National Scholarships Portal
National Scholarships Portal is one-stop solution through which various services starting from student application, application receipt, processing, sanction and disbursal of various scholarships to Students are enabled. National Scholarships Portal is taken as Mission Mode Project under National e-Governance Plan (NeGP)
This initiative aims at providing a Simplified, Mission-oriented, Accountable, Responsive & Transparent ‘SMART’ System for faster & effective disposal of Scholarships applications and delivery of funds directly into beneficiaries account without any leakages.
Key Benefits
Simplified process for the students
- All scholarships information available under one umbrella.
- Single integrated application for all scholarships
Improved transparency
- System suggests the schemes for which a student is eligible.
- Duplicates can be reduced to the maximum extent
Helps in standardization
- Master data for Institutions and courses at all India level.
- Scholarships processing
- Serves as a decision support system (DSS) for Ministries and departments as up-to date information will be available on demand.
- Comprehensive MIS System to facilitate monitoring every stage of Scholarships distribution i.e. from student registration to delivery of funds
NSP Process
Scheme Onboarding
- Scheme eligibility Configuration
- Scholarship amount configuration
- PFMS scheme configuration
Institute onboarding
- Institute validation – Integrated with AISHE, UDISE and NCVT
- Aadhaar eKYC of nodal officer
Scholarship Application Submission
- Registration
- Aadhaar demo auth of students
- Scheme selection & submission
- Authentication with mobile no.
- SMS notification
Application Verification
- L1 – Institute
- L2-DNO/ SNO/ Department
- Using two Factor Authentication
Merit, Scholarship amount calculation and Payment System
- Merit list generation
- Digital Signature by State
- Approval by Scheme Owner
- Scholarship DBT using PFMS
For more information, please visit : https://scholarships.gov.in/
