Eligible outstanding students can apply online for the 1,000 scholarships being awarded by the Kerala State Higher Education Council for the year 2022-23 till March 10.
The first-year regular students pursuing the study of Sciences, Social Sciences, Business Studies, and Humanities through full-time graduate-level courses in Government/Aided arts and science/colleges affiliated to universities in Kerala can apply. Students of the College of Applied Sciences run by the Institute of Human Resources Development too are eligible.
Those studying in professional and self-financing colleges need not apply.
Category share
Fifty percent of the total 1,000 scholarships are allocated to the applicants from the General category. The share of applicants from the Scheduled Caste/Tribe (SC/ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), Below the Poverty Line (BPL) and Physically Handicapped categories are 10%, 27%, 10% and 3%, respectively.
The number of scholarships set apart for each university will be decided on the basis of the total seats sanctioned in each stream.
Scholarship amount
The selected students will get Rs 12,000, Rs 18,000, Rs 24,000, respectively, in each of the three years of their graduation course. Thereafter, at the post-graduation level, such students will receive Rs 40,000 and Rs 60,000 in the first and second years.
These amounts are subject to revision.
A person having at least 40 percent disability will get 25% more scholarship amount.
Those who continue to perform well in their studies will receive scholarships during their three-year Bachelor of Degree studies and also for their two-year Post-Graduate Degree course. The Higher Education Council will directly remit the scholarships to the bank accounts of students.
Exclusions
Scholarships under the scheme will not be awarded to a student who receives any scholarship/stipend other than the fee concession for a course of study, the lumpsum grants extended to students belonging to SC/ST category, and the Hindi scholarship allowed by the College Education Director.
How to apply
For detailed information, log on to www.kshec.kerala.gov.in website and click the Activities-Ongoing-Scholarship links. The online applications can be submitted via the Apply Scholarship-New Registration links of the website www.scholarship.kshec.kerala.gov.in.
The printed registration form, along with the documents mentioned in the detailed notification, should be sent to the concerned Principal before March 17. For further enquiry, contact 0471-2301297; hecscholarship @gmail.com.