Name of the Organisation : Directorate Of Social Welfare Puducherry (socwelfare.pondicherry.gov.in)
Type of Announcement : Merit cum Means Scholarship Scheme, 2014-15
Reference Number : No.4738/DSW/FO/VO-3/2014-15

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MERIT CUM MEANS BASED SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS BELONGING TO MINORITY COMMUNITIES FOR BOTH FRESH AND RENEWAL OF SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE YEAR 2014-15

Applications (fresh & renewal) are invited through online under the Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme, 2014-15 from Minority community students those who are residents of Union Territory of Puducherry.

Merit-cum-Means Based Scholarship Scheme, 2014-15 is a Central Sector scheme of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India which seeks to provide scholarships to religious Minority students (Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist Parsi and Jain) to pursue their professional and technical degrees. The Ministry of Minority Affairs has introduced a system namely, Online Scholarship Management System (OSMS) since 2011 under which students have to apply online (instead of manual) under the Merit-cum-Means Based Scholarship.

For this purpose, the Ministry has created a website www.momascholarship.gov.in through which the students have to apply online applications. Only Online applications are accepted and no request for accepting Offline applications. The list of courses covered under the scheme is listed in the above website. Therefore, the students belonging to minority community are hereby instructed to apply online their applications and take a print of the application form and submit the same to their respective educational institution with the following enclosures;

a) Income affidavit in Rs.10/- non-judicial stamp paper duly signed by the parent/guardian.
b) Minority community declaration affidavit in Rs.10/- non-judicial stamp duly signed by the student.
c) Attested copy of Permanent Integrated certificate issued by the revenue authority of U.T. of Puducherry / Proof of permanent residence.
d) Attested copy of educational qualifications (from X std to present education)
e) Attested copy of Aadhaar Card of the Individual and First page of Individual bank pass book.

The Institution on their part shall forward the application through online and also the hard copy to our Department for scrutiny. The detailed timeline for submission of applications is mentioned below:

Sl. No. Activity Timeline of Ministry in Year 2014-15 (Fresh) Timeline of Ministry in Year 2014-15 (Renewal)
1. Last date for submission of online applications by the students 30th September, 2014 15th November, 2014
2. Last date for submission of duly signed printed version of online applications by students to State/UT Dept. through respective Institutes. 10th October, 2014 20th November, 2014
3. Last date for scrutiny of online applications by Institute. 20th October, 2014 25th November, 2014
4. Last date for scrutiny of online applications by State / UT Department. 31st October, 2014 05th December, 2014

For further details and clarification, the students and educational institutions are requested to log on to momascholarship.gov.in and click the sub-title ‘Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)’ and ‘Information for Institutes’ available on the homepage of the website for filling of Online Application.. The students should not submit directly their applications to the Department of Social Welfare. All applications online and hard copy should be routed through their respective institutions. Without receipt of hard copy in the department, the application shall be liable to be rejected. They may also contact the officials of Department of Social Welfare at No.1, Saradambal Nagar, Puducherry – 605 005.