Studying in Delhi

hubirai

Namaste everybody. I am planning to apply for the indian government scholarship for my PhD. Does anybody know about it? ecause I couldn't find much of a useful info on the internet. I am a Turkish citizen. From what I heard from a friend who will be going there as research student the government pays 150 US$ for accomodation and about 150$ for living costs, but I might be wrong about it coz' my memory is not so good, but am quiet sure about the accomodation part. Now I know that this issue had been discussed many times, but from what I see, the prices are changing day by day there, because while people say you can hire a house for as cheap as 100$ in the threads dating back to 2 or 3 years ago, others say you can't in newer threads. So I am a freelancer translator interpreter at the moment but I've spent most of what i earnt on my MA studies. Now to be specific, could anybody give me an idea about how much housing would cost for a student who wants to stay near Nehru University? I want to hire a 1B or 2B house and I want to hang like other normal indian students of a middle class, upper middle class(somewhere in between ) because I don't know the lifestyle in India, in Turkey the prices are close to Europe in Istanbu but I live in Ankara whre housing is cheaper but of course f you live in the expat area it changes. I live in a 3B house for about 500$+ including the heating and utilities, but since I work as a translator, I can afford it, but if I move to India I guess I will have to depend on the scholarship and the money I plan to put aside for India. So what would you suggest? Considering that a PhD is a long process which might take more than 4 years, I will start spending as less as possible here and putting aside as much as possible if you think that the government scholarship might not be enough for an avarage living. Thanks fpr your help. Take care