Children's Day 2024: List of scholarships to help students to achieve their dreams
Hindustan TimesEvery year, on November 14, the country celebrates Children's Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of India's first Prime Minister, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru. Under the Scheme, the Scholarship allowance would be ₹ 20,000/- per child per annum which will comprise a monthly allowance of ₹ 1,000 per month and an Annual academic allowance of Rs. HDFC Bank Parivartan's Educational Crisis Scholarship Support HDFC Bank Parivartan's Educational Crisis Scholarship Support Programme is an initiative of HDFC Bank and aims to support deserving students belonging to underprivileged sections of society. Selection process: Shortlisting of the candidates based on the eligibility criteria Document verification Personal interview of the shortlisted candidates' post document verification Announcement of the final list of scholars Eligibility Criteria: The candidate should be an Indian national The candidate must be currently studying in Classes 1 to 12, diploma, ITI, and polytechnic courses in private, government, or government-aided schools The applicants must have passed the previous qualifying examination with at least 55% marks. National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme An initiative by the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, this scheme aims to offer 1,00,000 scholarships to students whose parental income is not more than ₹3,50,000/- per annum from all sources at the time of selection of awardees for a scholarship.