Want to fund your child’s education through government-backed scholarship? Here’s what you have to do
Several government scholarships are available for the eligible and meritorious students across the country. The scholarships are provided for both pre-matric and post-matric students. If you too want to fund your child’s education through government-backed scholarship then this article is going to be helpful for you.
You can directly visit the National Scholarship Portal (NSP), the online portal by the Government of India for applying, processing, verifying and sanction of Government scholarships to students.
The NSP portal aims to be a “one stop” portal for the Indian students applying for scholarships by bringing together hundreds of scholarships run by both states and the central government.
Click here to visit the NSP portal. You can also access the portal on your phone. For this, visit the Google Play store. Download and install the NSP app and then log-in with user ID and password. However, if you are new to the portal and want to apply for any of the scholarships, then follow the One Time Registration (OTR) Guidelines for Scholarships Hosted on NSP.
Mandatory Requirement: One Time Registration (OTR) is mandatory for applying for various scholarship schemes on National Scholarship Portal/other portals.
- Essential Requirement for OTR: Active mobile number is mandatory for OTR.
- No payment of fee is required for OTR.
- Steps for Registration:
- Once allotted an OTR, student can apply for scholarship later when the portal is open for application submission.
- Upon successful registration, a reference number will be sent on the registered mobile number.
- Download and install NSP OTR app and Aadhaar Face RD services on android based devices.
- Perform the Face-Authentication using the generated reference number for OTR sent on your mobile no.
- After successful Face-Authentication OTR will be generated.
- Please apply for Scholarship using OTR. Merely generation of OTR does not tantamount to application for scholarship.
- Aadhaar Requirement: Aadhaar is required for OTR. If Aadhaar is not assigned, registration can be done using Enrollment ID (EID) for Aadhaar. If a minor student has not been assigned Aadhaar yet, registration can be done using Aadhaar of her parent or legal guardian.
- It is advised to update other relevant demographic records (name, dob, gender) to match with Aadhaar/EID.
- Parent/legal guardian of minor applying with their Aadhaar must ensure that while making an application for Aadhaar enrolment of minor shall use the same demographic details (of minor) as used in the OTR.
- One OTR ID is allowed per student. However, parent/legal guardian can generate upto a maximum of two OTRs (for two minor children)
- In case more than one OTR is found for a student, she would be liable for debarment from scholarships.
Student login tips:
- Student/Parent/Legal guardian must read the instructions carefully before registration.
- Student/Parent/Legal is advised to fill all the required details carefully and check properly before submission as correction/editing will not be allowed after submission.
- Any wrong/false information may lead to rejection.
- Enter correct OTR number as provided during registration. The unique identifier helps to verify identity and track application progress.
- Keep your password confidential and avoid sharing it with anyone to protect your account security.
- In case you forget your password, utilize the Forgot Password option to reset it.
- Student/Parent/Legal is also advised to refer to National Scholarship Portal for regular updates.