Scholarships and Awards for Students of Orissa

Because of rising costs of college and university tuition, ever more students have to apply for scholarships to strengthen their financial support in order to successfully complete their studies. Here is a multitude of scholarship and fellowship sources available on Orissastudents.com from governments and private companies to non-profit organizations.

Scholarships for Engineering Students

Sl.No.	Name of the Scholarship/Award	Awarding Agency	Value of Scholarship
1	Merit Scholarship*	Principal, UCE, Burla	Rs. 100/- P.M.
2	Merit-cum-Means Scholarship*	Principal, UCE, Burla	Rs. 100/-P.M. + Free tuition fees
3	Free Studentship*	Principal, UCE, Burla	Free tuition fees
4	National Scholarship	Director, Higher Education	Rs. 300 PM.(for boarders) Orissa, Bhubaneswar Rs. 120/- PM.(day scholars)
5	State Loan Stipend	Director, Higher Education	Rs. 12,000/- P.A. Orissa, Bhubaneswar
6	Post Matric Scholarship for SC/ST students	District Welfare Officer,Sambalpur	Reimbursement of semester fees P.A. + Rs. 425/- P.M. for Boarder as maint allowance and Rs. 90/- PM for day schalar.
7	Disabled Scholarship	District Welfare Officer,Sambalpur	Rs. 60/- PM.
8	National Talent Search Scholarship	NCERT, New Delhi	Rs. 300/- PM. + Rs. 1000/- for book grant
9	Jindal Trust Scholarship	Jindal Trust, Bangalore	As decided by the trust.
10	Nehru Memorial Scholarship	NALCO, Bhubaneswar	Rs. 300/-P.M.
11	NTPC scholarship to SC/STstudents	NTPC, New Delhi	Rs. 10,000/- P.A.
12	Sr. Merit Scholarship	Director, Higher Education, Orissa Bhubaneswar	Rs. 50/- P.M.
13	Sports Talent Scholarship	Director of Sports & Youth Services, Orissa	Rs. 75/- PM.
14	SAIL Scholarship for SC/ST student	SAIL, New Delhi	Rs. 450/-
15	Scholarship to the children ofthe employees of coal fields	Eastern Coal Fields Ltd.	Rs. 200/-
16	Merit Scholarship for the children of teachers of primary & secondary schools	Govt of Orissa	Rs.1500/- P.A.
17	Scholarship for the children of Postal Dept. employees	Post Master General, Orissa	Rs. 100/- P.M.
18	Tata Jubilee Scholarship for the children of Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.	Tata Steel Charitable Trust	Rs. 350/- P.M.
19	Silver Jubilee Award to Best Graduates	Old Boys Association,Rourkela	Rs. 100/- P.M.
20	Silver Jubilee Award to Best Graduate	Madnabati Charitable Trust, Sambalpur	Rs. 125/- P.M.
21	Prof. D. Roy memorial award for the best Mechanical Engg. Graduate*	Prof. D. Roy	Rs. 500/-
22	Malay Kumar Das Memorial Gold medal for the best Civil Engg. Graduate of the College*	Parents of Malay Ku. Das	Gold Medal
23	Malay Ku. Das Memorial Gold Medal for the Best Engg. Graduate among all the graduating students of the college based on Academic Performance.*	- do -	Gold Medal
24	Best Scholarship to the dependent children of Ex-Servicemen/Widows	-	Rs. 1000/- P.A.
25	Achyutananda Pujari Gold Medal for best Civil Engg. Graduates*	Sri Nirmal Pujari	Gold Medal
26	Prof. J. N. Panda memorial Gold Medal for the best Electrical Engg. Graduate of the College & Book Prize to the student securing highest Book Prize marks in Math. in 3rd Semester.*	-	Gold Medal
27	Meritorious Women Scholarship	Director, Higher Education, Orissa	Rs. 1000/- P.M
28	Scholarship for the Children of BSNL employees	BSNL, Bhubaneswar	Rs. 500/- P.M
29	MCL	MCL, Burla	Rs. 1800/- P.A
30	CISF	CISF, New Delhi	Rs. 1800/- P.A

Source: http://www.uceburla.ac.in/academics/scholarship.asp
* Applicable to only UCE, Burla Students

The Government of Orissa scholarship

Eligibility

• A bonafide resident of Orissa.
• Regular student of recognised institute, including public and convent schools.
• Physically handicapped viz. Visually Handicapped, Hearing Handicapped and Orthopaedically Handicapped.
• The monthly income of family should not exceed Rupees1500/-.
• The applicant is not residing in any institution.
• For continuation of scholarship, the applicant must complete the course successfully with good conduct.

Amount of scholarship

Level of Education	Rate (per month)
Inside the state
Primary (Standard I to V)	Rupees 1001-
Middle and High School (Std. VI to X) (Not covered by the Govt. of India Scholarship)	Rupees 140
College (P.G.) (Not covered by the Govt. of India Scholarship)	Rupees 160
College (P.G.) (Not covered by the Govt. of India Scholarship)	Rupees 190
Technical and Vocational Training (Not covered by the Govt. of India Scholarship)	Rupees 190
Outside the State
Students pursuing normal course of studies and Vocational Training not available in the state and not covered under the Govt. of India Scholarship.	Rupees 190

Reader's allowance for VH (visually handicapped)

The Visually Handicapped candidates shall be paid reader's allowance at the rate of Rupees 30/-per month for primary classes, Rupees 40/- per month for middle and high school classes and Rupees 60/- per month for other studies.

Transport allowance to LH (locomotor / orthopaedically handicapped)

Orthopaedically Handicapped students who have abnormal defects requiring arrangement for transport, an additional monthly allowance of Rupees 50/- per month may be sanctioned for transport, if it is not covered by the scheme of Integrated Education.

More information

• Candidate needs to submit Disability certificate, issued by competent authority, (District Medical Board)
• Candidate needs to submit Family Income Certificate, issued by competent authority, (Tahasildar)
• Candidate needs to submit Certificate from Head of Institute
• The applicant must apply, in the prescribed form, along with attested xerox copies of required documents, to the District Social Welfare Officer/ B.D.O. in due time.

contact details:

Block Development Officer/District Social Welfare Officer
Government of Orissa

Source: http://www.eyeway.org/inform/ed-orischl.htm

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