sikkimsocialwelfare.in Dr. Ambedkar National Scholarship SC /ST Students : Sikkim Social Welfare

Name of the Organisation : Sikkim Social Justice, Empowerment and Welfare Department (sikkimsocialwelfare.in)
Name of the Scholarship : Dr. Ambedkar National Scholarship For Meritorious Students Belonging To SC /ST
Location : Sikkim

Website : www.sikkimsocialwelfare.gov.in
Welfare Department : www.sikkimsocialwelfare.gov.in

Dr. Ambedkar National Scholarship Scheme for meritorious students belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe :
Bharat Ratana Baba Saheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is respected all over the country for fighting for the cause of poor, downtrodden and the weaker sections. Having come from a family belonging to weaker sections, Baba Saheb, by dint of his hard work rose to the highest position and made significant contribution in the process of Nation building. Baba Saheb availed higher education both inside the country and abroad. Scholarship provided to him by the Maharaja of Baroda was of considerable signification in the life and achievements of Baba Saheb. With a view to recognize merit and encourage and motivate students, it is proposed to provide an one time cash award to the meritorious students, belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe(ST) for enabling them to pursue higher studies.

This scheme would be implemented by Dr. Ambedkar Foundation, set up under the aegis of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment in 1992.

Objective :
To recognize promote and assist meritorious students belonging to weaker sections for pursuing higher studies.

Eligibility :
(i) Student should belong to Scheduled Cast (SC) or Scheduled Tribe(ST)
(ii) Family income of the student from all sources should be less than `1 lakh in the preceding financial year.
(iii) There shall be separate awards for SCs and STs
(iv) The student should have appeared in any of recognized State/Centre Board of Secondary Education and scored not less than 50%mark in the aggregate in the secondary certificate examination. List of the 26 Board/Council of the country is given in Annexure l

No. Of Scholarship :
The Ambedkar National Scholarship will be given to the three students scoring highest marks in the regular Class X level examination conducted by the Education Board/Council. This will be separate for Scheduled Cast and Scheduled Tribe. In case none of the first three eligible students are girls, the girl student scoring the highest mark will get a special award.

Thus, there shall be four awards for each of the 26 Boards for SCs, i.s., 104 awards and likewise another 104 awards for STs. In case of more than one student get the same mark, the number of awards would be suitably increased for covering all such eligible students.

Keeping in view the SC& ST population of the country as per 1991 census,250 no. of special merit scholarship AT `10,000 each will be given to SC/ST students securing next highest marks, after 1st, 2nd and third position. This will be in addition to the awards indicated at para 6.2 above. The breakup of these 250 awards is given in Annexure ll

Mode Of Selection :
The Board/ Council conducting the examination shall send details of the students (name, address, nearest bank etc.) in the format given as Annexure lll to the Ambedkar Foundation within 15 days of announcement of the examination result, with copy of the Secretary, Education, Department of the concerned State Government. For the purpose of family income, a certificate given by the father/ guardian of the child or Principal of the School attended will suffice. The information should be duly authenticated by shall verify and forward the list to the foundation within the next Government within the scheduled time, action will be taken based on the details received from the Bard/ Council.

Disbursement :
The proposal received from the recognized Baord/Council shall be processed in the Foundation and the Award amount shall be sent to the awardees student directly inform of and Account Payee Bank Draft by registered post under intimation to the Board/ Council and the educational institution last attended. The student awardeeswill be encouraged to keep the amount in fixed deposit and avail the encouraged to keep the amount in fixed deposit and avail the interest accrued thereon, provided that there will be no bar for utilizing the amount for meeting personal educational or health related expenditure.

Student awardees securing first, second, third and the girl student securing highest mark in each of the 26 board/Council will be invited to the Dr. Ambedkar Foundation, New Delhi for a felicitation each year. The awardees will be paid actual fare by sleeper class train/ bus from their place of study both ways and AT `100/- per day towards food etc for the actual days of travel and felicitation. Asum of `2.08 lakh ( AT `1000/- per awardee on average) will be spent for the purpose.

The scheme will have a total financial implication of `125.88 lakhsper annum. It will benefit 458 students all over the country directly and will be of considerable indirect benefit to the students belonging to weaker sections by recognition of merit and academic excellence. In case any doubt is raised on the scheme, it shall be refunded to the Ambedkar Foundation and decision of the Foundation will be final.

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