Media Release
Mangaluru, Jun 14: Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund set up by World Konkani Centre, Mangaluru, has invited applications for Merit-Cum-Means Scholarships-2016 from Konkani speaking students belonging to any caste and religion, seeking professional education in the stream of engineering and MBBS.
Eligibility criteria will be as follows:
1. Only candidates with Konkani as mother tongue can apply for this scholarship regardless of caste and religion. Mother tongue certificate needs to be provided while applying.
2. Only candidates who are seeking admission to the first year of the engineering or MBBS course in 2016 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 Common Entrance Test (CET) can apply.
4. Only candidates whose total family income is less than Rs. 4.50 lac per annum can apply. References from family doctor and a chartered accountant should be provided in this regard while applying.
5. Student should be willing to sponsor 2 students after completion of studies and after securing employment and should contribute 20 days in the year 2016-17 to 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 engineering and MBBS aspirants respectively.
Candidates fulfilling the above criteria can apply online for Scholarships 2016 through an online application module set up by World Konkani Centre on its website www.vishwakonkani.org.
Application module is open for applying from June 10 and will be active only till the last date for application, that is July 10. Applications received in hardcopy will not be processed for the Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarships 2016. Candidates can login to the website for detailed instructions on preparation for the application process and terms and conditions of the scholarship programme.
‘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 awarded more than 11,000 scholarships to the tune of about Rs 12 crore. Every year it awards more than 2,000 scholarships amounting Rs 3 crore to deserving students in various disciplines.
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.
‘Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund’ is administered by a governing council comprising eminent personalities. Ramadas Kamath U, executive vice-president, Infosys is the president of the Fund and Pradeep G Pai, managing director of Hangyo Ice Creams Pvt Ltd, is the secretary. The council is also guided by Basti Vaman Shenoy, the founder and president of World Konkani Centre, Dr Dayananda Pai, the chairman of Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation and R V Deshpande, the chairman emeritus of the Foundation.