Merit Cum Means Scholarship For For Professional and Technical Courses CS

SCHEME OF ‘MERIT CUM MEANS BASED SCHOLARSHIP’ FO STUDENTS BELONGING TO THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES

The objective of the Scheme is to provide financial assistance to the poor and meritorious students belonging to minority communities to enable them to pursue professional and technical courses.

Financial assistance will be given to pursue graduate level or post graduate level technical and professional courses from a recognized institution. Course fee and Maintenance allowance will be credited/transferred directly into the bank account of selected students.

Students who get admission to a college to pursue technical/professional courses, on the basis of a competitive examination will be eligible for the scholarship.

Students who get admission in technical/professional courses without taking any competitive examination will also be eligible for scholarship. However, such students should have not less than 50% marks at higher secondary/graduation level. Selection of these students will be done strictly on merit basis.

The annual income of the beneficiary/parent or guardian of beneficiary should not exceed Rs.2.50 lakh from all sources.

RATES OF SCHOLARSHIP

The scheme is implemented through National Scholarship Portal (NSP). It is mandatory for all students to apply online on the website of this Ministry i.e. www.scholarships.gov.in

The list of documents to be scanned & uploaded for both Fresh and Renewal Scholarships as under:

a) Student Photo. (Mandatory)

b) Institution Verification Form. (Mandatory)

c) Self declaration of Income Certificate by the student. (Mandatory)

d) Self declaration of community by the student. (Mandatory)

e) In case of Fresh: Self Attested Certificate of ‘Previous Academic Mark sheet’ as filled in Form. (Mandatory)

f) In case of Renewal: Self-Attested Certificate of Previous Year Marksheet as filled in the Form. (Mandatory)

g) Fee Receipt of current course year. (Mandatory)

h) Proof of Bank Account in the name of student. (Mandatory)

i) Aadhaar Card (optional)

j) Residential Certificate. (Mandatory)

Last date: 31-10-2022

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