The applicant must be seeking admission to the first year of the Engineering or MBBS course in 2013, must have scored above 70% in SSLC and in the core subjects in PUC and also secured a ranking of 20,000 and below in the Entrance Examination (CET).
Further the applicant's total annual Income of the family must be less than Rs. 3 Lakhs per annum to be eligible to apply for the scholarship. The references from Family Doctor and a Chartered Accountant should be provided in this regard while applying. The income limit is relaxed to Rs. 4.5 Lakhs per annum in special circumstances such as disabled person at home/senior citizen at home/families having more than one child to educate etc.
Student should be willing to sponsor 2 students after completion of studies and after securing employment and should contribute 20 days in the year 2013-14 to the community service.
Most deserving candidates will be selected on the basis of verifications by independent panelists and each of the selected candidates will be awarded scholarships amounting Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 40,000 for the Engineering and MBBS aspirants respectively.
Candidates fulfilling above criteria can apply online for the scholarships 2013 through an online application module set up by world Konkani Centre on website: www.vishwakonkani.org. Application module will be opened for applying from June 10, 2013. Application Module will be active only till the last date for application 10th July, 2013. Applications received in hardcopy will not be processed for the Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarships 2013. Candidates can login to the website for more instructions on preparation for the application process and terms and conditions of the Scholarship Scheme.
Instituted in the year 2010 as envisioned by the eminent thinker and corporate leader T.V. Mohandas Pai, the VKSSF has successfully raised and distributed Rs. 50 Lakhs to 162 deserving students in the year 2010, Rs. 1.00 crore to 285 students in the year 2011 and Rs. 2.00 crores to more than 1300 students in the year 2012. An outlay of Rs. 2.50 Crore is envisaged for the distribution in the year 2013-14.
'Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund' is administered by a Governing Council comprising eminent personalities. Ramadas Kamath U, Senior Vice President, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Bangalore is the President of the Fund and Pradeep G. Pai, Managing Director of Hangyo Ice Creams Pvt. Ltd., is the secretary. CA Giridhar Kamath and Venkatesh N. Baliga are the members of this council. The council is also guided by Basti Vaman Shenoy, the founder and the president of World Konkani Centre, Dr. Dayananda Pai the Chairman of Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation the mother body of World Konkani Centre and R.V. Deshpande, the Chairman Emeritus of the Foundation, informed a release.
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