Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu and Kashmir

Special Fellowship Programme for Jammu & Kashmir

Aim of Special Fellowship for Jammu & Kashmir

The Special Merit Programme for Jammu & Kashmir aims at support the youth from Jammu & Kashmir to take advantage of the educational institutions outside the state, which would provide them an opportunity, to interact with their counterparts from the rest of the country, thereby helping them become apart of the mainstream.

Scope for Fellowship

It is envisaged to give 5000 new fellowships per annual. Out of these, 2070 scholarships are for General Degree Courses, 2830 for Professional/Technical courses and 100 for Medical Courses. There is a rules of inconvertibility of seats among General, Medical and Technical/Professional streams, Streams to the savings accruing from any shortfall in the number of Applicants opting for General Degree Courses.

Eligibility Criteria of Special Scholarship For Jammu & Kashmir

The students of Jammu & Kashmir having family income of less than Rs.8.0 lakh per annum [issued by DoPT O.M. No. 3603311/2013-Estt. (Res.), dated 13.09.2017) and have passed class XII from the State are eligible to apply under the scheme.

Polytechnic Diploma holders from the recognized Polytechnic Institutes of the State are also eligible to apply under the scheme. The students are compulsorily required to apply online on the AICTE web portal http://www.aicte-jk-scholarship-gov.in/ and attend the Centralized Counseling.

Rate Of Scholarship

The components of scholarship under this scheme are as under:

Academic Fees:

Up to Rs. 30000 per annum for General Degree courses.

OR

Up to Rs. 1.25 Lakhs per annum for

OR

Profess ional/Technical courses.

Up to Rs. 3.00 Lakhs per annum for Medical courses, including Bachelor of Dental Surgery (B.D.S).

Scholarship towards Academic Fees is disbursed as per actuals or as per the fee fixed by the State Fee Regulatory Authority, whichever is lesser and within the overall ceiling.

In addition to this, fixed Maintenance Allowance of Rs. 1.0 Lakh is provided to all the selected students irrespective of the course. The Maintenance Allowance is disbursed in two installments. Release of second instalment is subject to his/her submission of continuation certificate, duly certified by the Institution.

Reservation of seats

The reservation norms as prescribed for the State of Jammu & Kashmir in respect of Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) are followed for providing scholarships under the Scheme. The break-up is given below:-

a. SC -8% b. sT- 11%

(i) Gujjar & Backward - 6%

(ii) Leh District-2%

(iii) Kargil District -2%o

(iv) Other STs - l%

b. Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) -25oh

(i) Weak & under privileged classes (Social Caste) (OCS)-2%

(ii) Resident of Backward Area (RBA)-20%

(iii) Resident of adjoining Actual Line of Control (ALC) -3%

Horizontally, a reservation of 3%o is provided for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) as per Central Government norms.

Admission Procedure

Students must compulsorily apply online on AICTE's web portal- (http:/iwww.aicte-jkscholarship-qov.in/).

In subsequent classes subject to good conduct and maintenance of attendance as prescribed by the respective institution.

Students who fail to get promoted to the next class/level for any reason, including illness, get the scholarship amount of that academic year in the following academic year, subject to the condition that he/she will get the scholarship for only the regular duration of the course (i.e. three years for General Degree Courses, four years for Professional/Technical Courses and five years for Medical Courses). Scholarship will not be paid twice for the same year of study.

Scholarship Disbursal Procedure

The maintenance allowance component of scholarship is disbursed directly into the student's bank account through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) whereas the academic fee component is disbursed to the institute's bank account. From the academic session 2017- I 8, scholarship is being disbursed through Public Financial Management System. (PFMS).

Implementation And Monitoring

For better and effective implementation and monitoring of this Scheme, constitution of a Committee was recommended in CCEA note. Accordingly, a Committee – Inter Ministerial Committee (MC) - on Special Scholarship Scheme for Jammu & Kashmir was constituted. Inter-Ministerial Committee (lMC) is constituted to oversee the implementation of the Scheme and is Chaired by Secretary, Department of Higher Education. Adviser Project Appraisal and Management Division (PAMD) and Adviser Education, Planning Commission (NITI Aayog), representatives of Department of Expenditure are members and representatives of the Ministries of Social Justice & Empowerment, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Deptt. of Science & Technology are invitees. Secretary (Higher Education) and Secretary (School Education), Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir are special invitees.

Association Of Govt. Of Jammu & Kashmir

For better coordination with the State Government, Secretary (Higher Education) and Secretary (School Education), Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir are co-opted as special invitees for the lnter-Ministerial Committee Meetings (tMC). Facilitation Centre to facilitate the students with online applications & documents verification are set up by the State Govt. Further, the scheme is disseminated amongst the target group with the support of State Govt.

For Scholarship Details link- http://www.aicte-india.ore/irrk new.php

Special Scholarship for Jammu & Kashmir