Who all can apply for the scholarship?
What is the amount of Scholarship?
Last date for applying for the scholarship
How many scholarships are there?
State-wise quota for the scholarship
Is there any special preference to any state and UTs?
Who qualifies for the Pragati scholarship?
Will reservation apply in the scheme?
What are the criteria of selection for degree and diploma courses scholarship?
AICTE will apply the following methodology for resolving the tie issue
Other terms and conditions of the scheme
What are the documents required for applying for the scholarship?
Points have to keep in mind before starting the filling the application form.
How to apply online for the scholarship?
Contact details of national scholarship portal:

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AICTE Pragati Scholarship Scheme for 2020-21 for Girl Students for Degree and Diploma Courses

Who all can apply for the scholarship?

Any girl whose family income is not more than 8 lakh is eligible to apply

What is the amount of Scholarship?

50000 rupees per year for four years for degree students and three years for diploma students at the lump sum basis for college fee and other charges will be given. The Scholarship will be awarded from the year student is studying. Let say if a student is applying for the scholarship in the second year then the scholarship will be granted for 3 years in case of the degree course and 2 years for the diploma course. Scholarship won’t be granted for the year in which study has already been completed.

Last date for applying for the scholarship

The Last date for applying for the scholarship is 30th November 2021.

How many scholarships are there?

Total 10000 new scholarships for the fist year or in the second year through lateral entry (5000 for degree students and 5000 for diploma students) are there for disbursement.

State-wise quota for the scholarship

Sr No	State/UT	Number of scholorship
1	Tamil Nadu	1600
2	Andhra Pradesh	1132
3	Maharashtra	1106
4	Telangana	848
5	Uttar Pradesh	844
6	Karnataka	796
7	Madhya Pradesh	570
8	Gujarat	438
9	Kerala	392
10	Rajasthan	304
11	Haryana	268
12	Odisha	268
13	West Bengal	258
14	Punjab	248
15	Chhattisgarh	124
16	Bihar	104
17	Chandigarh (UT)	100
18	Delhi (NCT)	100
19	Goa	100
20	Himachal Pradesh	100
21	Jharkhand	100
22	Puducherry (UT)	100
23	Uttarakhand	100

Is there any special preference to any state and UTs?

Following northern states and UTs doesn’t have any quota. Whoever will apply will qualify for the scholarship:

Andaman and Nikobar islands (UT)
Jammu and Kashmir (UT)
Ladakh (UT)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu (UT)
Lakshadweep (UT)
Assam
Arunachal Pradesh
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Sikkim
Tripura

Who qualifies for the Pragati scholarship?

Maximum two girl child per family can avail of this scheme and family income should not be more than 8 lakh from all the sources. An Income certificate needs to be produced for availing of the scholarship. For degree level scholarship girl candidate should be in the first year of degree course or second year of in degree course through lateral entry in AICTE approved institutions and for the diploma level scholarship candidate should be in the first year of diploma level courses or the second year of diploma level courses through lateral entry

Will reservation apply in the scheme?

Yes, the reservation will be available as per the government of India reservation norm. If the vacant seat is there in the reserved category then the same will be transferred to the general category.

What are the criteria of selection for degree and diploma courses scholarship?

For degree courses-Marks obtained in the examination for qualifying for taking the admission in AICTE approved institutions example - Marks of 10+2 or equivalent examinations.

For diploma courses- Marks obtained in the examination for qualifying for taking the admission in AICTE approved institutions example - Marks of 10 or equivalent examinations

AICTE will apply the following methodology for resolving the tie issue

Marks of the 10th exam: In case of tie higher marks in the 10th exam will be ranked higher
Age: In case the marks of the 10th exam are not able to resolve the tie then the elder age candidate will be given the preference and he/she will be ranked higher

For diploma courses, if a point 2 method is not able to break the tie then students from lower-income will be given preference and he/she will be ranked higher.

Other terms and conditions of the scheme

Applications for the scholarship will be invited once a year
Only verified online applications will be considered for the scholarship
If a candidate drops out or she fails from the courses in the subsequent year then she will not be considered for further scholarship
The Grant of the scholarship will be given to those students who have not received any kind of financial help or stipend etc from any other source during their study in the institute. If this rule gets violated any time during the course then said the scholarship will be withdrawn and the whole amount needs to be refunded to AICTE by draft. The Draft should be in favor of Member secretary AICTE payable at New Delhi.
Monitoring and implementing agency of this scheme will be AICTE
For the assessment purposes CGPA will be converted into percentage and for this formula will be: CGPAX 9.5. But in case of total marks are given in the mark sheet then the percentage will be derived through marks only.
The Gap between passing the qualifying examination and the session of admission should not be more than two years.
If a student is from a reserved category also qualifies in the general category then he/she will be counted in the general category.
If a candidate drops out the subsequent year then he/she will not be eligible for further scholarship. For every year continuation or renewal of the scholarship, the candidate will have to submit online the passing certificate/mark sheet along with the supporting letter from the head of the institution.

What are the documents required for applying for the scholarship?

Following documents are required:

Documents related to the educational qualification of the student (Marks sheet of 10th and 10+2 or equivalent for degree level and 10th mark sheet for diploma level) .
Students bank account details like account number, branch and IFC code, etc
Aadhar of the student. Please provide your 12 digit aadhar number. Only one application from one aadhar is allowed. In case it is found that you have applied multiple applications then your application will be rejected.

In case your institute or school is different from the state where your permanent address is there then a bonafide certificate from the school or institute will be required.

Points have to keep in mind before starting the filling the application form.

Date of Birth: Your date of birth should be the same as mentioned in your educational certificate.
Domicile State: This is very important. You will get the application ID based on your domicile state and this application ID will be your default log-in ID for all your future reference/correspondence. Domicile state is the state where permanent address is there. This domicile state will not change after the allotment. In case your institute is different from your domicile state then your institute will provide the bonafide certificate.
Scholarship category: You need to choose the category of your scholarship (Degree or Diploma) while doing the registration.
Name: You should provide the same name as it is mentioned in your educational certificate.
Mobile number: You need to provide the correct and working mobile number because all the activities like SMS, one-time password on the portal will happen through a given mobile number only.
Email id: Please keep ready one working email id before starting the registration on the portal. Because all activity on the portal will be notified on the given email id.
Bank account: Provide correct bank detail, IFC code, branch name, etc during the registration. It is not mandatory but it is always advisable that you should link your aadhar with your bank account for easy transfer of scholarship amount in your account,
Annual Family Income: The Income certificate issued by a competent authority needs to be submitted.

Once you are ready with the above information/document then let us move to the registration section.

How to apply online for the scholarship?

Step one: Please visit https://scholarships.gov.in/

Step two: Then click New Registration tab.

Once you click on that then you will be brought to new

page https://scholarships.gov.in/fresh/newstdRegfrmInstruction

Then click continue. After that, you will be brought on the application form page below

https://scholarships.gov.in/fresh/newStudentRegFrm.action

Application form page:

Once you fill in all the above information and submit the application then the default log-in password for logging on to the portal will be sent to the mobile number. So it is always advisable that before proceeding further please provide the correct mobile number and get it updated on the portal through OTP.