UG/ PG Students! A Scholarship of Rs.10000/- per year for You! (Suvarna Jubilee Scholarship). Last Date to register online is 03.12.11. SO hurry pls..

Director of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala has invited applications from students studying for the first year of the Under Graduate and Post Graduate Programmes in Government/Aided Arts and Science Colleges and University Departments for the award of the Suvarna Jubilee Merit Scholarship (SJMS) for 2011-12. 

Applicant should be a first year student of Under Graduate or Post Graduate course in Govt/ Aided colleges or University Departments, should belong to BPL family and should have scored 50% or above in the qualifying Examination. Applicants should be a member of a family having income below poverty line

The scholarship amount is Rs.10000/- per year which will be deposited into the Bank Account of the candidates selected. So Applicant should have a Bank Account in his/her name in any one of State Bank of India, State Bank of Travancore, South Indian Bank or Federal Bank.

The number of Scholarships for each College will be proportional to the number of candidates studying in the college. As much as 10% of the Scholarships are earmarked for those belonging to SC/ST categories. 10 Scholarships are reserved for those belonging to the PWD category and another 5 for those excelling in Arts/Sports at State/National levels.

Those in receipt of any other Scholarship are not eligible for this scholarship also. However, the Lump-sum Grant received by the SC/ST candidates is exempted for the purpose of this provision.

The list of candidates eligible for the scholarship in a college prepared by the Head of the Institution as per the approval of the college council, and the related documents should be retailed in the college.

Applications: Applications can be submitted only ‘ONLINE’ at the Scholarship Website of Department of Collegiate Education, www.dcescholarship.kerala.gov.in. The last date for Online Submission of the Application by students is 3rd December, 2011.

Procedure for Online Submission of Application:(i) Click the link ‘Suvarna Jubilee Merit Scholarship’ provided in the Home Page of Scholarship website
(ii) Click on the button ‘Apply Online’. If the applicant has already registered his/ her name for any other Scholarship at this site, the candidate may login with the previous registration details. Candidates who have not registered earlier for any scholarship (fresh candidates) have to click ‘New Registration’ for registering their name.
(iii) Click ‘SJMS’ Tab in the scholarship page
(iv) Fill in the Annual Income
(v) Select the Category, SC/ST/Others; Answer Whether BPL; Whether Physically Challenged; whether participated in Sports/Arts in National/State level
(vi) Click ‘SUBMIT’

After submitting, the applicant has to take the Registration Printout, paste a recent passport size photograph on it (to be attested by the Principal of the present Institution), sign on it and submit it along with the documents listed below, to the Verifying Officer of the Institution, latest by 14th December, 2011.

Documents to be submitted along with Registration Printout(i) Attested copy of mark list of SSLC, attested by a Gazetted Officer
(ii) Attested copy of first page of bank pass book in the name of the student, showing account number, name, code etc attested by a Gazetted Officer
(iii) Nativity Certificate
(iv) Certificate from the Local Body to establish that the applicant belongs to the BPL category
(v) Income Certificate
(vi) Copy of the Mark list of Qualifying Examination attested by a Gazetted Officer
(vii) Community Certificate for SC/ST applicants
(viii) Documents in support of excellence in Arts/Sports at State/National levels, attested by a Gazetted Officer
(ix) Disability Certificate in case of candidates of the PWD category

The Online Verification of the applications of students and the approval of the applications at Institutional level is to be completed by 21.12.2011.

For more details, see the link http://dcescholarship.kerala.gov.in/