Konkani Scholarship

Vishwa Konkani Student
Scholarship Fund set up by
World Konkani Centre,
Mangalore, invites
applications for merit-cum-
means Scholarships-2013
from Konkani speaking
students belonging to any
caste and religion, seeking
professional education in
the stream of engineering
and MBBS.
Eligibility criteria is as
follows:
1. Only candidates with
Konkani as mother tongue
can apply for this
scholarship regardless of
caste and religion. Mother
tongue certificate should be
provided while applying.
2. Only candidates who are
seeking admission to the
first year of the
engineering or MBBS
course in 2013 can apply.
3. Only candidates who
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) can
apply.
4. Only candidates whose
total annual income of the
family is less than Rs 3 lac
per annum can apply. 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
lac per annum in special
circumstances such as
disabled person at home/
senior citizen at home/
families having more than
one child to educate etc.
5. Student should be willing
to sponsor two 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.vishwakonka
ni.org