CENTRAL SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME FOR GRADUATE/POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

Value of scholarship :- 

• Rs.1000/- p.m. at Graduation level for first three years of 
  College and University courses
• Rs.2000/- per month at Post- Graduation level
• Students pursuing professional courses would get Rs.2000/- per month in the 4th and 5th year
• 82000 fresh scholarships per annum[41000 for boys and 41000 for girls]

Duration :- 

• The scholarship would be paid for 10 months in an academic year

Objective :-

The National Merit Scholarship Scheme, the objective of which was to provide financial assistance to Meritorious students studying from Post-matric to Post-graduate level in Government Schools/Colleges and Universities has been discontinued with effect from April, 2007. However, a New Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students has been introduced during XI Five Year Plan. The objective of the new scheme is to provide financial assistance to meritorious students from low income families to meet a part of their day-to-day expenses while pursuing higher studies.

Eligibility

Students who are above 80th percentile of successful candidates in the relevant stream for a particular Board of Examination, in class XII of 10+2 pattern or equivalent and not belonging to the creamy layer and as may be further modified from time to time, pursuing regular courses (not correspondence or distance mode) from recognised educational institutions and not availing of any other scholarship scheme, would be eligible for consideration this Scheme. This is applicable to all categories of students both ‘general’ and ‘reserved’. Scholarship will be paid only to those students whose parent’s/guardian’s income from all sources does not exceed Rs.4.5 lakh per annum, for all categories under the scheme

Selection Procedure:-

·    The examining bodies will draw up a merit list of scholars likely to be eligible for scholarship within five weeks after the results of the examinations announced by the Boards/Universities/Authority for all students. 

·    The income of the students’ parents will be taken into account before preparing the list. 

·    The Boards/Universities/Authority in the State/Union Territory will write to the eligible students from the top of the merit list up to twice the number of scholarships available (to provide for possible refusal and ineligible cases) through a registered letter to confirm within 15 days whether he/she is prepared to accept the scholarship. 

·    The candidates from whom replies are not received within 30 days of the State Board / CBSE / ICSE seeking their willingness will not be considered for scholarship and the award will be given to the next eligible candidates in the merit list. 

·    The Boards/Universities in the State/Union Territory will send to each candidate shortlisted for consideration for award of scholarships the following :

·     Entitlement Card

·     Income Affidavit form

·     A Form for ‘Statement of Particulars’.

·     The shortlisted scholars shall present the Entitlement Card, Income Affidavit form and Statement of Particulars duly filled-in to the Head of the Institution joined by him/her. 

·     The Head of the Institution will complete the Entitlement Card and send it to the concerned State Board, CBSE, ICSE, as the case may be.

·     On receipt of the ‘joining report’ along with the completed ‘Statement of Particulars’and ‘Income Affidavit, the concerned Board wil then compile the list of scholarship awardees of that Board on the basis of merit, eligibility criteria and reservation guidelines of the Central Govt. and send the same to the National Scholarship Division of MHRD, Department of Higher Education which will arrange to pay the scholarship to the scholar through a designated bank. 

·     The Name, Address for communication and details of bank account of the student in which the scholarship is to be paid, is to be furnished by the Board along with the list. 

·    If the concerned Board does not receive the joining report from the candidate duly signed by the Head of Institution, within 30 days from the date of closure of admission in the Institution, the case for award of scholarship to him/her will not be considered. 

·   The scholarship will then be offered to the next eligible candidate in the merit list.

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