State Minority Scholarship for Pursuing Higher Professional Education Scholarship (Part I) 2025

State Minority Scholarship for Pursuing Higher Professional Education Scholarship (Part I) 2025 is offered for Bachelors, Masters, MBA, Diploma, Medicine (MBBS/ MD) degree in the field of All Subjects. You can apply to this scholarship here. The deadline for the sending your application is Expired. This scholarship is provided by Government of India and the value of this scholarship is Partial Funding, Up to INR 50,000 per annum.

Open for

Open to Indian nationals.

Degree

Bachelors, Masters, MBA, Diploma, Medicine (MBBS/ MD)

Provided by

Government of India

Deadline

Expired

Scholarship Value

Partial Funding, Up to INR 50,000 per annum

The Minority Development Department of the Government of Maharashtra launched the State Minority Scholarship for Pursuing Higher Professional Education Scholarship (Part I) 2024/25 to offer financial assistance to students from minority communities pursuing professional or technical degree/diploma courses. The chosen students will get real tuition and exam costs, or up to INR 50,000 annually (whichever is less). Eligibility

• Criteria for State Minority Scholarship for Pursuing Higher Professional Education Scholarship (Part I) 2024/25: Students need to be an Indian citizen.
• Students need to be domiciled in Maharashtra.
• Students should belong to minority communities including Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, Sikh, Parsi, Jain, and Jewish.
• Students must have passed SSC from Maharashtra.
• Students should have taken admission in professional or technical diploma/degree courses.
• Students must hold a bona fide certificate from the respective institution.
• Students should have got admission through the Centralized Admission Process (CAP)/Institute Level.
• Students need to have an annual family income of up to INR 8,00,000.

Application Process

Students need to submit an application form ONLINE only. Docum

Students need to submit an application form ONLINE only.

Documents

• Domicile certificate
• Income certificate
• Marksheet of the previous examination
• Residence proof such as Aadhaar card, Voter ID, Electricity bill, etc.
• Educational certificate - SSC (Class 10) and onwards
• Income and Minority declaration - Affidavit on Non-Judicial Stamp Paper or Income certificate from the employer

Benefits

• For Technical Course ( Part-I of GR ) –Scholarship Amount Maximum Rs.25,000/- Per Annum or Actual Tuition Fees whichever is less.
• For Technical Course ( Part-I of GR ) –Scholarship Amount Maximum Rs.50,000/- Per Annum or Actual Tuition Fees and Exam Fee whichever is less effective from AY 2022-23.

Note

School leaving certificate can also be considered as Proof of Minority or Self Declaration.