Bhubaneswar: Chairman 5T and Nabin Odisha Kartik Pandian today announced that Odisha Government will provide a minimum scholarship amount of Rs. 9,000 to male students per year and Rs 10,000 for female students in College and Universities.
He explained the historic Cabinet decision of the State Government on Nua -O Scholarships for students enrolled in General Degree & Post-Graduate (PG) programs in State universities, Govt and non-govenemnt aided colleges including aided Sanskrit colleges under the Higher education Department.
The students belonging to eligible SC/ST and Nirman Shramik Families will get Rs 10,000 (Male) and Rs 11,000 (Female) per annum, Pandian informed while participating Nua-O Fest at NC College in Jajpur.
All Students are eligible for the scholarships, except the students whose parents are Income Tax payee or permanent Govt. employees. The Nua O scholarships for current academic year will be deposited in the bank accounts of the eligible students from February 20th onwards and completed this month itself.
A Nua -O Corpus fund of Rs 300 Crs will be constituted from the coming academic year. Students who will excel in academic and different co-curricular activities will get higher amount as scholarship from this corpus fund.
By August end, Nua-O Magic Smart Card will be given to all eligible students which be enable a system of additional benefits like bus/train travel, free wifi, access online courses, skill development, coaching programs etc based on performance and participation in various academic and extracurricular activities.
Pandian said that this will be a new era of student empowerment by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik towards realising his vision of Nabin Odisha. He motivated students to dream big and work hard to realise it.
It is expected that about 4.5 lakhs UG students and about 32,000 PG students will benefit from this Nua-O Scholarships scheme of the state government.
