Odisha CM approves proposal to modify KALIA Scholarship guidelines to help more students
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has reportedly given his approval for the proposal to modify the KALIA Scholarship guidelines to help more students of the State.
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has reportedly given his approval for the proposal to modify the KALIA Scholarship guidelines to help more students of the State.
Following the approval of the CM, the scholarship will be given to those who are undertaking professional/technical courses like Engineering, Medical, Agriculture & Allied, Nursing, Diploma and different trades in ITI in Government / Private Institutions (Having AISHE code) and in Premier Institutions like IIT,NIT,AIIMS,IIM, ICAR etc.
The detailed Modified KALIA Scholarship Guideline are as follows:
- In addition to Govt. Institutions, students undertaking technical/professional courses in Private institutes inside the state having AISHE code (All India Survey on Higher Education) are covered under KALIA Scholarship.
- Students taking admission under technical/professional courses in premier institutes (both inside and outside the State) like NIT, IIT, IIM, AIIMS, ICAR, IARI IISER, NISER, IVRI,CIFE,NDRI ) are included under KALIA Scholarship.
- In addition to the existing courses, PG and PhD courses (Professional /Technical) areincluded under the scheme. It shall be maximum of 2 years for PG and 4 years for Ph.D. courses. The Ph.D. courses must be related to the eligible post-graduation courses only in Govt. institutions inside the state.
- Professional courses like BBA, BCA, MBA, MCA are also added to the present approved courses.
- The course fees shall be as per actual for the students taking admission in Govt.institutions.
- The scholarship amount for the students studying in Private Institutes and Premier institutes shall be released as per the approved rate.
- No private institution outside the state shall be allowed to participate in KALIA scholarship.
- KALIA Scholarship portal(https://scholarship.odisha.gov.in) for applying on-line shall remain open for students twice in a year i.e. 1st time during the month of July/August and 2nd time during November/December.
KALIA Scholarship shall extend the financial benefits to maximum number of students. KALIA beneficiaries to build their carrier and also support Small & Marginal farmers (SF/MF) and Landless Agricultural Households (LAH) in empowering their families by giving their children better access to higher education.
It is to be noted here that the State government has launched the KALIA Scholarship in since 2021-22 to provide financial assistance to the children of KALIA beneficiaries for undertaking professional/technical education in the Government institutions of the State. Till date, a total of 1789 students have already been assisted under the scheme.
Ms Kalinga