chi-square test were the statistical analyses performed on the data. The results show that 53.33 per cent respondents of Assam Agricultural University had awareness about National Talent Scholarship, ‘Delay in receiving scholarship’ and ‘Irregular disbursement of scholarship’ were some of the problems reported by the respondents.