Guidelines for Scholarship under "e- Medhabr

(U.G Merit, PG Merit, Technical & Professional.)

Sjective:
The Government of Odisha in Higher Education Department have been
awarding scholarship each year under the Scheme 'e-Medhabruti' out of State
budget to provide financial assistance to meritorious students of Odisha whose
parental income does not exceed 6.00 lakhs.

Iy.pe, Number & Amount of Scholarships.

It is envisaged to provide the following types of scholarships as below:

Amount of
Rate of scholarship
scholarship to be paid at
per year
st. Category No. of a time
No. of Merit Scholarship (ln Rs.) (ln Rs.) Remarks

1 U.G Merit 6000 5,000/- 15,000/- The number of

scholarships
2 P. G. Merit 2500 10,000/- 20,000/- under a particular
category may be
increased by the
Govt. depending
As per on the number of
course eligible students
6000 (Detail duration applied and
stream wise validated in other
Tech. & break-up is at categories in an
3 Prof. Merit Appendix-lll) 10,000/- academic year.
Total 14,500
Duration of scholarship :

A student will be eligible for the scholarship for a total duration of the course.
One-time scholarship for the entire duration of the course shall be disbursed in the
first semester/year as detailed in the table.

ln case any student, after availing one-time scholarship under one course,
joins another course i.e. like students joining engineering, medical, and other
professional courses during +3 and any other course having a higher scholarship
amount, then the student will be entitled to the differential amount only. The
differential amount will also be released in the first semester/year of the new course.

Courses applicable under e-Me scholarship);

U.G Merit: For pursuing +3 Degree Course (B.A./ B.Sc./B.Com.)and courses such
as BBA/BCA/BJMC etc. having duration of 3 years.
P.G.Merit: P.G. courses in Arts / Commerce / Science/ other Post Graduate courses
which are of non-professional in nature and admission to such P.G. courses is
Degree in Arts / Science / Commerce. An illustrative list of P.G. courses applicable
for medhabruti is mentioned in Appendix-!.

Technical & Professional Merit: Only Undergraduate Professional degree courses

and integrated courses mentioned in the guidelines are eligible under this head. The
list includes B.E./B.Tech/ MBBS/ BDS/ BCtu BHMS/ BAMS/ B.Pharm./ B.Sc.
(Nursing)/ B.Sc. (Agriculture) etc. which are duly recognized by the respective
Government Regulatory Bodies such as All lndia Council for Technical Education
(AICTE), Medical Council of lndia (MCl), Dental Council of lndia (DCl), Central
Council of lndian Medicine (CCIM), Central Council of Homeopathy (CCH) /lndian
Nursing Council (lNC), University Grants Commission (UGC), etc. Details of
Professional degree courses applicable for medhabruti are mentioned in Appendix-
il.

E Ii g i bi I ity_conelilions:

i. The student must be a permanent resident of Odisha State.

ii. The income of the parents of the student from all sources shall not exceed
Rs.6.00 lakh per annum.

iii. The Student must have secured a minimum of 60% marks in the previous
qualifying examination for different categories of merit as mentioned against
each.

iv. Students shall apply for medhabruti only in the year of joining (1st yr. of the
course).

Scholarship Type Eligibility for e-Medhabruti

U.G Merit Must have passed +2 of CHSE, Odisha / Class - Xll or

equivalent exam with 60% or more marks from an
institution recognized by CBSE/ !CSE and pursuing
regular Degree Course I +3 course in any of the
recognized Colleges / lnstitutions / Universities.

P. G. Merit Must have passed +3 Degree or equivalent exam with

60% or more marks from a recognized lnstitute and
pursuing regular course in one of the disciplines (where
scholarship is offered) in any of the recognized Colleges /
lnstitutions / Universities.

Technical & lVust have passed +2 of CHSE / CBSE / ICSE/ Equivalent

Professional Merit exam or +3 Degree / equivalent 213 year course (only for
MBA/MCA/MFC/MSW) with 60% or more marks and
pursuing regular Technical & Professional courses in the
Colleges / lnstitutions recognized by respective regulatory
authorities.
Exclusions(Students Not Eligible For Scholarship-);

The following types of students shall not be eligible for e-ltledhabruti

scholarship:

1. Students pursuing their higher study through open universities or distance

learning /correspondence.

2. Students already availing scholarships for pursuing higher study under any
other schemes of State or Central Govt.

3. Students pursuing Diploma level courses are not eligible for e-

Medhabruti Scholarship ( Technical / Professional).

4. Students of l\4.Phil and Ph.D. and students of B. Ed and M.Ed are not eligible
for U.G, P.G., or Technical & Professional merit Scholarship under e-
Medhabruti.

5. Students admitted to the College/!nstitute/University not approved by

concerned regulatory bodies (AlCTE, etc.)

6. Students studying abroad.

7. Students completing one Technical/Professional course pursues another
Tech n ical/Professional cou rse are not eligi ble.

8. Students not validated by the concerned Principal/lnstitution during 1st year of

his/her admission.

District-wise Target and Merit based District-wise Selection:

i. The target of each category of merit scholarship distributed among all districts
proportionately basing on the population data of the District.
ii. Final MeriUSelection lists of the students will be drawn in terms of aggregate
percentage of marks obtained in the last qualifying examination from among
the validated students in the respective category of merit, district wise. The
mode of selection for scholarship shall be made through descending order of
merit till it reaches the eligible quota of scholarship. For example, a student
who has secured 92% of mark in the last examination shall come first then the
one who has secured 91% mark and so on.

iii. ln case of a tie in percentage of marks under a particular type of scholarship

and some are to be left out due to exceeding maximum quota of scholarship,
then the parental income ceiling will be considered i.e. the student with lower
parental income ceiling will get preference.

iv. The CBSE/ICSE grading system in the form of CGPA i.e. Grade points shall
be converted to the percentage by multiplying with 9.5 formula Percentage (%)
= CGPA x 9.5.

Proced u re for Apptlcatio.ni

Eligible students including outside students (residents of Odisha but studying

outside Odisha) are required to apply online for scholarship by visiting the
portal httpslsch_elarshlp-edlsha.gov.in/.The online application and authentication
procedure, list of documents required for availing scholarship are explained in the
instruction manual available in the portal.
 Miscellaneous:
. For any query or help, students may contact scholarship section on landline
numbe r 067 4-2396550 or e-mai l/sqho lars tr ip tredgev@ g ma l. com/.
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By Order of Governor

O+ .ol, bu'
Principal Secretary to Gove rnm ent

Department of Higher Education

 lnstruction manual
Announcement and Mode of Submission of Application for Scholffip_
Applications will be invited once in a year on the Odisha State Scholarship Portal
(httMseholaIshlp-edlsha.gov.in/ ). Short notification will be uploaded in the Higher
Education Department website. Physical application would not be accepted. Only
verified online applications will be considered for award of scholarship.

The Odisha State Scholarship_ Igrta!

The Odisha State Scholarship Portal is an integrated e-Governance Portal for
automation, streamlining & effective management of scholarship schemes
implemented by the Government of Odisha across departments like ST & SC
Development, Higher Education, School & Mass Education, Labour& ESl, Skill
Development & Technical Education and Agriculture. This common platform will
provide one stop solution to eligible students to make an informed choice from
amongst various scholarship schemes and avail the benefit in a seamless and
transparent manner. The features like Aadhaar based registration, integration with
other on-line platforms/ data-bases relevant to scholarship programme like SAMS,
e-District Portal, Digi locker, BSE database has been inbuilt in the architecture for
ease of information sourcing and to minimize duplication and ensure leakage free
scholarship disbursal. The State Scholarship Portal has been linked with the State
Treasury Portal iFMS for automated payment directly in bank-accounts of
beneficiaries.

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i. Eligible students including Outside students (residents of Odisha but studying

outside Odisha) are required to apply online for scholarship by visiting the
portal httpsllscholership-odjsha.gov.in/. Click Registration link at the portal, if
you are new user. Existing user can click on the login button.
ii. Enter the Aadhaar number and proceed further. Aadhaar is made mandatory for
availing scholarship. Registration on the portal is completely based on Aadhaar.
In one Aadhaar only single registration is allowed. Please provide correct
Aadhaar number of self in the prescribed field. ln case it is found that Aadhaar
number provided by student is wrong or not his/her, the application is liable to
be rejected.

iii. As per the ltem 35 of Chapter Vll of Aadhaar (Targeted delivery of financial
and other subsidies, benefits and services) ACT, 2016, if a person enter
Aadhaar number of any other person and attempt to impersonate another
person, dead or alive, real or imaginary, he/she shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be
liable to a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees.
 iv. The undertaking that I have read the above statements & agree with the
conditions. Further, ! hereby state that I have no objection in authenticating
myself with Aadhaar based authentication system through Bio-metric /or One
Time Pin (OTP) data for the purpose of availing benefit of Post-matric
Scholarship.
v. Check your registered mobile or email to get the user lD and password.
vi. Click login link at the portal and enter User lD and password to apply the
scholarship.
vii. Provide all necessary details like personal, academic, eligibility and bank
information.
viii. Click on the "Save as draft" button to draft the information or click on "Next"
button to save and proceed the scholarship form.
ix. The preview of the completed form will appear on the page. Download the
forms and take its print out.
x. The students are required to submit the office copy of the application along
with other relevant documents to the Institutes where he/she has been
studying.

xi. Concerned students are advised to keep the applicant copy for their future
reference.

xii. The online authentication procedure for availing scholarship is explained in the
instruction manual available in the portal https/schola6hip.odjsha.gov.in/.

xiii. Application which is not validated /authenticated by the lnstitute will be treated
as "lnvalid".

xiv. The meriU selection list as per quota would be generated from the verified
applications.

List of Documents required for Scholarshig.

The following eligible documents will be uploaded at the time of applying
under the scheme.

1. Residence certificate to be issued by the competent authority. i.e. from the

concerned TahasildariAddl.Tahasildar. The students whose parents are working
under Odisha State Govt. can produce resident proof from the employer.

2. Proof of annual income to be issued by the competent authority. i.e. the Revenue
Officer not below the rank of Tahasildar or Addl. Tahasildar.

3. Mark sheets of last qualifying examination as required for different categories of

merit.

4. Bank Account details of the student concerned (First page of bank account
containing account number and IFSC).

5. College lD card issued by the concerned authority. While in the absence of the
same, the student may provide Admission receipt /Library Card/Letter of
Undertaking from concerned college authority in which the academic session is
mentioned (Anyone)

6. Aadhaar Card of the student concerned

General Criteria/ Limitations for Award of Scholarship:.

i. The scholarships meant for U.G & P.G shall be awarded district wise and
separate selection list will be prepared for each district.
ii. lf any of the authenticated records are found to have invalid documents, the
case will be summarily rejected.

iii. Any type of wrong entry made by students i.e. parental income, maximum and
secured mark, district name mentioned in the Resident Certificate, percentage
of mark which lead to rejection of application/the student fails to be in the final
merit list, then he/she is solely responsible for it.

Procedure for Disbursement:

The scholarship would be sanctioned subject to fulfilment of the prescribed
eligibility criteria by the students and validation/authentication by the
Principals/Head of the concerned colleges/institutes in online mode only.
Scholarship will be paid to the selected students by the Higher Education
Department through DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) mode and will be transferred to
Bank account of the beneficiaries.

The students must have an active and valid account in any scheduled bank
which has Electronic Clearing System (ECS)/ Core Banking facility to facilitate
transfer of scholarship amount directly to their account.

The bank account must be in the name of the appilganustudent-onlyltudentg

must enter their Bank/Branch name, saving bank account number and IFSC very
carefully to ensure smooth transfer of scholarship--anlou4t.

Role and Respgnslbllity-of Gqlcges / lnstitutes / University;

. The Head of lnstitution has to ensure the genuineness of the student i.e.
he/she is studying in the College / Institution for the particular year.
. Correct data regarding parental income, marks secured, bank Account details,
College lD card and residence have to be verified.
. lf any error is found, the Principal / Head of lnstitution will rectify the error. lf all
data are correct, he/she will authenticate the record of the student to be
considered for scholarship by the Department. Merit or selection list for
particular category of merit will be drawn only from the records authenticated
by the Principal /Head of institutions within the timeline given for the purpose.

Duties of OCAG through the Service Provider:

i. Complete online system for SAMS and Non-SAMS Colleges will be done in
prescribed criteria mentioned in the medhabruti guidelines.

ii. Technical support to all stakeholders shall be provided by OCAC, BBSR.

iii. Submission of Validated data of all categories of merit (One time residual)
within 7 days of closure of Principal/Head of the lnstitution validation for
scrutiny, preparation of selection list at the level of Department.

iv. Online uploading of guidelines, instructions, letters and round-wise selection

list (one time residual)which have been processed for payment.

v. One Technical person needs to be deputed to the Department to resolve all

technical issues.

Role of Higher Education Departme.nli

. lnviting online applications for award of e-medhabruti scholarship through
advertising in pri nt and electronic media.
. Preparation of merit/selection list of category.
. Online payment to eligible candidates through iFMS only

Miscellaneous:
. For any query or help, students may contact scholarship section on landline
n u m be r 067 4 -2396550 o r e -m a /s q hq larship fred g ov @ g m a L co m/.
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Principal Secretary to ment

Department of Higher Education

 APPENDX:l

LIST OF SUBJECTS TO BE COVERED IN ENGTNEERING& TECHNTCAL COURSES

UNDER ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY

NAME OF NAME OF SUBJECT DURATION OF

DEGREE COURSE
COURSE

BACHELOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

4 Years
TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
(B.Tech. /
BACHELOR OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING
(B.E.) ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS

ENGINEERING

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUIVENTATION

ENGINEERING

ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMIVUNICATIONS

ENGINEERING

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

IV ETALLURGICAL ENGINEERING

IVINING ENGINEERING

PETROCHEM AND PETROLEUM REFINERY

ENGINEERING

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

APPLIED ELECTRONICS AND

IN STRUIV ENTATION ENGIN EERI NG

IVANUFACTURING ENGINEERING AND

-%
 TECHNOLOGY

PLASTICS ENGINEERING

BIOTECHNOLOGY

FASHION TECHNOLOGY

AUTON/OBILE ENGINEERING

AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING

BIOTVEDICAL ENGINEERING

OTHERS IF ANY

B. Plan 4 years
( Bachelor of
Planning)

B. Arch. 5 years
( Bachelor of
Architecture)

LIST OF SUBJEGTS TO BE COVERED IN PROFESSIONAL COURSES UNDER

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY

NAME OF DEGREE COURSE NAME OF SUBJECT DURATION OF

COURSE

M.B.B.S. (Bachelor of Medicine & IVEDICAL 4Year&6

Bachelor of Surgery) Months

B.DS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) DENTAL 4 Years

BHMS (Bachelor of Homeopathic HON/ EOPATH IC 4Year&6

Medicine Surgery) Months

BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic AYURVEDIC 4Year&5

Medicine Surgery) Months

B. Pharma (Bachelor of Pharmacy) PHARN/ACY 4 Years

NURSING
4 Years
B.Sc. (Nursing)

Bachelor in Physiotherapy (BPT) PHYSIOTHERAPY 4Year&6

Months
Bachelor Veterinary Sc. & Animal VETERINARY
5 Years
Husbandry SCIENCE

B.Sc. (Forestry) FORESTRY SC!ENCE 4 Years

B. Fisheries / B F Sc ( Bachelor in FISHERY SCIENCE 4 Years

Fisheries Science)

Bachelor of Occupational Therapy Occupational Therapy 4 Years & 6

(B.o.r.) Months

Bachelor in Prosthetics and Orthotics Prosthetics and 4 Years & 6

(B.P.o.) Orthotics Months

B. Sc. Agr. (Bachelor of Agriculture.) Agriculture Science 4 Years

B. Sc. Horticulture Horticulture 4 Years

B.Sc. Community Science (Earlier 4 Years

HOME SCTENCE)

lntegrated Law 5 Years

lntegrated MBA 5 Years

Integrated MCA 5 Years

!ntegrated M.Sc. 5 Years

Master in Social Work (MSW) 2years

M.C.A (Master in Computer 3 Years

Application)

M.B.A (Master in Business 2 Years

Administration)

Master in Financial Control (MFC) 2 Years

Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM) 4 years

Bachelor of Tourism & Hospitality 4 years

Management
 APPE N DIX-II

POST GRADUATE COURSES

Arts Science Commerce

M. A. Economics M.Sc Botany [/.Com

M. A. English M.Sc Chemistry

M. A. Geography M.Sc Physics

M. A. Hindi M.Sc Zoology

M. A. History M.Sc Electronic

Science
&Technology

M. A. Home Science M.Sc Marine Sciences

M.A t.R. & P.M lVl.Sc Geology

M.A Lib. & lnfo. Science M.Sc Biotechnology

M.A Linguistic M.Sc Computer

Science

M.A Oriya M.Sc Life Science

M.A Philosophy M.Sc Mathematics

M.A Political Science tVl.Sc Remote Sensing

& GlS

M.A Psychology M.Sc Wildlife &

Biodiversity
conservation

M. A. Public Administration Ivl.Sc Microbiology

M. A. Sanskrit M.Sc Food Science

M. A. Statistics tt/.Sc Bioinformatics

M. A. Analytical and Applied M.Sc Others

Economics

M. A. Anthropology

M.A Mathematics

M.A Others
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 APPEN DIX-III

No. of

Sl No. Courses Scholarships

1 M.B.B.S.
400

B.D.S.
100
2

3 Engineering, Planning & Architecture 3000

4 Veterinary Science

5 Agriculture Science (B.Sc)

6 Agriculture Engineering

7 Forestry Science

8 Fishery Science

9 Home Science/CommunitY Science

10 B. Pharma

11 B.Sc. (Nursing)

72 B.Sc. (Forestry)

13 B.Sc. (Hotticulture)

L4 Bachelor in HomeopathY 2000

15 Bachelor in Ayurvedic

16 5 year Integrated Law

17 5 year Integrated MBA

18 5 year Integrated MCA

19 5 year Integrated M.Sc.

20 Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (B.O.T.)

2L Bachelor in Prosthetics and Orthotics (B.P.O.)

22 Bachelor in Physiotherapy

23 Tourism & Travel Management

24 Hotel & Hospitality Management

25 2 years Master in Financial Control ( MFC) 500

26 2 year MBA

27 3 year MCA

28 Master in SocialWork (MSW)

29 2 year PGDM