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India-Bhutan Education Partnership

Education is a strong pillar of cooperation between India and Bhutan through scholarships, support to educational facilities, training opportunities and other institutional engagements.

The Scholarship Schemes include the Nehru Wangchuck Scholarship, Nalanda University Scholarship, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Ambassador's Scholarship, India-Bhutan Friendship Scholarship at IIT Kanpur and Project assistance based Undergraduate Scholarship among others. In addition, many Bhutanese youth also enroll as self-financed students in Indian universities.

In 2025-26, around 1700 Bhutanese students studying in Indian colleges and institutes received the Ambassador's Scholarship apart from over 130 other scholarships.

In recent years, over 50 teachers from India in the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics have been recruited by Royal Government of Bhutan in partnership with Government of India for teaching at schools in Bhutan.