Merit Cum Means Scholarship
Scholarships
will be awarded to students of minority communities throughout the
country to pursue degree and/or post graduate level technical and
professional courses from a recognized institution. Financial assistance
will be given to pursue degree and/or post graduate level technical and
professional courses from a recognized institution. Maintenance
allowance will be credited to the student’s account.
The
course fee will be paid by the State Department directly to the
institute concerned. Rate of Scholarship is available at the link, http://momascholarship.gov.in/minority_scholarship/internalIndex.jsp Students
who get admission to a college to pursue technical/professional
courses, on the basis of a competitive examination will be eligible for
the scholarship. Students who get admission in technical/professional
courses without facing any competitive examination will also be eligible
for scholarship.
However,
such students should have not less than 50% marks at higher
secondary/graduation level. Selection of these students will be done
strictly on merit basis. A scholarship holder under this scheme will
not avail any other scholarship/stipend for pursuing the course. The
annual income of the beneficiary/parent or guardian of beneficiary
should not exceed Rs.2.50 lakh from all sources. The state department
will advertise the scheme every year latest by 31st March and receive
the application through the concerned institutions. 30% scholarship will
be reserved for girls of each minority community in a state which is
transferable to male student of that community in case of
non-availability of female candidate in that community in the concerned
state. A student residing in a particular State/UT will be entitled for
scholarship under the quota of that State/UT only irrespective of his
place of study. Details of MMS in Kerala can be had at http://www.dtekerala.gov.in/
