Scholarships

SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME FOR MINORITY STUDENTS:

• Students belonging to minority communities i.e. Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Muslim, Parsee & Sikh are eligible to apply for various Scholarship schemes to provide different scholarships – Merit-Cum-Means, Post Matric, Pre Matric and Talent support stipend (TSP) for poor and meritorious students. For more details please visit website www.wbmdfcscholarship.in .

• Go to www.wbmdfcscholarship.in  and click on New Registration option and continue the process. State Govt. has launched state minority scholarship scheme named “Aikhyashree“. There are two existing schemes named TSP and SVMCM.

• For Scheme and guideline please visit https://wbmdfcscholarship.org/main/guidelines

SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME FOR FEMALE STUDENTS:

• All girl students, across all boards (HS/ISC/CBSE) who are 18 years of age are eligible for a one-time Kanyashree grant of Rs. 25,000/- during their graduation course.

• Girls who are not yet 18 are usually eligible for the K1 grant.

• Such girls who have not applied for Kanyashree Prakalpa grant during their school years also may apply for this grant, if eligible by age.

• No income bar.

• Applicant has to be a domicile of the state of West Bengal.

About the Scheme:

• A sub-scheme under Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-means Scholarship Scheme for the girls studying Post Graduate courses.
• No family income criteria

Eligibility:

• Girl students studying in Post-Graduate courses in this State in regular class mode.

• Passed Under Graduate course with at least 45% marks in aggregate from any Institution in this State.

• Residents of West Bengal

Mode of application:

• Online application to be made within the specified period as notified. Details will be available in the portal.
  www.banglaruchchashiksha.wb.gov.in

About the Scheme:

All UG & PG students interested in applying for any scholarship that is processed under the National Scholarship Portal 2.0, kindly visit the link given below for further information :  https://scholarships.gov.in/
Register yourself, and in case of any queries please contact the helpdesk number given on the home page.

Eligibility:

• Girl students studying in Post-Graduate courses in this State in regular class mode.

• Passed Under Graduate course with at least 45% marks in aggregate from any Institution in this State.

• Residents of West Bengal

Mode of application:

• Online application to be made within the specified period as notified. Details will be available in the portal.
  www.banglaruchchashiksha.wb.gov.in

About the Scheme :

• To assist the meritorious students having annual family income not exceeding Rs. 2,50,000/- in the State of West Bengal for pursuing higher studies.

• to give scholarships at different levels of higher studies, at educational institutions based in West Bengal.

Eligibility:

• 60% marks in the last qualifying examination for Higher Secondary or under-graduate courses

• 53% marks in Honours subject for Post Graduate courses General Education

• 55% marks in Graduation for Post Graduate courses Engineering Education

• Annual family income less than Rs. 2,50,000/-

• Students must be resident of West Bengal

• Not applying in any other Govt. scholarship.

Mode of application:

• Online application to be made within the specified period as notified. Details will be available in the portal.
  www.banglaruchchashiksha.wb.gov.in