All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi has announced notification for the grant of scholarships for the diploma and engineering students. The scholarships are meant for women candidates only. This is the best opportunity for the women / girl students.
Total number of scholarships are 4000. Value of the scholarship is Rs. 30000 per annum or tuition fee for the course, the lesser amount in these will be considered for the scholarship. The scholarship scheme is called ‘Pragathi Patham’.
Apart from scholarship, there will be contingency grant of Rs. 2000 per year. The annual income of the parents should be less than Rs.6 lakhs. The students should have joined in the first year course in 2014.
The application forms are available in the website www.aicte-india.org . Last date for the submission of filled in applications is 30th October 2014. For more details, see the website.