Kalyani University Scholarships

Is there any Scholarship offering by Kalyani University for General Category Students? I have taken admission in B.Com First Year recently. My friend told me for Scholarship scheme for B.Com Students (only for SC/ST Category). So I need to know about all Scholarship offering by Kalyani University.

Can you tell me about the about the different scholarships offered by University of Kalyani for its ace/meritorious students?

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The University of Kalyani, established in 1960, is a state-government administered, affiliating and Research University in Nadia district of West Bengal, India. It offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels.

Kalyani University Scholarships

A. University Scholarships:
(Maximum 5% of the total numbers of students of each class)
i) University Merit Scholarship: Meritorious student, who has secured 60% or above in aggregate in the previous qualifying exam and with a minimum class attendance of 75%, are eligible to apply.
ii) University Merit-cum-Means Scholarship: One who has secured at least 55% in the previous exam and with class attendance of above 75% is eligible to apply. Ones monthly family income should not be more than Rs.2500/-

B. Tuition Fee Concession:
Tuition fee concession is applicable for general fees structure only. There is no provision for tuition fee concession to the students of enhanced fees structure courses.
i) Full free student-ship: One belonging to B.P.L and Antodaya categories is provided full free-studentships ,subject to maximum 10% of students of that class, provided that their class attendance is 75% or above. One has to produce the BPL card, Certificate & Ration Card.
ii) Half-free student-ship: Needy but meritorious student of each class (subject wise) is provided half free-studentships subject to a maximum of 10% of the students including those belonging to BPL Category, provided that their class attendance is 75% or above. If the number of BPL students is 10% of the total number of students or above, then no half free-studentship would be provided to that class only.


C. SC/ST Stipend:
One belonging to the SC/ST categories is entitled to apply for SC/ST stipend, awarded by the Govt. of West Bengal. One has to contact SC/ST Cell and collect prescribed application form SDO Office, Kalyani.

D. UGC Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Scholarship:
The scholarship, at the rate of Rs. 20,000/-per year, is awarded by the UGC.

E. State Govt. Merit / Merit-cum-Means Scholarship :
One has to apply to the Higher Education Dept., Govt. of West Bengal for the scholarship.

F. UGC Merit Scholarship:
PG students, who has stood First in the last Degree (Hons) Examination may apply to the UGC for this Scholarship(@ Rs.20,000/-per annum ) in prescribed application form, available at UGC website.

G. UGC Scholarship for M.Phil SC/ST Students:
M.Phil students (belonging to SC/ST) may apply to the UGC in prescribed application form for this scholarship.

H. State Govt. Minority Scholarship:
PG. students belonging to the minority community may apply to the Dept. of Minority, Govt. of WB for such scholarship.
State Govt. Scholarship for Wards of Bidi Workers: PG Students of Bidi Worker families may apply for such scholarship to the Labour Welfare Department, Govt. of West Bengal.

J. Fellowships for Research Scholar
There are provisions for following fellowships for the Research scholars. A good number of Research Projects are being conducted by most of the departments, particularly Science Departments.
i) University Research Fellow (URF)
ii) Junior Research Fellow (JRF)
iii) Senior Research Fellow (SRF)
iv) Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship for SC/ST Research Scholars
v) Maulana Azad Fellowship for Minority Community Research Scholars