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Applications for the National
Scholarship for Persons with Disabilities, 2011-12, a scheme of financial
assistance, implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment,
Government of India, to students with disabilities, for pursuing higher and
technical education, can be submitted till 31st August 2011.
Financial assistance will be
available to Indian students who have a minimum of 40% disability, certified as
per definition under Persons with Disabilities Act 1995.
Financial assistance is
available for pursuing Post-Matric/Post-Secondary Technical and Professional
courses including Ph.D & M.Phil from recognized institutions.
In case of students with
disabilities of Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities and
Profound or Severe Hearing Impaired, the minimum educational qualification will
be a pass in Class VIII and scholarship will be awarded to them for pursuing
general, technical, vocational or professional courses.
Monthly family income (includes
income of the parent/guardian) of the beneficiary should not be more than Rs.
15,000/- from all sources.
Scholarship will be awarded to
one student for pursuing only one course. Financial assistance can be given for
computer with editing software for blind/deaf graduate and to Post-graduate
students pursuing Professional courses and for support access software for
cerebral palsied students.
Continuation/ renewal of the
award for next year will be subject to the successful completion of the course
in the preceding year with minimum 45 percent marks for Professional courses and
40% for other courses.
Assistance under this Scheme is
not intended for Post-Matric/Post Secondary Technical/Professional courses
having duration of less than one year.
A scholarship holder under this
scheme will not be able to concurrently hold any other scholarship/stipend. If
the applicant has already been awarded any other scholarship/stipend, the
student is required to exercise his/her option for choosing the scholarship that
he/she proposes to avail and inform the awarding authority about the same.
A total of 500 awards will be
given annually through institutions in which students are pursuing
studies/courses. Of this, 250 will be for male students and the remaining 250
for female students. Equal number of scholarships in different categories will
be given to male and female students as under.
(i) Students with Orthopedic
disability - 58 each for males and females
(ii) Students with blindness or low vision – 58 each
(iii) Students with hearing disability – 58 each
(iv) Students with Cerebral palsy, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities,
Profound or Severe Hearing Impairment - 76 each
The amount of scholarship will
vary from course to course and will also depend on availability of
hostel/residential facility with the institution.
The monthly rate of scholarship
for hostellers and Day scholars will be as follows.
(i) For Ph.D. / M. Phil and
Post Graduate/Graduate level courses in Engineering/Indian and other systems of
Medicine/ Agriculture/Veterinary/ IT/Biotechnology, Education Management
/Architecture, Physiotherapy, Music and other professional courses- Rs.
Rs.1000/- per month for hostellers and Rs.700/- per month for Day Scholars.
(ii) Diploma and Certificate
level Professional courses- Rs. 700/- and Rs.400/-
(iii) For pursuing
General/Professional/Technical/Vocational courses after class VIII, in respect
of students with cerebral palsy, mental retardation, multiple disabilities and
profound or severe hearing impairment- Rs.700/- and Rs. 400/-
Besides students living in the
hostel/residential facility provided by the institutions, those students who
live in accommodation hired at least by a group of 3 students living together
with common mess arrangement will also be considered as hostellers. Such
students will have to furnish a certificate in this regard countersigned by the
Head of the institution and a certificate from the owner of the house in case of
own arrangement or accommodation taken on rent.
Students will also be
reimbursed the course fee subject to a ceiling of Rs.10,000/- per year.
Applications can be submitted
in the prescribed Proforma, given as ‘Annexure A’ at
http://www.nhfdc.nic.in/upload/nhfdc/SCholarship_Scheme_2011_12.pdf.
Applications for renewal/continuation of award are to be submitted in the
prescribed Proforma as per Annexure 'B', given at
http://www.nhfdc.nic.in/upload/nhfdc/SCholarship_Scheme_2011_12.pdf.
Application Forms can also be obtained from National Handicapped Finance and
Development Corporation (Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of
India), Red Cross Bhawan, Sector-12, Faridabad-121007 (Haryana).
Attested copies of the
documents noted below, are to be attached with the filled in application.
(i) Academic records (attested
copy of Certificates and Mark sheets-Matric & above)
(ii) Family Income Certificate/
Proof of annual income (Like Salary Slip, last Income tax Assessment order etc)
(iii) Attested copy of
Disability Certificate
(iv) Course fee receipt (if
any) with break up of each item duly paid during the academic session
(v) Hostel Certificate or
Certificate from the house owner in case of accommodation hired by at least by a
group of 3 students living together with common mess arrangements.
Applications for the award of
scholarship should be countersigned and recommended by the Head of the
Institution in which the applicant is enrolled for study.
Filled
applications with necessary enclosures, for fresh awards as well as for
renewal/continuation, should reach ‘The National Handicapped Finance and
Development Corporation (Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of
India), Red Cross Bhawan, Sector-12, Faridabad-121007 (Haryana), latest by 31st
Aug, 2011.
For more details visit
http://www.nhfdc.nic.in
( Courtesy:
http://education.mathrubhumi.com/
)
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