Mangalore: World Konkani Centre invites applications for scholarships
Media Release
Mangalore, Jun 10: 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.vishwakonkani.org. Application module will be opened for applying from June 10. Application Module will be active only till the last date for application July 10, 2013. Applications received in hardcopy will not be processed for the Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarships 2013. candidates can login to the website for more instructions on preparation for the application process and terms and conditions of the Scholarship Scheme.
‘Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund’ envisages grant of Merit-cum-Means Scholarships to students having Konkani language as their mother tongue. Instituted in the year 2010 as envisioned by the eminent thinker and corporate leader T V Mohandas Pai, the VKSSF has successfully raised and distributed Rs 50 lac to 162 deserving students in the year 2010, Rs 1 crore to 285 students in the year 2011 and Rs 2.00 Crores to more than 1300 students in the year 2012.
As the fund is functioning on the basis of ‘Stream’ concept, the entire amount generated every year will be distributed to the beneficiaries and no separate corpus will be maintained. Contributions to the Fund will be eligible for tax exemption under section 80(G) of the Income Tax Act. An outlay of Rs 2.5 crore is envisaged for the distribution in the year 2013-14.
‘Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund’ is administered by a Governing Council comprising eminent personalities. Ramadas Kamath U, senior vice-president, Infosys Technologies Ltd, Bangalore is the president of the Fund and Pradeep G Pai, managing director of Hangyo Ice Creams Pvt Ltd, is the secretary. CA Giridhar Kamath and Venkatesh N Baliga are the members of this council. The council is also guided by Basti Vaman Shenoy, the founder and the president of World Konkani Centre, Dr Dayananda Pai the chairman of Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation the mother body of World Konkani Centre and R V Deshpande, the chairman emeritus of the Foundation.
Press note has been released by Ramdas Kamath U, president of Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund.