The National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) nurtures and promotes the talent of students by providing them with scholarships to pursue their education in sciences and social sciences up to doctoral level and in professional courses like medicine and engineering up to second-degree level. A total of 2,000 scholarships will be allocated, the students who qualify the second round are selected for the scholarship. The amount of the scholarship is INR 1,250 per month for students of class 11th and 12th and INR 2,000 per month for students studying at the undergraduate level or above.