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BHUBANESWAR, JAN 08, 2024
In a bid to secure the future of more students, the Odisha Government has modified the KALIA scholarship guidelines.
As per the new and revised guidelines, in addition to Govt. institutions, students undertaking technical/professional courses in Private institutes inside the state having AISHE code (All India Survey on Higher Education) are covered under KALIA scholarship.
Students taking admission under technical/professional courses in premier institutes (both inside and outside the State) like NIT, IIT, IIM, AIIMS, ICAR, IARI IISER, NISER, IVRI,CIFE,NDRI ) are also included under KALIA scholarship.
In addition to the existing courses, PG and PhD courses (Professional/ Technical) are included under the scheme. It shall be of maximum 2 years for PG and 4 years for PhD courses. The PhD courses must be related to the eligible post-graduation courses only in Govt. institutions inside the state.
Professional courses like BBA, BCA, MBA, MCA are also added to the present approved courses.
The course fees shall be as per actual for the students taking admission in Govt. institutions. The scholarship amount for the students studying in Private Institutes and Premier institutes shall be released as per the approved rate.
However, no private institution outside the state shall be allowed to participate in the KALIA scholarship.
KALIA Scholarship is operational from 2021-22 to provide financial assistance to the children of KALIA beneficiaries for undertaking professional/technical education in the Government institutions of the So far, 1789 students have been provided scholarships under the scheme.
