Various sources of scholarship at national level for the student with visual impairment and other disabilities.
Dear friends, As the new accademic session has already commenced. I take this opportunity to paste a list of various national schemes of scholarship which may be helpful to the needy students for meeting their financial requirements in pursuance of higher education. Some of these schemes are exclusively for disabled students while others are accessible for all students of main stream including the blind and other disables according to their qualifying conditions. I hope our V.I. students will be benefited through this information. With kind regards, Gautam Agarwal President. Some important scheme of scholarship are as as under 1. National Doctoral Fellowships Eligibility Criteria: Age: Below 35 years as on 31st of August of the year of application Relaxation: 5 years in age limit for SC/ST, physically handicapped and women Other: The candidate should be in the first year of full-time doctoral programme in one of the host institutions listed in the Annexure. Fellowship Details: Number of Fellowships: 50 Duration: 3 years plus an extension upto 1 year Value: Rs.12000 pm Contingency Grant: Rs.25000 pa Overhead Charges: Rs.20000 pa to be paid to the host institution Disbursement: On yearly basis through host Institution (where the Fellow is registered). Before disbursing fellowship grant for next year, AICTE is to receive a Progress Report and Utilisation Certificate from host institution. Monitoring of Progress: Progress is mentioned by an Expert Committee of AICTE, which, if found unsatisfactory/or candidate fails to complete PhD programme in the specified time of 3+1 years, fellowship will be terminated without assigning any reasons Selection Procedure: Short-listed candidates will be called for interview sometime in September/October. Final selection will be made from merit list prepared on the basis of candidates' performance in interview Notification & Deadline: July each year. Deadline as per notification This scholarship is given by: ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION For more details visit http://www.aicte.ernet.in/aicte/ndf/ADERTISEMENT-POSTER.doc Address ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, I.P. Estate, New Delhi-110 002. Telephone Numbers: 011-23392506/ 63/ 64/ 65/ 68/ 71/ 73/ 74/ 78 Fax: 0112339255 2. : scholarships : national scholarships National Scholarships The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, India, provides 500 scholarships every year to students with disabilities. Of this, students with visual impairments are provided 115 scholarships (70 to male students and 45 to female students). Objective . To provide financial assistance to disabled students for pursuing higher and technical education . To support students in acquiring special aids and appliances for studies. Eligibility . Any Indian citizen . Matriculation/secondary or any higher examination from a recognised board or university . Monthly family income of the beneficiary should not be more than Rupees 15,000 from all sources. Family income will include income of the parent and in their absence income of the guardian. Number of scholarships 500 through institutions in which students will undertake the study. Awards will be given to different categories of disabled students in following number: . Students with orthopaedic disability 70 awards (male students) 45 awards (female students) . Students with visual disability 70 awards (male students) 45 awards (female students) . Students with hearing disability 70 awards (male students) 45 awards (female students) . Students with low vision, cerebral palsy and disabilities other than above 90 awards (male students) 65 awards (female students). Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment issues advertisements every year in the month of May in newspapers, and through Doordarshan, seeking applications for awards. Amount of scholarship It varies for different courses and also depends on the availability of hostel/residential facility with the institution. The details are given below: . Ph D/M and post graduate/graduate level courses in Engineering/Indian and other systems of medicine/Agriculture/Veterinary/IT/Biotechnology, Education Management/Architecture, Physiotherapy, Music and other professional courses Scholarship for hostlers (Rupees per month): 1,000 Scholarship for day scholars (Rupees per month): 700 . Diploma and certificate level professional courses Scholarship for hostlers (Rupees per month): 700 Scholarship for day scholars (Rupees per month): 400. The awardees will also be re-imbursed the course fee subject to a ceiling of Rupees 10,000 per year. Besides students living in the hostel/residential facility provided by the institutions, those students will also be considered hostlers who live in an accommodation hired at least by a group of 3 students living together with common mess arrangements. Such students will have to furnish a certificate in this regard countersigned by head of the institution. More information . Candidate needs to submit a disability certificate as per the definition of disability under the Persons with Disability Act 1995. . Financial assistance is given for the study of recognised post matric/post secondary courses in recognised institutions and for one course to one student. . Financial assistance is also given for the purchase of a computer with editing software for blind and deaf graduate and postgraduate students pursuing professional courses and purchase of support access software for cerebral palsied students. . Application to be made through head of the institution in which applicant is enrolled for study. The format is given below for your assistance. . Continuation/renewal of the award for next year will depend on successfully completing the course in the preceding year with minimum 50 percent marks. Application for renewal/continuation of award should be sent to the National Fund after successful completion of the academic year through the institution in which the scholarship holder is enrolled. The application form for renewal/continuation of award is given in here below for your assistance. . Assistance will not be available for the courses having duration of less than one year. . A scholarship holder under this scheme will not hold any other scholarship/stipend. If awarded any other scholarship/stipend, the student can exercise his/her option for choosing the scholarship and inform awarding authority about the same. . The scheme will be implemented by National Fund for People with Disabilities. Send your applications to: The Secretary National Fund for People with Disabilities Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment DRC-CACU 4, Vishnu Digamber Marg, New Delhi 110002 Download application form Download continuation / renewal form. 3. NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND Plot No.21, Sector VI, M.B. Road, Pushp Vihar, New Delhi-110017 Phone:011-29564198, 29562316-18 NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP RULES WITH TERMS AND CONDITIONS The scheme shall be called National Federation of the Blind National Scholarship Scheme and shall be effective from the date of approval of the National Executive Council i.e. 30-07-2006. Following shall be the eligibility criteria:- 1. The student applicant should have obtained minimum 50% marks in the qualifying examination and there should be no break. 2. Scholarship shall be given to those who are pursuing Graduation, Post Graduation, B. Ed., B.T.C and Special Teacher Training course for the blind. 3. The amount of scholarship shall be Rupees 1000/- P.M. and will be decreased in purportion to the amount of scholarship being given by the State Governments. 4. The Scholarship application should be recommended by the President /General Secretaries of Branches Affiliates and Units. But where there is no Branch / Affiliate/Unit it may be recommended by the Zonal Vice President and Secretary. 5. No scholarship shall be given for pursuing PHD. 6. The Scholarship application on the prescribed Performa should reach to the National Office accompanied by the attested copies of mark sheet, copy of Identity Card, Fee Slip, bonafide certificate issued by the concerned college/university with the recommendation of the President/General Secretary of the concerned Branch/Affiliate/Unit or Zonal Vice President/ Secretary whichever is applicable. The award of scholarships shall be decided by the National Scholarship Committee. 7. The applicant should be a member of the Federation. 8. The number of scholarship for each state shall be as under:- i. Andhra Pradesh 50 xii. Kerala 30 ii. Bihar 94 xiii. Madhya Pradesh 94 iii. Chhattisgarh 62 xiv. Maharashtra 125 iv. Delhi 138 xv. North East 62 v. Goa 13 xvi. Orissa 31 vi. Gujarat 62 xvii Punjab 31 vii. Haryana 31 xviii Rajasthan 125 viii. Himachal 13 xix. Tamilnadu 94 ix. J & K 31 xx. Uttar Pradesh 125 x. Jharkhand 31 xxi. Uttranchal 31 xi. Karnataka 19 xxii. West Bengal 31 NATIONAL FEDERAITON OF THE BLIND ALL INDIA SCHOLARHIP SCHEME affix recent pass port size color photo duly attested by the Principal/head of the college/university which applicant is studied APPLICATION FORM FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR ......... 1. Name------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------2. Father's Name--------------------------------------------------------------------3. Date of Birth----------------------------------------------------------------------4 . Address--------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------5. Details of Class/Course which the applicant is pursuing in the current academic session a. Name of the college/university: ----------------------------------------------- b. Date of Admission------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- c. Details of admission/tuition fee deposited for the year------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 6. Whether scholar/hosteller----------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- a. If hosteller the amount of Hostel fee including mess fee deposited for the year--------------------------------------------------- 7. Details of academic record from matriculation or equivalent up to the last courses studied:- S. No. Examination Name of the School/ Board/University with %of Marks College/university the school is affiliated 1. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 3. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 4. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 5. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 8. Details of scholarship received during the last three academic years from the Govt. Agencies:- S. No. Year Total amount received 1. -------------------- --------------------------- 2. -------------------- --------------------------- 3. ------------------- --------------------------- 9. Name of the Organization for which you applied Scholarship for current academic session----------------------------------------------------------- 10. Are you a member of the Federation? If yes, attach photocopy of your membership Card and mention the I. Card No. and date ------------------------------- Signature of the Applicant DECLARATION I ____________________________________________S/o_____________________________ __ R/o_________________________________________________________________________ ___ Declare that the above particulars (back of this form) are correct and it is found that any of the particular are wrong or any wrong statement has been made, the Federation in its sole discretion will be entitled to recover the amount of scholarship to me and also to take further action according to law. _____________________ Signature of the Applicant RECOMMENDATION Either by any of the National Office Bearer or National Executive Council member or President/ General Secretary of any of the Branch, Affiliate or unit of the Federation. I______________________________________________S/o__________________________ __ in my capacity as ___________________________________________verify that the applicant is pursuing ___________________________________________during the current academic session and also that he is not Govt. /Private Sector employee. Name: ___________________ Designation: ______________ Date: ____________________ 4. Project Saraswati of Fair & Lovely Foundation The foundation gives out three types of scholarships to female candidates only: . Project Saraswati - Post Graduate . Project Saraswati - Graduate . Project Saraswati - High School Project Saraswati - Post Graduate: It gives out scholarships amounting to Rs 1,00,000 per annum, per person to deserving women graduates after a review of the candidate's academic credentials, followed by a personal interview. Project Saraswati - Graduate Scholarship of upto Rs 1,00,000 per annum, per person is given out to women who have the aptitude, drive and ambition to carve a place of pride for themselves in society, but do not have the financial strength to realize their dreams. Project Saraswati - High School Each girl will get upto Rs 3,000 per year in rural areas Selection criteria 20 class X High School toppers from each of the five states mentioned below will be granted this scholarship. These 100 deserving candidates will be chosen from the following states: . Andhra Pradesh . Madhya Pradesh . Maharashtra . Uttar Pradesh . West Bengal For Details Visit: http://www.fairandlovelyfoundation.com/home.asp 5. Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship Scheme for Students with Disabilities National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) has set up a Scholarship Scheme to enable competent disabled students with limited financial means to receive higher education and become professionally/technically qualified. Scholarship Amount: The basic rate of scholarship shall be Rupees 1,200 per month. Eligibility The candidate should be an Indian National between 18 and 35 years of age.However, age can be relaxed at the discretion of the awarding authority. The candidate should be either pursuing or should have gained admission to a full time course in an Indian university established by law or in a recognized equivalent institution. The income of the candidate or his parents/guardians should not exceed Rupees 5,000 per month. Applications could be made for any one of the following courses/subjects: . M.B.B.S., M.D., M.S. or an equivalent or higher course in Medicine or Surgery . Mechanical, Civil, Electronic or any other branch of Engineering, . Computer Science, . Business Administration, . Management, . Jurisprudence, . Journalism, . Architecture, . Fine Arts, and . Any other course that may be notified by the awarding authority from time to time. At the discretion of the awarding authority, a scholarship may also be awarded for a professional course of I.G.N.O.U. or any other recognised Open University. NCPEDP remains in close touch with the selected candidates throughout the duration of the Scholarship and regular follow-ups are done to check the progress of the Scholars. The students submit a quarterly progress report stamped by their college and signed by their faculty. The quarterly scholarship grant is released only after NCPEDP is convinced about the performance of the candidate. For more information about the Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship Scheme for Students with Disabilities, Visit: http://www.ncpedp.org/eductn/ed-schol01.htm 6. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund The Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund offers scholarships for duration of up to two years to Indian students who want to pursue a doctorate in India. The Scholarship is give out to: I. Indian Nationals for Ph.D studies in India II. Indian nationals for visit to another Asian country for collection of material for their Ph.D studies in India. III. Nationals of other Asian countries for Ph.D studies in India, To be eligible for the scholarship you need to be: . You must have a first class post-graduate degree. . You must not be more than 35 years of age. . You must be a fulltime Ph D scholar. . Part time scholar can apply only for a visit to another Asian country to collect materials for their Ph D studies in India. . You should already registered for the Ph D degree at an Indian university/ institution at the time of applying for the scholarship. Subjects of study You must be pursuing studies in one of the following broad areas. . Science and Technology as an integral component of economic and social activity, including Philosophy of Science . Comparative studies in Religion and Culture . International Relations and Constitutional Studies . Indian History, Civilisation and Culture . Interface of Social Change and Economic Development . Environmental Ecology and Sustainable Development . Studies in the life and work of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Scholarship amount: For category I and II, the scholarship amount will include the following: . Rs 6,000 per month, as maintenance allowance . Rs 10,000 per annum as contingency expenses, including travel expenses and actual tuition fee for studies in India For category III, the scholarship amount will include: . Maintenance allowance . Actual fee or other charges . Airfare for visit to the concerned Asian country and back Application form and Information Sheet showing the details of scholarship can be obtained from the following address by sending a self-addressed envelope of minimum 25 * 10 cms size. Administrative Officer Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, Teen Murti House, New Delhi - 110 011 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of pradeep banakar Sent: 22 July 2010 15:25 To: accessindia; [email protected] Subject: [AI] College Scholarships for Hearing Impaired Students College Scholarships for Hearing Impaired Students - last date for applications 31 August 2010, Maharashtra and Gujarat, India Dear Friends Nilam Patel Bahushrut Foundation, a public charitable trust, encourages integration, higher education and equal opportunity by awarding scholarships for college education to hearing impaired students since last 16 years. So far 391 hearing-impaired students of Maharashtra and Gujarat have benefited by the scheme. Applications are invited for scholarships from Hearing Impaired students who have passed, SSC, HSC, Bachelor's or Master's level examination in any discipline from regular school, college or institution only in June 2010. Scholarships are open to students of Maharashtra and Gujarat only. Those hearing impaired students in Gujarat, who have passed HSC from special schools in June 2010, having confirmed admission in college or university, are also eligible to apply. The application forms can be obtained from the foundation's website: www.bahushrutfoundation.org The last date for submitting duly filled form is 31st August 2010. For more information visit our website: www.bahushrutfoundation.org. Thanking you for your kind co-operation Yours truly, Nilam Patel Founder and Managing Trustee Bahushrut Foundation E-mail: [email protected] Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
