Under Maulana Azad Education Foundation run by Government of India, Muslim students get yearly scholarship worth approximately Rs 50,000.
Performance not a bar. Low performing students are also eligible.
http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in/sites/upload_files/moma/files/pdfs/pm15points_eguide.pdf
http://maef.nic.in/
Expenditure: 550 crores
Other Schemes and Expenditures:
Expenditure: 96.86 crores
The objective of the Fellowship is to provide integrated five year fellowships in the form of financial assistance to students from minority communities, as notified by the Central Government to pursue higher studies such as M. Phil and Ph.D.
http://minorityaffairs.gov.in/maulana-azad-fellow
Scheme 3: Corpus Funds to MAEF
Scheme 2: Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students Scheme.
Objective: The objective of the Fellowship is to provide integrated five year fellowships in the form of financial assistance to students from minority communities, as notified by the Central Government to pursue higher studies such as M. Phil and Ph.D. The Fellowship will cover all Universities/Institutions recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under section 2(f) and section 3 of the UGC Act and will be implemented by the Ministry of Minority Affairs through UGC for students belonging to the minority communities. The fellowship under Fellowships awarded to research students pursuing regular and full time M. Phil and Ph.D courses. The fellowship holders under this Fellowship will be known as Ministry of Minority Affairs scholars.
Scope: The Fellowship will cater to the requirements of the minority community students pursuing research studies leading to regular and full time M.Phil and Ph.D courses only and equivalent research degree in universities, research institutions and scientific institutions within India. This will enable them to be eligible for employment to the posts with M.Phil and Ph.D as pre-requisites, including the posts of lecturers in various academic institutions.
Implementing Agency: UGC will be the nodal agency for implementing the Fellowship. UGC will notify the Fellowship by releasing suitable advertisement in the newspapers, internet, webpage and other media.
Target in the Financial Year 2014-15
Achievements in the Earlier Financial Years
Scheme 3: Corpus Funds to MAEF
The Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) was established in 1989 as a voluntary, non-political, non-profit making society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
Aims & Objectives:
The main objectives of MAEF are to formulate and implement educational schemes and plans for the benefit of the educationally backward minorities in particular and weaker sections in general, to facilitate establishment of residential schools, especially for girls, in order to provide modern education to them and to promote research and encourage other efforts for the benefit of educationally backward minorities.
Schemes Details
The Schemes of the Foundation are mainly of two types, Viz; Grants-in-aid to NGOs for construction and expansion of schools / hostels, technical / vocational training centres with emphasis on girl students and Scholarships to meritorious girl students. The various schemes run by the Foundation are as under:
- Financial assistance to establish/expand schools/residential schools/colleges;
- Financial assistance for purchase of laboratory equipment and furniture etc;
- Financial assistance for setting up/strengthening vocational/technical training centre/institutes;
- Financial assistance for construction of hostel buildings;
- Maulana Azad National Scholarships for meritorious girl students;
- Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Literacy Awards.
Corpus Fund
The Foundation is implementing its schemes out of the interest earned on its Corpus Fund, which is its main source of income. The Corpus Fund has been provided to the Foundation as part of plan assistance. The Corpus fund, which stood at Rs.100 crores in the year 2006-07 now stands at Rs. 700.00.
The total approved plan outlay of Rs.500 crore to augment the Corpus Fund of the MAEF during the 11th Plan period has already been released to the MAEF. An additional provision of Rs. 50 crore was made in the Budget Estimate for the year 2011-12. This would take the corpus to Rs.750 crore.
The total approved plan outlay of Rs.500 crore to augment the Corpus Fund of the MAEF during the 11th Plan period has already been released to the MAEF. An additional provision of Rs. 50 crore was made in the Budget Estimate for the year 2011-12. This would take the corpus to Rs.750 crore.
Achivements in the Current Year
Since its inception, MAEF has sanctioned Rs.148.31 crores to 1137 NGOs throughout the country for construction / expansion of schools / colleges / girls hostels / polytechnics / ITIs and for the purchase of equipment / machinery / furniture etc and has distributed scholarships to 59303 girl students amounting to Rs.68.99 crores. Achievement details, year-wise during the current plan period are at Annex-I.
Performance & Statistics
- Performance
- Statistics
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