All India Council Technical Education (AICTE) invites applications for Two Scholarship Schemes - AICTE Pragati Saksham Scholarship for Girls 2015.
Pragati scheme is for girl students and Saksham Scheme is for differently abled students who are admitted in first year of their degree/diploma for the academic year 2015-16
Important Dates
Online Application Filling Starting Date: 24th October 2015
Online Application Filling Ending Date: 23rd November 2015
Announcement of Provisional List of Candidates for Pragati & Saksham: 10th December 2015
Objections by the Candidates on Provisional Selected List Starting Date: 10th December 2015
Objections by the Candidates on Provisional Selected List Ending Date: 12th December 2015
Announcement of Final List of Selected Candidates: 20th December 2015
Release of Scholarship to Selected/Eligible Candidates: 20th January 2016
Scholarship Details
Scholarship for Girls under Pragati Scheme: 4000 Scholarships each worth Rs 30,000/- or covers the actual tuition fees paid, whichever is less; and contingency allowance of Rs 2000/- per month for ten months (only for the students staying in the hostels)
Scholarship for Differently Abled Students: 1000 Scholarships each worth Rs 30,000/- or covers the actual tuition fees paid, whichever is less; and contingency allowance of Rs 2000/- per month for ten months (only for the students staying in the hostels)
Eligibility Criteria
For Pragati Scheme:
Scholarship is available only for One Girl per family
Family income should be less than Rs.6 Lakhs per Annum
Candidate should have been admitted to 1st year of the degree or diploma program in any of the AICTE approved institute during the academic year 2015-16
For Saksham Scheme:
Scholarship is available only for differently abled students having more than 40% disability
Family income should be less than Rs. 6 Lakhs per Annum
Candidate should have been admitted to 1st year of the degree or diploma program in any of the AICTE approved institute during the academic year 2015-16
Reservation - 15% for SC, 7.5%, ST and 27% for OBC candidates/applicants
How to Apply
Eligible students who are already admitted to technical programs/courses in AICTE approved Institutions during 2015-16, in the first year, may make an application in a prescribed format available on AICTE portal at www.aicte-india.org
The duly filled in form complete in all respects along with scanned attested copies of the certificate in pdf are required to be submitted as attachments on e-mail rifd.aicte.india@gmail.com on or before 23rd November 2015.
Incomplete applications are liable to be rejected summarily
Details of the Scheme are available on AICTE website i.e. www.aicte-pragati-saksham-gov.in