Merit Cum Means Scholarship Last Date 30-9-2012

04:34PM Thu 14 Jun, 2012

Merit-cum-Means Based Scholarship of Govt. of India for the MinorityCommunities Students pursuing Technical and Professional Courses.

Last Date Sunday 30 September 2012.

So hurry! Your dreams are waiting for you.

Government of India is offering the Scholarship for students pursuing Professional and Technicalcourses for the economically weaker and meritorious students belonging toMuslim, Sikh,Buddhist, Christian and Parsiminority communities.For the year-2012-13 the no. of Freshscholarships is increased from 1840 to 5520.

Applications are invited only throughOnline Scholarship Management System (OSMS)forFresh/Renewal Scholarship for academic year2012-2013.

Eligibility Criteria :

1. Applicant should be resident of Maharashtra State.
2. Admission to the course should be through Common Entrance Test or obtained minimum 50 %
marks at qualifying examination.
3. Applicant should not avail any other scholarship / stipend.
4. The total annul income of family/guardian should not be more than2.50 lakhs.
5. 30 % seats are reserved for girls.
Documents to be attached with application form :
1. One Copy of passport size photograph with signature pasted on Application form.
2. Attested certificates of educational qualification (S.S.C.Onwards).
3. Income and minority declaration - affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper and income certificate from
the employer, if any.
4.Proof of permanent residence.
5. For renewal of scholarship - only income declaration, previous year mark sheet and Receipt in
Acknowledgement of year 2011-12 is to be attached along with application form.
Courses for Scholarship(details list available onhttp://momascholarship.gov.in):
The professional and Technical courses Degree in Engineering/Technology UG & PG ( B.E. / B. Tech/
M. E. / M. Tech), Cement Technology, Fashion Technology, Pharmacy ( B. Pharm / M. Pharm),
Architecture & Town Planning ( UG & PG), Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Applied Art &
Craft ( UG & PG), MCA, MBA/MMS, Health Science Courses, Law (LLB/LLM), Veterinary Sciences and
Animal Husbandry, CA , ICWAI, CS etc.
Scholarship Amount:
The course fee (maximum Rs. 20,000/- for not listed institute) and maintenance allowance ( Rs. 5,000/-
for Day Scholar / Rs. 10,000/- for Hosteller).
Submission of Application Form for Fresh / Renewal Scholarship by student :
The eligible aspiring students shall fill theonlineapplication form onhttp://momascholarship.gov.in.
The student should register the name on the website, fill the information online, The OSMS shall
generate the Temporary Application ID for theFreshstudent, by using this Id fill the online application
form , select the Institute (if not in list then contact to the Principal for institute registration), verify the
complete filled data and finalize & submit it to the Institutes.Renewalstudent can renew the scholarship
by filling the online application form by using the generated permanent ID or by filling basic
information of the year-2011-12. The student can't update the data once the form is Online finalize &
submitted to the institute.
2The student should take printout of the form, attach documents and submit it to the Principal where
he/she is studying.
Procedure for forwarding Online application by Institutes :
1. The registered institute (list is given onwww.momascholarship.gov.in) should scrutinize the online
filled application form through OSMS by their login Id and password. Forward the hard copy of
scrutinized application forms along with attested Xerox copy of necessary documents of Maharashtra
state students to the concern Regional Office of the Directorate of Technical Education, Mumbai and
Other state student should forward the hardcopy of the scrutinized application form to the concern state
( list of state wise addresses is given on website).
2. The approved institutes of Maharashtra State whose names are not in registered institute list can register
there name by submitting the information in a table given below to Nodal office, Directorate of technical
Education, Mumbai. After registration Institute will get the Login Id and Password on mobile no./e-mail
Id through SMS/MAIL.
Information of the Institute for Merit cum Means Based Online Registration
Scholarship disbursement by NEFT :
The scholarship shall be transferred through NEFT; hence the students/ institutes should fill the bank details
correctly. The student can open zero balance account in the Bank as per RBI guidelines.
CONTACT US FOR
Ministry of Minority Affairs,
Government of India - Merit-cum-Means based Scholarship Minorities Development Department,
Government of Maharashtra - Scholarship for Professional Higher Education/
Courses after HSC and Employment Oriented Training Programmes.
Tel No:(022)22617969/30233486
Fax :(022)22690007
CONTACT US FOR
Technical Support For Online Application Form for Scholarship Schemes.
Tel No:8898449302
Directorate of Technical Education
Dr. S. K. Mahajan
Nodal Officer,
State Government Scholarship I/c
Director, Technical Education,
3, Mahapalika Marg,Opp. Metro Theatre
Elphinstone Technical High School
Mumbai - 400 001
Contact No:(022) 22617969/22620601
(022)22690602/2641150/22641151
Fax :(022)22690007//22692102
For all Minority Scheme please Contact: 022-22650025/26