AsiaNet Science Scholarship

Asianet TV has instituted scholarship for higher education in the field of science and research. This is to promote science/research among the students. You can get the details about the scholarship either by sending a mail to the following address or e-mail to scholarships@asianetworld.tv

You can submit the application by sending your bio data along with reference letter from your principal and photo to:

The contact Address is : Asianet Scholarships
Asianet Studio Complex,
Puliyarakonam PO
Trivandrum
695 573

PostMetric Scholarship For Muslim/Christian Minorities

Government of India has Instituted Scholarship for Minority students who are pursuing their post metric courses. This is an attractive scholarship for the uplift of minorities. The scholarship amount varies from 3000 to 10000 depends on courses. The students who are pursuing their Higher secondary, graduate and post graduate can apply for this scheme

The application can be submitted to collegiate education(Kerala) department through your institution itself. The good news for girls is, 30% of the scholarship is reserved to them. The number of scholarships too quite good. So the chance of getting this scholarship is high.From kerala Muslim/Christian minorities will come under Minority category

Students who have secured at least 50% marks in previous final exam and whose parental income doesn't exceed 2 laks/annum can apply for this scholarship.

For more details and application form clickhere or visit http://collegiateedu.kerala.gov.in/whatsnew.htm

You can visit central minority affairs website too by clicking here or http://minorityaffairs.gov.in/newsite/schemes/postmatric/sch_details0708.pdf

Wakf Board Scholarship for Muslim Students

Kerala State Wakf Board instituted Scholarship for brilliant Muslim students who are financially backward. Every year they are calling for application before jul 31. You can collect the application form either from the wakf board offices in Ernakulam/Kozhikode or download from Wakf board website

Till last year the scholarship amount accounts to 2700/ per annum. For more details and application form please clickhere

or visit the website http://www.keralastatewakfboard.org/

KSBCDC Loan Scholarship For Backward claases

Why can't we call an education loan at an interest rate as low as 4% as a loan scholarship? When our economy is growing at a rate of 8% and an inflation of 11.5% certainly 4% is negligibly small. More over getting a tax benefit during your employment for the interest you are going to repay.


Lets look at the educational loan scheme from Kerala Backward classes development corporation(KSBCDC), which covers 90% of your education expenditure subject to a maximum of 50000 per year.

The applicants annual parental income should be less than 55000 INR and currently the loan is available for professional education

For more details and application procedure clickhere
or visit http://www.ksbcdc.org/pages/educational_loan.htm

One plus point for the minorities is they need to pay only 3% as interest.

KVPY Scholarship For Brilliant Minds

Kishor vaigyanik protsahan Yojana(KVPY) is a program instituted by Department of Science and Technology, Govt.of India through Indian Institute of Science(IISC) to encourage students of science, engineering, and medical to pursue a research career.

If you are a students of XI,XII or Degree I or II year(Science, Engineering/Medical), you are eligible to apply. The stipend for XI,XII,Degree(Science) is 4000-7000 per month and for Engineering/Medical it is 5000-7000 per month, which is a great attraction.

The selection criteria is based on your marks(at least 75%) and you may need to do a project and present in Indian Institute of Science.

For more Details and application procedure clickhere
or please visit the website http://www.iisc.ernet.in/kvpy/

All the best

MES Scholarship For Muslim Students

Muslim Education Society (M.E.S) another non-profit organization working for the educational welfare of Muslim Community. They are offering scholarship for meritorious but financially backward students who made an admission to professional courses. The scholarship is a sum of 4500 per annum for each students.

You can get more information on various scholarships which MES providing either by clickhere
or visit http://www.meskerala.com/mes-act-scholar.htm

You can also collect the application form from any of the regional chapters of MES. The main office address in Kozhikode is given below. You can contact them too.

Muslim Education Society (M.E.S)
Bank Road, Behind National Hospital
Kozhikode

Minority Scholarship For Christian and Muslim Students

Indian Government is giving minority scholarships to Christian and Muslim students through state government to pursue professional education. Out of the total 20000 scholarships government instituted kerala students will get a total of 1469 scholarships. Out of this 830 is allotted for Muslims and 639 for Christian minority. Only students whose parental income is less than 2.5 laks per annum are eligible to apply for this. Currently the scholarship is offering only in technical/professional education. The scholarship is a sum of maximum 25000 for a day scholar and 30000 for a hostler. To view the details please clickhere

The very positive thing about this scholarship is their is a great possibility of getting this, as the percentage of students from these communities whose parental income below 2.5 laks is low.

To get the application form and detail clickhere
or please visit http://minorityaffairs.gov.in

The duly filled application can be submitted to the head of Institution where you are pursuing your education.

KHNA Scholarships for Hindu Students

Kerala Hindus of North America(KHNA) is an organization working for the welfare of Hindu Community. They are offering scholarships for meritorious students from Hindu community. The scholarship is offering to the students who got an admission to a professional college. The applicant should have completed +2 with at least 75% marks and applicants parents income should not exceed 50000 INR

The scholarship is an amount of 250 $ (Almost 10500 INR) yearly.

For more details and application procedure clickhere or please refer the website http://www.khnascholarships.org/ .

MSS Scholarship For Muslim Students

Muslim Service Society(M.S.S) is an organization which works for the improvement of the community. It offers some scholarships for meritorious but financially week students from kerala who are pursuing their professional education. The scholarship amount will vary from 5000 to 10000 rupees per annum depending on which category you are coming.

For application Contact any of the Muslim Service Society(M.S.S) regional offices. You can contact the head office in Calicut too..The head office address is given below

Muslim Service Society(M.S.S)
Cherooty Road, Calicut

You may need to submit your income certificates and Mark sheets. Currently the scholarship is available in Medical/Engineering stream

Its sweet to have some scholarships in your vallet

Its always a dream for most of the students who are pursuing their education to get some scholarship. In our culture where the entire education expenses are funded by the parents, its great to get a scholarship. The education expenses in our country is less when we compared to other countries. still for a middle class family its difficult to fund the whole money. In our God's own country their are trusts which is giving financial aids for professional education. I would say even if you are taking an educational loan it would be worth. because after your education if you are landing up in a job their the education loan will help you to avoid taxes. In a country where the man power is the greatest resource you won't need to worry about financing your education

In next posts I will cover some of the scholarships available in kerala for higher education.