North South Foundation Scholarship program 2018- 19
INTRODUCTION
North South Foundation (NSF) provides scholarships to undergraduate students entering into engineering, medicine or 3-year polytechnic (diploma in engineering.) based on merit and financial need.
No of scholarships: More than 12,000 scholarships
Scholarship award:
Medicine Rs.25,000/- per annum
Engineering (Fresh and Lateral entry) Rs.20,000/- per annum.
Dental, Veterinary Science and B Sc (Agriculture) Rs. 20,000/- per annum.
Diploma in Engineering Rs. 8,000/- per annum.
Diploma in Agriculture Rs.8,000/- per annum
B Sc Nursing Rs.8,000/- per annum
For renewals, the scholarship amount shall remain the same as per original sanction for the entire duration of the course.
COURSE AND ELIGIBILITY
Eligibilities:
A numerical rank up to 10,000 for Engineering and up to 5,000 for Lateral entry into Engineering secured in CETs conducted by the respective State governments shall be considered for award of scholarship. For students intending to pursue courses leading to the award of Diploma in Engineering the POLYCET rank shall not exceed 5,000. The maximum ceiling is to ensure quality of the candidates compared to the seats made available simply because of the proliferation of private colleges indiscriminately in some states.
In respect of students appearing for and qualifying in the all India National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) for Medicine a numerical rank up to 60,000 shall be considered. Besides, all students who secure admission into the prestigious all India Medical Institutes viz. AIIMS (currently at 9 centres) and JIPMER (currently at 2 centres), who conduct Entrance Tests separately and are not included in the NEET pool, shall become eligible for the award of scholarship.
In respect of students appearing for and qualifying in the Joint Engineering Entrance Examination (JEE) the rank shall not exceed 70,000. Only the all India rank shall be considered for awarding scholarship irrespective of the state rank/category rank secured by the student.
CAREER PROSPECTS
How to apply: Applicant can apply online mode only.
Last date: 31st October, 2018.