NEC MERIT SCHOLARSHIP TRIPURA

1. The scholarship is open only to a student who is a permanent resident of any of the North Eastern States.
2. At the time of availing the scholarship, the student must not be in receipt of any other scholarship/financial assistance from any other source.
3. A student shall only be considered for scholarship in the year of commencement of his/her course.
4. Scholarship shall be admissible to students who get admission in Diploma, Degree, Post-graduate or registration in M.Phil. / Ph.D courses of any institute recognized by the Government. The grant of scholarship for M.Phil and Ph.D would be after the registration of the students with the University. The Scholarship will not be available for internship or any practical training.
5. The scholarship shall be admissible to the students whose parent / guardian’s annual income from all sources shall not exceed Rs 8.0 lakh. The income certificate issued by the competent authority shall be furnished by the candidate. The student must fulfill the following eligibility criteria in the previous qualifying examination for consideration of scholarship: Level Qualifying examination Diploma HSLC/HSSLC/Secondary School Leaving /Senior Secondary Leaving certificate examination from a recognised State/Central board with minimum 60% marks in aggregate. Degree HSSLC/Senior Secondary Leaving certificate examination from a recognised State/Central board with minimum 60% marks in aggregate. Post Graduate Degree level examination in any discipline (BA/BSc/BE/B Tech/MBBS/LLB/BCA/BBA etc. of any recognized Institute/ University with minimum 60% marks in aggregate. M.Phil./Ph.D PG degree from any recognized University with minimum 60% marks in aggregate.

Stated amount: 30,000

1. Diploma Students:- Rs. 20,000 /- per annum.
2. Degree Students:- Rs. 22,000 /- per annum.
3. Post Graduate Students:- Rs. 25,000 /- per annum.
4. M.Phil./ Ph.D. Students:- Rs. 30,000 /- per annum. The number of Fresh Scholarships to be awarded every year to candidates of different NER states at different levels may be as follows: State Diploma Degree PG Degree MPHIL/PHD Total Arunachal Pradesh 20 130 52 7 209 Assam 30 200 80 10 320 Manipur 18 120 48 6 192 Meghalaya 18 120 48 6 192 Mizoram 18 120 48 6 192 Nagaland 18 120 48 6 192 Sikkim 10 70 28 3 111 Tripura 18 120 48 6 192 Total 150 1000 400 50 1600 The above numbers are fixed as per the normative allocation accepted for the respective NE States. The number of scholarship for the renewal cases shall be as per actual for different NE states and the scholarship amount. NEC may increase or decrease the total numbers of scholarships subject to availability of fund/allocation of budget from time to time. However, the numbers would be fixed as per the normative allocation accepted for different NE states.

There is no application fee Respective Department of the State Governments / NEC will announce the details of the Scheme and invite applications by issuing an advertisement in the leading newspapers and through the websites and other media outfits. The advertisement shall give pertinent details, about scheme, certificates etc. are required to be uploaded /submitted along with the application form and timelines. The advertisement will also be displayed prominently on National Scholarship Portal. The applicants are required to fill up application form on National Scholarship Portal (NSP) (www.scholarships.in), within the prescribed date for receipt of application, following due procedure/guidelines mentioned thereon. They may also fill up the application form using NSP Mobile app or UMANG Mobile App. The applicant must be in possession of following documents at the time of application. He/She may be asked to upload a scanned copy of these documents as per requirement or extant rules /guidelines. a) Permanent Residential Certificate (PRC) issued by the Dy. Commissioner /Addl. Dy. Commissioners/ Sub-divisional officer of civil sub-divisions in NE States; except Sikkim where Certificate of Identification (COI) issued by the respective Deputy Commissioner in the Govt. of Sikkim to its Permanent residents. b) Income Certificate issued by the Competent Authority (Mandatory) c) Bank Account Pass Book – Account must be in the name of applicant (Optional) d) Details of qualifying examination (Mandatory) e) Synopsis signed by the project guide / Director (Research) or any official authorized by the Institute/University in the case of M.Phil/Ph.D. candidates (Mandatory). f) Any other document as may be required under NSP guidelines. There will be two level of verification of the application. First level of verification is at the institute level and Second level verification will be carried out by the domicile state of NE Region of the applicant.

1. The present institute of the applicant must have registered itself on NSP using assigned U-DISE/AISHE/NCVT Code and following the prescribed procedure, for verifying the applications on NSP. The application of students which could not be verified because their institute is not register on NSP, will not be considered for scholarship.
2. The second level verification of applications will be done by the Nodal Officer nominated for the purpose by the respective NE State Governments.
3. It will be the responsibility of the designated Institute Nodal Officer to verify that the student fulfils the eligibility conditions under the scheme. He will be provided with an option to accept, reject or mark as defective to each application. The Nodal officers are advised to satisfy themselves that all details submitted by the candidate are correct. To ascertain the correctness, they may examine the uploaded documents and/or documents available in the records of Institute. They may also ask the student to produce original copy of the document, wherever required. They may also be provided with an option on NSP to return the application to the student for correction, if any error is noticed in the application. The Nodal offices are, however, requested to verify the applications at the earliest so that necessary opportunity may be provided to students to carry out any required correction in their applications or submit additional documents wherever required.

1. The merit lists will be drawn from among finally verified applications as per the scheme guidelines and after following the laid down procedure on the NSP.
2. Selection of students for M. Phil and Ph. D. will be done on the basis of topic of research/Synopsis which has relevance to the problems/issues related to NE Region. The Subjects/topics for M.Phil and Ph.D should invariably be directly, specifically and currently relevant to NE Region. Basic and theoretical research shall not be favoured in general.
3. The scholarship is purely on merit basis. The merit list will be prepared exclusively on the basis of marks obtained by the candidate in the qualifying exams and complying with the level-of-course-wise slots allotted to the states.
4. In case of tie, preference shall be given to the candidate having lesser family income.
5. The scholarships will be disbursed to selected students by NEC directly in their provided and verified bank accounts using DBT mode as per the extant guidelines. Other Info RENEWAL OF SCHOLARSHIP A student selected for scholarship shall be eligible for receipt of scholarship for the entire period of course, through renewal of the scholarship process. Renewal of Scholarship under the scheme, however, is not an automatic process and is subject to fulfillment of certain terms and conditions as mentioned in subsequent para. Every renewal of scholarship is for a period of one academic year only, if not otherwise specified. All existing and eligible beneficiaries of the scholarship are required to fill up the renewal form on NSP every year during their entire course period. The student shall be required to upload previous exam marks-sheet/pass certificate during renewal application. In case of students studying in M.Phil / PhD., the renewal application shall be accompanied with latest progress report from the guide countersigned by the Registrar of the Institute. To draw scholarship under renewal category, the beneficiary must pass in the particular year or be promoted to next semester/year. In case the student could not pass all papers but promoted to next year, as per extant rules, he/she may be considered for renewal of scholarships subject to the condition that no additional backlog, from previous years’, are pending against his/her name. In case the student is not promoted to next year or having backlog papers pending against his/her name for more than one year, he/she shall not receive further scholarship for the remaining course period. It will be the responsibility of Institute level verifying officer to ensure that the student has been promoted to year or does not have pending backlog papers for more than year, before accepting the application on NSP for further processing. Otherwise, such applications shall be rejected on NSP after recording reasons. Any break in scholarship, during the entire course period, shall make the beneficiary non-eligible for further receipt of scholarship for that specific course. The students shall not be provided with an option to make renewal applications in subsequent years. The student may, however, apply as a fresh applicant, upon securing admission in any advance course, at a later stage. A request for renewal of students who have changed their subject of study will not be entertained for renewal if the students has availed the scholarship for the previous course or part of it. A request for renewal of scholarship of such student beneficiaries who have changed their Institution of study will not be entertained for renewal. There will be no merit list generation for renewal applications. Renewal scholarship will be disbursed to all eligible and duly verified applications by NEC, directly in their verified bank accounts using DBT mode as per the extant guidelines.