Aikyashree Scholarships Scheme 2025 West Bengal, for Minority Students, Check Full Details

Aikyashree Scholarships Scheme 2025:- By order of the Governor of the State of West Bengal, it has been decided to launch a “Aikyashree West Bengal State Scholarship Scheme for Minority Students”. To address the growing aspiration for education in the minority communities of the state and with a view to providing them more avenues for socio-economic and educational mobility by extending financial support and encouragement to the meritorious students belonging to the minority communities, the State Government has decided to set up the “Aikyashree” – West Bengal State Scholarships for Minority Students in West Bengal to be fully funded from the State budget from the financial year 2019-20 onwards.

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Types of Scholarship

Three types of scholarships will be provided under this scheme.

1. Pre-matric Scholarship (for meritorious students from Class-I to Class-X)
2. Post-matric Scholarship (for meritorious students from Class-XI to Ph. D), and
3. Merit-cum-Means Scholarships (for pursuing technical & professional courses).
4. Bigyani Kanya Medha Britti Scholarship, West Bengal
5. Swami Vivekananda Merit cum Means Scholarship (SVMCM)
6. Hindi Scholarship Scheme, West Bengal

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Objectives of Aikyashree Scholarships for Minority Students

• The primary objective of the Pre-matric Scholarship is to encourage the minority communities to send their children to schools and to prevent drop-out.
• The Post-matric scholarship intends to encourage students to continue their pursuit of higher education.
• The objective of Merit-cum-Means scholarship for professional and technical courses is to support the students to pursue professional/ technical studies for consequently increasing their employability potential.
• Through these three types of scholarship schemes, these schemes have been implemented to increase the interest of students towards their education and to strengthen their financial condition.

Benefits of Aikyashree Scholarships Program

• Provide education loans for poor and meritorious students to continue their studies.
• Undertake programmes to empower women from minority groups.
• Make students financially independent with the help of education.
• Improve the literacy ratio in West Bengal.
• Provide training to students for various competitive exams.
• Promote training programmes to develop and upgrade the skills of students.
• Provide different scholarships for poor but dedicated students.

Documents Required For Aikyashree Scholarships Program

• Aadhar Card
• Self-certified community certificate.
• Income certificate.
• Fee receipt of the current course year.
• Self-attested certificate of previous year’s mark sheet.
• Residential/Domicile certificate.
• Bank account details.
• Passport size photo of the applicant

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Eligibility Conditions of All Three Scholarships Schemes

1. Pre-matric Scholarship, and

2. Post-matric Scholarship

• Applicant must be a domicile of West Bengal.
• Must be studying in a School/ Institution recognized by an educational Board/ Council/ University of the State/ Central Government.
• Must have secured not less than 50% marks or equivalent grade in the previous final examination.
• The annual family income should not exceed Rs.2 lakh.
• Students studying in institutes outside West Bengal will not be eligible for pre-matric or post-matric scholarship.
• No person from the student’s family should be working in a government job.
• Only two students from a family are provided benefits under these scholarship schemes.
• If the student does not take admission in the upcoming class then he/she will not be awarded scholarship.

3. Merit-cum-Means Scholarship

• The applicant must be a domicile of West Bengal.
• Must have got admission in a technical/ professional course.
• Must have secured at least 50% marks in the last Higher Secondary/ Graduation examination.
• Annual family income of the student should not be more than Rs.2.5 lakh.
• The students who are residents of West Bengal but pursuing studies in listed institutions located outside West Bengal, as may be notified from time to time by the West Bengal Minorities’ Development and Finance Corporation, are also eligible for applying.
• No person from the student’s family should be working in a government job.
• If the student does not get himself admitted in the upcoming class, his scholarship will be stopped under the policy of these scholarship schemes.
• This scholarship is awarded only to two students from a family.

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4. Bigyani Kanya Medha Britti Scholarship, West Bengal

• The student must be a domicile of West Bengal.
• This student should be female.
• Candidates should have qualified Class 12th from any board.
• The student must be aspiring to pursue education in the fields of Engineering, Medicine or Basic Science at a known institution in West Bengal.

5. Swami Vivekananda Merit cum Means Scholarship (SVMCM)

• The student must be a domicile of West Bengal.
• The student must be studying in  Class 11 or 12.
• The student must be pursuing graduation in Engineering, Medical and Technical/Professional courses if they are not studying the general Undergraduate or Postgraduate level degree courses.
• If the student is studying at the higher secondary level or pursuing diploma, he or she must have secured at least 75% marks in class 10th.
• If the student is studying at the undergraduate level, he or she must have secured at least 75% marks in class 12th.
• The annual family income of the student should not exceed ₹ 2.5 lakh.
• The scholarships will be sanctioned to deserving students on merit-cum-means criteria.
• Students pursuing M.Phil. courses and Doctoral courses from state-aided institutions are also eligible to apply for this scholarship.

6. Hindi Scholarship Scheme, West Bengal

• The student must be a resident of West Bengal.
• He or she should belong to a non-Hindi speaking state.
• The student must have passed any one of the following degree courses – Madhyamik, higher secondary, graduation, PG or any equivalent degree course
• The student must have secured at least 60% marks in the earlier qualifying exam, in the first trial, with Hindi as one of the subjects

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Rates of Scholarships Under Aikyashree Scholarships

Key Points For Aikyashree Scholarships

1. Admission and tuition fee are subject to actuals.
2. Hostellers include students not staying in hostel of the institute concerned but are staying as paying guest or on rent.
3. Maintenance allowance is payable for a period not exceeding 10 months in an academic year.
4. Full course fee may be reimbursed for the listed institutions.
5. The applicant has to submit a certificate regarding family income at the time of application.
6. For ‘renewal’ applicants, the continuance of scholarship will be subject to securing 50% marks in the previous year examination.
7. Maintenance allowance will be provided to hostellers and day scholars.
8. Students should be regular in attendance, for which the yardstick will be decided by the competent authority of the school.
9. If a student violates school discipline or any other terms and conditions of the scholarship, scholarship may be suspended or cancelled. The State Government can also directly cancel the award if duly satisfied of the reasons of violation of these regulations governing the scheme.
10. If a student is found to have obtained a scholarship by false statement, his/her scholarship will be cancelled forthwith and the amount of the scholarship paid will be recovered.
11. The course/tuition fees and maintenance allowance will be credited to the student’s bank account directly under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.
12. An amount not higher than 2% may be kept for administrative expenses by the WBMDFC for implementation of the Scheme.

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Online Application Procedure of Aikyashree Scholarships Scheme

To continue with the Aikyashree application process, students must follow all six steps given below :-

I. Student Registration

• 1. Visit the official website of the WBMDFC portal or directly click on the Aikyashree Scholarship portal
• 2. Click on the New Registration
• 3. Select the District of your Institute
• 4. Enter the details like Name, District, Guardians Name, DOB, Mobile Number, Email ID and Bank Account Number in the registration form
• 5. Now click on Submit and Proceed.

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II. Scheme Eligibility

• 1. Enter the details in the scheme eligibility column on the webpage like the current institution, its location, class or course name, the last exam passed, name of the board, year of passing the last exam, percentage marks obtained, annual family income and email ID.
• 2. Check the details carefully and click on the Submit & Proceed tab

III. Registration Completion 

• 1. After completing the above step, a temporary User ID will be generated.
• 2. Check the email or inbox as the password will be sent there

IV. Student’s Login

• 1. Login with the User ID and Password on Student Log-In window
• 2. Enter the below-mentioned details:
• Basic Information
• Academic Information
• Bank Account Information
• 3. For extra safety, change the password (it is mandatory) and click on Submit

V. Final Submission

• 1. Enter the details under Basic Information option
• 2. Click Submit and Proceed
• 3. Then enter the details under Academic Information option
• 4. Click Submit and Proceed
• 5. Fill Up Bank Account Information and verify
• 6. Finally, verify all the details by clicking the Pre-View tab
• 7. Click on Final Submit tab

VI. Verification and Print Out

• 1. Carefully verify the details that have been entered in the previous step.
• 2. After ensuring the information that has been entered in the designated slots, take a printout copy of the application form.
• 3. Submit the application form at the concerned institute along with a photocopy of the bank passbook containing the bank account number and IFSC Code.

How to Track Application Status Aikyashree Scholarships Program?

1. Visit the official website of WBMDFC.
2. Click on Track Application tab in the menu bar.
3. Next, select the district, application ID and date of birth.
4. Enter the captcha code that appears on the screen.
5. Finally, click on the Submit tab.
6. Now you Check your application status.

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