AICTE – GUIDELINES FOR PRAGATI SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME FOR GIRL STUDENTS – (DIPLOMA)

PRAGATI SCHOLARSHIP MODE OF PAYMENT:

After selection, the awardee will be paid scholarship through DBT mode on annual basis.

PRAGATI SCHOLARSHIP PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING:

PRAGATI SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA OF SELECTION:

1. The selection of candidate will be carried out solely on the basis of merit of qualifying examination to peruse the Technical Diploma course from any of the AICTE approved institutions i.e. in First year or Second year (through lateral entry only) on the basis of percentage of marks obtained in the 10th / equivalent examination.

2. State/ UT wise merit list will be prepared as per number of scholarships allotted in the point number 3.0 above.

   
   

PRAGATI SCHOLARSHIP METHODS OF RESOLVING TIES:

The procedure to be adopted for breaking ties (similar percentiles) shall be as under: –

1) Age: In case qualifying examination percentile does not break ties, then the candidate of elder age will be ranked higher.

2) Annual family income: If above method do not break ties, and then the lower annual family income will settle on in higher ranking for the scholarships.

PRAGATI SCHOLARSHIP RESERVATION:

1. As per Government of India norms.

2. If there is any vacant seat in any of the reserved category (SC/ ST/ OBC), the same will be transferred to the General Category. 

PRAGATI SCHOLARSHIP RENEWALS

1. The scholarship will be renewed for the next year of study on receipt of renewal through National Scholarship Portal by submitting passing certificate/ marksheet along with letter from the Head of the Institution on the online portal.

2. Student failing to get promoted to the next class/ level would forfeit the scholarship.

PRAGATI SCHOLARSHIPTERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. The gap period between the year of passing the qualifying examination and the session of admission in diploma course should not be more than two years.

2. Applications will be invited once in a year through National e-Scholarship Portal of the Government of India.

3. If a student is in reserved category and also qualified in general category merit list of scholarship, then she will be counted under the General Category.

4. Incomplete applications will be summarily rejected. Only verified online applications will be considered for the award of scholarship.

5. If a candidate failed/ drop out in subsequent year, she will not be eligible for further scholarship.

6. The grant of scholarship is subject to the condition that the student does not receive any financial assistance in shape of scholarship/any emoluments, salary, stipend etc. from any other source during her course of study in the Institute. In case of receipt of any financial assistance from any other sources, the scholarship shall be discontinued and the entire amount of scholarship will have to be refunded to AICTE by D/Draft drawn in favour of “Member Secretary, AICTE” payable at New Delhi.

7. Scheme will be implemented and monitored by the AICTE.

8. For converting Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) to percentage, multiplying factor will be 9.5 i.e. to convert the CGPA into percentage; CGPA X 9.5 will give the percentage.

9. In case both CGPA & Total marks are given in the mark sheet, total marks will be considered for determining percentage.

10. If grades are given like A1, A2, B1, B2 etc. in the mark sheet, first the grades will be converted into CGPA and then average CGPA will be calculated. This CGPA will be converted into percentage as given in point No. 8.

11. Provisional list of shortlisted candidates will be uploaded on the AICTE web portal. In case, candidate has any query about merit list of scholarship, they may raise their grievances within a month. No query regarding merit list will be entertained after one-month duration from the date of publishing of merit list on AICTE website.

12. Query regarding non-payment of the scholarship due to invalid/wrong account number will be entertained only upto six months from the date of publishing of merit list on AICTE website.

Annexure A

Note: State-wise distribution of scholarships is based upon proportionate share of allotted diploma seats (in AICTE approved institutions) to that particular State/ UT with minimum 50 scholarships and maximum cap of 700 scholarships.