31. Infosys Scholarship For Poor Students
Address
Infosys Foundation C/O Infosys Towers, No. 27, J.P. Nagar, 3rd Phase, Bannerghatta Main Road, Bangalore 560 076, Karnataka, India. Contact : 91-80-41032515 / 26587422, Fax: 91-80-41032140
Website : http://www.infosys.com/infosys_foundation/index.htm E-mail: இந்த மின்-அஞ்சல் முகவரி spambots இடமிருந்து பாதுகாக்கப்படுகிறது. இதைப் பார்ப்பதற்குத் தாங்கள் JavaScript-ஐ இயலுமைப்படுத்த வேண்டும்.
Mrs. Saraswati (9900906338) #580, Shubhakar , 44th cross,1st „A‟ main road, Jayanagar ,7th block, Bangalore
Mr. Shivkumar ( 9986630301) - Hanumanthnagar office Ms. Bindu (9964534667 )-Yeshwantpur office
Information : Bright students coming from poor financial background who have finished their 10th standard and scored more than 80% are asked to contact the people mentioned here to get the form. The NGO Prerana (supported by Infosys foundation) is conducting a written test and those who clear the test will be eligible for financial help for their further studies.
32. Ullas Trust – Polaris Scholarships
Address
Ms. RajeswaryVinoth Manager, Ullas Trust, Chennai Contact : + 91-44-39874000 Extn.: 5109 Email: இந்த மின்-அஞ்சல் முகவரி spambots இடமிருந்து பாதுகாக்கப்படுகிறது. இதைப் பார்ப்பதற்குத் தாங்கள் JavaScript-ஐ இயலுமைப்படுத்த வேண்டும்.
Information : The Ullas Trust was set up in 1997 by the employees of Polaris Software to ignite young minds and encourage a „Can do‟ spirit in students . The Ullas Trust is anchored around the theme of „the Power of Dreams‟. The initiatives are focused on encouraging the students to dream big and with conviction; work on an action plan to translate these dreams to reality.After the 12th standard, aspirants apply for the higher education scholarships and go through a formal interview by panels of Polaris employees, where they build a case of why they should be awarded the scholarships. This again gives them a head-start in facing interviews. Parallely, the Polaris employees use this interaction to gauge the commitment of the student in pursuing their dreams as well as counsel the student, if they find an important area for development.
33. Dreams Alive – Cognizant Technology Scholarships
Contact : 9841437698,9840160919,9841351317,9965920301,9791389913
Facebook: Team Dreams Alive
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Information : Dreams Alive has been formed as a small team in 2008 by supporting orphanages. It has been started by giving biscuits only. Now, it is a registered NGO, with the mission to help others at any cost.
34. Central Sector Scheme Of Scholarship
Address
Deputy Secretary(A&V),
CBSE, Shiksha Kendra,
2 Community Centre,
Preet Vihar,
Delhi-110092.
Website : www.icbse.org
Information : The applicant should have passed in All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE) conducted by CBSE and secured a minimum of 80 % marks. Income of parents from all sources should not exceed Rs 4.5 lakh per annum. Pursuing regular course (not correspondence or distance mode) from recognized educational Institutions.
35. Ministry of Minority Affairs Scolarships
Websites : http://www.tn.gov.in/bcmbcmw/welfschemes.htm
http://www.tn.gov.in/schemes/bcmbcmw.pdf
http://www.education.nic.in/circulars/nat-scheme.pdf
http://www.tn.gov.in/bcmbcmw/documents/PostmatricSchemeDetailsforMinorities.pdf
http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/
http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/scholarship
http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/Postmetric
http://www.tn.gov.in/schemes/ywsd.pdf
Information : The Ministry of Minority Affairs has introduced a scheme of Merit Cum Means Based Scholarship for students belonging to the minority communities for technical and professional courses at under-graduate and post-graduate levels. This is a centrally sponsored scheme, fully funded by the Central Government. 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. The scholarship scheme has been implemented by the Government of Tamil Nadu through Directorate of Minorities Welfare,
Chennai in coordination with Tamil Nadu Minorities Economic Development Corporation. The Tamil Nadu has been forefront in implementing various welfare programs to Minorities.
Also Ministry of Minority Affairs, Govt.of India provides post-matric scholarship scheme for meritorious students from minority communities. The objective of the scheme is to award scholarships to meritorious students belonging to economically weaker sections of minority community so as to provide them better opportunities for higher education, increase their rate of attainment in higher education and enhance their employability. The scheme is implemented through the State Government/ Union Territory Administration. For various new scholarships and schemes for Higher Education, you may visit the websites.
36. Department of Backward classes and Most Backward classes and Minorities welfare, Govt. of Tamilnadu schemes
Websites: http://www.tn.gov.in/bcmbcmw/welfschemes.htm
http://www.tn.gov.in/bcmbcmw/welfschemes.htm#Free Education Schemes
http://www.tn.gov.in/bcmbcmw/welfschemes.htm#Thanthai Periyar Memorial & Perarignar Anna Memorial Awards
Information : The objective of the Government is to take up measures for the all – round development of BCs/MBCs/DNCs. The Tamil Nadu has been forefront in implementing various welfare programs to Minorities. Also the Government offers free education schemes for under graduation based on the student‟s socio- economic status. There are incentives for rural MBC/DNC girl students.
Scholarship application forms are centrally printed and supplied to the Educational Institutions by the District Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Officers in the districts. The eligible BC/MBC/DNC students can therefore easily obtain the Scholarship forms free of cost and resubmit the filled in application forms directly to the Heads of Educational Institutions. However specimen copy of the Scholarship application forms is also made available the above mentioned website, which can be down-loaded by the general public/students, in case of any difficulty in securing the printed scholarship applications from the Educational Institutions. Students are generally advised to apply for scholarships in the printed scholarship forms.
Thanthai Periyar Memorial Award
Two Boys and Two Girls in each district, who secured Highest marks in X Std. among the BC/MBC/DNC students and studying Diploma Courses in Polytechnics are awarded Rs.3000/- per year for three years. There is no income ceiling fixed and no application is necessary. Prizes will be awarded by the DBCWOs on receipt of merit list from Directorate of Government Examinations and disbursed through the Heads of Educational Institutions.
Perarignar Anna Memorial Award
2 Boys and 2 Girls in each district from BC/MBC/DNC students who secured Highest marks in +2 Exams in each District and pursuing Professional Courses Viz. Medical, Engineering,
Veterinary, Law, Agriculture, etc., in the Institutions situated in Tamil Nadu are awarded Rs.3000/- per year for four years or till the normal Course completion. No income ceiling is fixed and no application is necessary. The prizes will be awarded by DBCOs on receipt of merit list from Directorate of Government Examination and disbursed through the Heads of Educational Institutions.
For the BC / MBC /DNC students staying in hostels attached to educational institutions & private approved hostels, in addition to the regular Postmatric / Free Education amounts, the boarding & lodging charges are also sanctioned and disbursed along with the scholarship amount. The students staying in Hostels attached to the Institutions are eligible for sanction of boarding & lodging charges at the a specified rates. The Government is running 973 BC, MBC & DNC Hostel throughout the State. Students are eligible to avail this facility based on their socio economic status. Besides the above free Government hostels, the Government have also recognised privately managed subsidised hostels for enabling the poor BC/MBC/DNC students to secure accommodation and food for continuing their studies.
37. Directorate of Collegiate Education Scholarships
Address : Department Of Higher Education, Government Of Tamilnadu Office of the Director of Collegiate Education (DCE) 9th Floor, EVK Sampath Buildings ,
College Road , Chennai 600 006. Contact : 28271911, 28212091,28276791, 28276792, 28203104, 28203106, 28203109
Director of Collegiate Education also has various regional offices in Tamilnadu.
Website : www.tndce.in
http://www.tndce.in/Scholarship.asp
http://www.tndce.in/aboutus.htm#SCHOLARSHIPSCHEMES
Information : Director of Collegiate Education Tamilnadu has its mission and vision to make Tamilnadu pioneer in the field of Higher Education; facilitate Computer literacy in the state; promote the research activities in Colleges; inculcate values of equality, unity and justice; make the education relevant and excellent; promote general education in various disciplines in the State; promote innovative, job oriented curriculum; achieve 100% percent results; promote the extensional activities like NSS, NCC, SPORTS, etc. To achieve these, many scholarships and assistance through State and Central Scheme of scholarship / concessions are awarded to the students undergoing Higher Education.
The applicants should check with the circulars and policies regarding these scholarships with the authorities concerned. For more information please visit their website. A few scholarship schemes are listed below.
National Merit Scholarships (Government of India)
State Scholarships for the children of school teachers
State Merit Scholarship
Adhoc Merit Grant for S.C & S.T. students
State Collegiate Scholarships
Scholarships to Tamil Nadu students pursuing research studies in JawaharlalNehruUniversity, New Delhi
Scholarships to cadets belonging to Tamil Nadu in Rashtriya Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun.
Scholarships to cadets belonging to Tamil Nadu in National Defense Academy, Kadakvasala, Pune.
Educational concessions to the children of Defense Service Personnel.
Educational concessions to the children of ex-service men.
Scholarships to the children of Political sufferers.
Grant in aid scheme of scholarship to students from non-Hindi speaking states for post metric studies in Hindi.
Scheme of payment of stipend to full time Ph.D. research scholars in Govt. and aided colleges.
38. Maulana Azad National Scholarship Scheme for Girls belonging to Minorities
Address
The Secretary,
Maulana Azad Education Foundation,
Social Justice Service Centre, Chelmsford Road,
New Delhi - 110 055.
Contact : 23583788, 23583789
Website : http://maef.nic.in
Information : To recognize, promote and assist meritorious Girl students belonging to National Minorities who can not continue their education without financial support. Only Girl Students belonging to National Minorities, (i.e. Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Parsis) can apply. Scholarship will be admissible for expenditure on payment of School/College Fee, purchase of syllabus books, purchase of stationery/equipments required for the course & payment of Boarding/Lodging charges.(Application can be downloaded from the web site and photocopy of the application form can be used freely. No fee/any other amount is to be paid for application.
39. Post graduate merit scholarship scheme for University rank Holders
Address
University Grant Commission (U G C)
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi
Pin:110 002
India E-mail: இந்த மின்-அஞ்சல் முகவரி spambots இடமிருந்து பாதுகாக்கப்படுகிறது. இதைப் பார்ப்பதற்குத் தாங்கள் JavaScript-ஐ இயலுமைப்படுத்த வேண்டும்.
Website: http://www.ugc.ac.in/
http://www.ugc.ac.in/financialsupport/IG_PGM_guideline.pdf
Information : The scholarship may be tenable for a period of two years to enable the rank holders of each university at undergraduate level to pursue their Master‟s Degree. While in General Courses the First and Second Rank holders admitted in any Postgraduate Programme would be awarded the scholarship, in Honours Courses the scholarship would be awarded only to the First Rank holders. These awardees will have to submit the proofs of their merit position at undergraduate level as well of their admission in postgraduate programmes. The scholarship would, however, be subjected to securing a minimum of sixty per cent marks at undergraduate level.The scheme is applicable to such students who have taken admission in regular, full-time Master‟s Degree course in any recognized university or a Post-Graduate college. This scholarship is available to the student for first PG Degree only. Age limit for the students is 30 years at the time of admission in PG course.
40. Post Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship Scheme For Single Girl Child
Online application
Website : www.ugc.ac.in
http://www.ugc.ac.in/financialsupport/IG_SGC_guideline.pdf
http://www.ugc.ac.in/notices/SGC201113.pdf
Information : The Union Government of India has taken various steps to uplift the status of women by implementing various schemes including free education for girls. In order to achieve and promote girls education, UGC has introduced a Post Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for single girl child with an aim to compensate direct costs of girl education to all levels specially for such girls who happen to be the only girl child in their families. The girl students who are admitted to various non-professional PG courses in Universities / Colleges and happen to be the only girl child in the family. Any single girl child of her parents only. In a family if one son and one daughter is available then girl child will not be considered for scholarship under the scheme. The scheme is applicable to such a single girl child who has taken admission in regular, full-time Masters Degree course in any recognized university or a post graduate college. This scholarship is available to the student for first PG Degree only.
41. Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)
Address The Convener
Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560 012
Contact: (080) 2360 1008, 2293 2975 / 76 (EPBX 11-22) ; Fax: (080) 2360 1215
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Website : http://www.kvpy.org.in/main/index.htm
Information : The "Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana" (KVPY) is a program started in 1999 by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India to encourage students of Basic Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to take up research careers in these areas. The aim of the program is to identify and encourage talented students with aptitude for research. The KVPY is funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. The program is administered by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc, Bangalore). The selection of students from those studying in +1, +2, any U.G. Program in Science / Medicine and also Engineering students having aptitude for scientific research, are carried out by IISc (Bangalore), IIT-Bombay (Mumbai), and ICMR (New Delhi), respectively, in association with two Zonal Centers one at Kolkata (Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Kolkata) and another at Mumbai (HBCSE, TIFR). There are special groups or committees set up at IISc, which screen the applications, conduct interviews at various centers, make the final selection. Generous scholarship and contingency grant are provided (up to the pre-Ph.D. level) to the selected students. In addition, summer programs for the KVPY Fellows are organized in prestigious research and educational institutions in the country.
Stream SB: Students enrolled in 1st year B. Sc./B.S./Int. M.Sc. during the academic year 2011–2012 and have secured a minimum of 60% (50% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in SCIENCE subjects in the XII Standard Board Examination.
SP (Basic Sciences)
Students enrolled in XI/XII standard, I/II year (B.Sc../B.S./Int. M.Sc.) in Basic Sciences and I/II year B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch. during the academic year 2011–2012 and have secured a minimum of 60% (50% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in the X & XII Standard Board Examinations. Additionally students enrolled in the II year B.Sc./B.S./Int. M.Sc/B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch. program must have secured a minimum of 60% (50% for SC/ST) marks in the I year examination. A hard copy of an original and creative Science based research project done by the applicant is required to be submitted along with the application.
42. INSPIRE Scholarship (SHE)
Address
Ms Rupashree Dash , Scientist 'B',
Department of Science & Technology,
Technology Bhavan,
New Mehrauli Road,
New Delhi – 110016.
Contact : 011 – 26590487
Website : www.inspire-dst.gov.in
Information : This scheme offers 10,000 scholarships every year @ Rs.80,000/- each for undertaking Bachelor and Masters level education in the Natural & Basic sciences. A striking feature of the programme is that it does not believe in conducting competitive exams for identification of talent at any level.
