Department of Scholarship

Introduction :

     Scholarship are intended to reward a students academic achievement and educational progression. Whether you are starting your career of student are studying in high school to degree and grow new abilities and receiving a scholarship is a huge achievement in their student life. The degree level student are getting the scholarship for their career achievement with the help of scholarships.

     Scholarship can open the way to various educational opportunities in their life, the scholarships are getting economically Weaker Section of students.

     The Scholarship schemes are going on two way 1) Central Government 2) State Government and remaining are some NGO’s societies are providing the scholarship for the student in various regions of state.

1) Central Government Schemes :

     The central government provided the scholarship schemes for SC and ST students for helping their career development (Education) specially government is provided to SC and ST students for achievement and educational progress. The main aim is do not miss the education facilities in weaker section of society. The government taking the care with the help of scholarship scheme.

2) State government scholarship :

     The state government also provided the scholarship with scheme for V.J. NT, NT, OBC, SBC, EBC and other organized NGO’s are facilitates the scholarship facility to states students. The scheme is given the student for their higher education which are belong to above categories. There are no any restriction for applying the scheme. This scheme is provide to encourage the students for their higher education that is the main aim of the scheme.

Objectives of Scheme :

1. Scholarship helps students pay for education fee by providing financial assistance.

2. Scholarships help to students for poor and middle class for their paying the monthly expenses.

3. Scholarship help to student for purchasing the essential needs that are Books, notebooks, instruments which are very essential to their study.

4. To provide opportunities to financially weak sections minorities students for their further education.

5. They will be able to fulfill their dream by pursuing personal courses.

Different types of Scholarships :

     There are Several types of scholarships are provided to student for their educational purpose. Some organized societies can provided the scholarship schemes in various types. Those schemes are also provided the financial assistant to educational students which student are come under particular schemes, the organizing societies or institution or NGO’s giving the scholarship for students.

1. RajashriChhatrapatiShahuMaharaj Scholarship.

2. SavitribaiPhule Scholarship.

3. Vidhyadham Scholarship scheme.

4. Mahatma Phule Scholarship scheme.

5. E.B.C. Scheme.

6. Research scheme.

     Above all the scholarship schemes are provided the financial assistance to degree level students for their higher education. These schemes help to the Weaker section students to achieve their education opportunities. Under the scheme lot of students are taken the benefit in their life and they are living in the society as a successful persons.


1. RajashriChhatrapatiShahuMaharaj Scholarship scheme. Scheme EBC for higher education.

     RajashriChhatrapatiShahuMaharaj Scholarship is an initiative of the department of higher Education Maharashtra state. The scheme provided the financial assistance to students belongs to economically weaker backgrounds students to pursue their higher education.

2. SavitribaiPhule Scholarship scheme.

     SavitribaiPhule Scheme is a very special scholarship there is provided to the Girls students who those are currently residing in Maharashtra State and studied in higher education like their degree level and university level. This scheme is speciallyavailable for the girl child belonging to backward communities in Maharashtra State.

3. VidhyaDham Scholarship scheme. (Education Scheme)

     The scheme is operated since 2008, onwards and its main object is to provide the financial assistance to the merit students and having family income of less than 4.5 lakh rupees per annum. Those students are getting benefits scheme. This scheme also assist to the student for their higher education and meet a part their day to day expenses in the age group of 18 to 25 years.

4. Mahatma JyotibaPhule Scholarship scheme.

     This scheme is also providing financial assistance to students for their higher education. There is not any type of barriers for applying the scheme, there is some criteria that is the percentage. Who those are above minimum percentage students are getting the financial assistance, who those are getting their percentage is higher those students are able to getting benefits of this scheme. The scheme is also providing financial assistance to their higher education that is the main aim of scheme. This scheme is fully depend upon the merits of students only giving the financial benefits.

5. Economically Backward Classes (EBC).

     The objectives of the scheme is to provide financial assistance to the economically (weaker) Backward classes students are getting the benefit for their higher study at degree level and higher level education to enable them to complete their education.

     Those people whose annual income of the family is less than INR 800000/- comes under subcategories of EBC individual SC, ST, OBC.

6. Research Scholarship scheme.

     This scheme provide the financial assistance to graduate students for completing the Research work in their special fields which are mines project Research Scholarships is provided stipend as well as fee and for expenses money giving to scholars.

     Under this scheme domestic and international students are benefited and schemes are sectioned on the basis of academic merit. The eligible applicants are getting the benefits according their merits. The eligible students are completed the research work under the scheme.


Central Government and State Government Scholarship benefits are from 2017-18 to 2021-22.

     The following table shows the benefit of student in last some years record this maintained from 2017-18 to 2021-22 list is given below.

Year Category Number of Students Total Amount
2017-18 SC 134 768410
ST --- ---
OBC 60 241090
VJNT 16 91860
NT 163 646085
SBC 07 28025
EBC --- ---
FREESHIP 02 5970
TOTAL 382 1540350

Year Category Number of Students Total Amount
2018-19 SC 101 131720
ST --- ---
OBC 48 45370
VJNT 19 22470
NT 163 159980
SBC 06 5500
EBC --- ---
FREESHIP 100 10000
TOTAL 437 465040

Year Category Number of Students Total Amount
2019-20 SC 87 17212.5
ST --- ---
OBC 43 15105
VJNT 18 3487.5
NT 146 58425
SBC --- ---
EBC --- ---
FREESHIP 48 10000
TOTAL 342 115230

Year Category Number of Students Total Amount
2020-21 SC 72 133685
ST --- ---
OBC 35 35417
VJNT 13 27217.5
NT 91 91150.5
SBC 04 4377
EBC 39 20417
FREESHIP 02 992
TOTAL 256 313310

Year Category Number of Students Total Amount
2021-22 SC 87 144378
ST 08 17517.5
OBC 34 78625
VJNT -- ---
NT 77 167500
SBC 02 4505
EBC 39 37520
FREESHIP 01 1155
TOTAL 248 451200.5

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