Introduction
Scholarship Offered to meritorious students, the Central Sector Scholarship Scheme for College and University Students aims to provide monetary support to those students who come from low-income group families. The fund provided under this scholarship helps the candidate to meet his/her daily expenses incurred while pursuing graduate or postgraduate studies in general or professional courses.
Central Sector Scholarship awards a total of 82,000 scholarships every year, among which 50% of the scholarship is reserved for girl candidates and the remaining 50% is for boy candidates. All these scholarships are distributed to the State Education Boards on the basis of the population of 18-25 years age group in the respective State, after segregating the share of CBSE and ICSE. Furthermore, the scholarships allotted to State Education Boards are divided in the ratio of 3:2:1 among the pass-outs of Science, Commerce, and Arts, respectively. The selected students receive the scholarship amount directly into their account through Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) mode.
Scholarship rewards
Graduates
- An annual scholarship amount of INR 12,000 for 1st three years of graduation. In the case of a 5-year integrated course (professional studies), INR 20,000 per year is given to students during the 4th and 5th years of study. If the students are pursuing technical courses such as B.Tech, B. Engg scholarship is given up to graduation level.
Post Graduates
- An amount of INR 20,000 is provided to students studying at the postgraduate level.
Eligibility criteria
- Students who are above the 80th percentile of successful candidates in the relevant stream from the respective Board of Examination in Class XII of 10+2 pattern or equivalent;
- The candidates must be pursuing regular courses of graduation/post graduation/professional studies from colleges/universities recognised by AICTE, UGC, MCI, DCI, or other regulatory bodies.
- The candidates belonging to reserved categories of SC, ST, OBC, and PWD will get a reservation of 15%, 7.5%, 27%, and 5%, respectively.
- The candidates’ annual family income must not exceed INR 4.5 Lakh.
- The applicants must not be availing of any other scholarship benefits.
Application process
- Applicants applying to NSP for the first time need to register with NSP as a new user.
- Fill in all the required information and click on ‘Register’ to get registered. A student application ID and password are generated on the registered mobile number.
- The applicants need to log in to NSP using the newly generated ID and password. An OTP is sent on the registered mobile number using which the candidate must change his/her password.
- Once the password is changed, the candidates are directed to Applicant’s Dashboard Page, where applicants need to click on the ‘Application form’ to start the application process.
- The applicants need to provide all the necessary details such as registration details, academic details, basic details, contact details, and scheme details.
- All the required documents in support of identity and academic eligibility must be uploaded by the applicants.
- Now, the filled-in application form must be saved as a draft so that the applicant can check every detail once again to make sure they are correct.
- Finally, the candidate must click on the ‘Submit’ button to submit the completed scholarship application form.
Documents required
- Bank passbook issued in the name of the applicant for filling bank details
- Aadhaar card number (In case Aadhaar is not yet assigned, alternatives like Aadhaar enrolment ID slip, voter ID card, driving license, PAN, passport, etc. can be used
- Income certificate issued by the competent authority
- Caste certificate, if applicable
- Disability certificate, if applicable
- Class 12 mark sheet
Renewal
- The students must have secured at least 50% or more marks in the previous exam.
- The students must maintain an attendance of at least 75%.
- The candidates can apply on NSP for the renewal of this merit-cum-means scholarship.
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