AICTE Increase Scholarships for Women Candidates; Offers 6,000 more scholarships

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to increase the scholarships provided to women candidates to encourage technical education among women.

To impart technical education among women belonging to economically weaker families, the scholarship named as 'Pragati' was under practice. Families having annual income less than INR 8 lakh were eligible to apply for scholarships.

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Till last year the scholarship was offered to only 4,000 women candidates and from this year onwards the count has increased to 10,000. Under this scholarship program, INR 50,000 is offered annually which covers the college fees and other expenses related to the course.

AICTE Chairman, Anil Sahasrabudhe said, " It is an attempt to urge the avid women aspirants who wish to pursue engineering courses and the Council has increased the scholarship 2.5 times as compared to last year."

Under the scholarship scheme, the women candidates from northeastern states and J&K are also eligible to apply. 

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As per statistics, sound 28% women candidates enrolled in B.Tech courses in the year 2018-19 and nearly 28.86% women admitted in B.E. courses. The percentage of women seeking MBA was high with 41.67%.

AICTE also offers scholarships to students belonging from Ladakh and J&K, under Prime Minister's Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS). The first scholarship was introduced in 2011-12 and since then there has been a spike in the number of underprivileged students seeking education.

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