Scholarships for Students from Minority Communities

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Students belonging to the Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi communities, notified as minority communities under section 2(c) of the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992 are eligible for one of the following scholarships

Pre-matric Scholarship for minority community students: Scholarships will be awarded to eligible students of class I to X in government or private schools including residential institutions, financial assistance includes admission/tuition fees and maintenance allowance

Students who have scored not less than 50% marks in the previous final examination, and whose parents/guardian’s annual income does not exceed Rs 1 lakh, will be eligible for the scholarship

 

Post-matric Scholarship for minority community students: Scholarship will be awarded to eligible students of minority communities from class XI up to Ph.D and technical and vocational courses of it is/ITCs (affiliated with NCVT) of class XI and XII level in government or private higher secondary schools/institutes/colleges/universities

Including residential institutes, financial assistance includes admission/tuition fees and maintenance allowance

Students who have scored not less than 50% marks in the previous final examination, and whose parents/guardian’s annual income does not exceed Rs 2 lakh, will be eligible for the scholarship

Merit-cum scholarship for minority community students: 20,000 new scholarships for technical/ professional courses at undergraduate and post graduate level will be awarded every year to meritorious students of minority communities, financial assistance includes reimbursement of course fees and maintenance allowance

The annual income of the parents/guardian should not exceed Rs 2.50 lakh from all sources, those who have been awarded the scholarship earlier and fulfill the conditions of the scholarship can apply for renewal of scholarship for the year 2010-11

Full course fee in case the institute is listed under the scheme and Rs 20,000/- for other institutes

Maulana Azad National Fellowship for minority community students: Scholarships will be awarded to students who have been registered for regular and full time M.Phil and Ph.D as per UGC norms

Students who have scored at least 50% marks at post-graduate level and whose parents/guardian’s annual income does not exceed Rs 2.50 lakh from all sources, are eligible

Under each scheme, 30% of scholarships are earmarked for girls belonging to the minority communities

Details of the schemes are available on the website of the Ministry of Minority Affairs www.minorityaffairs.gov.in

Look out for the advertisement by your state govt/UT administration and apply

Contact the department dealing with minority welfare in your state/union territory