aicte-jk-scholarship Register For Special Scholarship Scheme For Jammu & Kashmir 2014-15

Name of the Organisation : All India Council for Technical Education
Name of the Scholarship : Special Scholarship Scheme For Jammu & Kashmir 2014-15
Location : Jammu & Kashmir

Website : http://www.aicte-jk-scholarship-gov.in/

Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir :
1: The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development has been implementing the Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir since 2011. The Scheme aims to provide tuition fees, hostel fees, cost of books and other incidental charges to students belonging to Jammu & Kashmir who, after passing Class XII or equivalent examination through the State Board of Jammu & Kashmir and from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) affiliated schools located in Jammu & Kashmir, have secured admission in Government colleges/institutes and other select institutes outside the State of Jammu & Kashmir. Five thousand fresh scholarships are available every year, of which 4500 scholarships are for general degree courses, 250 for engineering and 250 for medical studies.

2: The scheme is being implemented through a web portal of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) https://www.aicte-india.org/. In order to provide an all India exposure to the students of J&K, these scholarships are limited to five per institute plus seats in Centrally Funded Technical Institutions. Inter-changeability of slots amongst General Degree, Medical and Engineering streams is also permissible with the approval of the Inter Ministerial Committee (IMC). The provisions of reservation as per J&K State Government reservation norms is also provided for.

3: While the number of scholarships awarded in the year 2011-12 was only 38, it increased to 3340 in the year 2012-13. For the year 2013-14, scholarships to 1502 students were approved on 8th November, 2013. In the 8th meeting of Inter Ministerial Committee (IMC), held on 26.11.2013, it was decided that scholarship may be provided to the remaining 2245 eligible candidates subject to their giving an undertaking that in the next academic year they may be relocated to other institutes within the same university or other university in the region. Thus, in the current academic session 3747 students would be eligible for scholarships covering the entire budgeting allocation for year.

Special Scholarship Scheme 2014-15 :
The IMC also decided that from the academic year 2014-15, only those students would be eligible for scholarship who apply through the above AICTE portal and are allotted colleges/seats or those who are admitted to the centrally funded institutions of their own merit. The State Government would be playing an active role in proper dissemination of the scheme and helping AICTE and the students in properly filling the web application requirements.

Apply Online : http://www.aicte-jk-scholarship-gov.in/

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