Scholarship Details
This scheme is applicable for members from economically weak families of Kapu Community of Andhra Pradesh who aspire to do their Graduate (only MBBS), Post Graduate or Ph.D. Courses abroad. 400 students shall be offered this scholarship. 33% of the awards shall be earmarked for Women Candidates (if adequate number of eligible women candidates are not available then Male candidates may be selected against this 33%)
Award
- Installment I -An amount of Rupees 5 Lakh Only shall be payable to the students upon production of the landing permit / I-94 card. (Immigration Card).
- Installment II -An amount of Rupees 5 Lakh Only shall be payable to the students upon production of the 1st Semester/Term results.
Eligibility
- An applicant must be a permanent resident of Andhra Pradesh.
- He or she must belong to the kapu community i.e. the Kapu, Balija, Telaga, and Ontari sub-castes of Andhra Pradesh.
- The annual income should not exceed more than Rs. 6 lakhs .
- The candidates should be at the age of 35years or below.
- The candidate must have obtained admission in accredited foreign university.
- The candidate must hold a valid passport and obtain the appropriate visa for a country.
- At the time of admission into the foreign institute, the applicant should have received his/her Intermediate certificate/relevant Graduate Degree for applying for MBBS courses or Graduate/PG certificate for applying for PG/Ph.D. courses.
- PG courses include PG Diploma courses of One year, and One and Half year duration.
- The scheme includes the study of CPA (Certified Public Accountant) and CPM (Certified Portfolio Manger) courses in the US since they are equivalent to Chartered Accountancy (CA) / Cost Accounting (CA) courses in India.
- An individual can be awarded only once in a lifetime.
- Studying in courses from recognized universities from USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Denmark, Russia, Philippines, Kazakhstan and China (Philippines, Kazakhstan, and China only for medicine) will be considered for this scheme.
- Application to other countries can be considered from case to case basis by the State Level Selection Committee.
The applicant should not have availed himself/ herself of any amount under any other Government scheme for the same purpose.
- In the case where not all scholarships are availed by eligible candidates students already studying in 1st year or going to join 2nd year in eligible foreign institutes and courses as above my application for this scheme.
Documents Needed
- Income certificate.
- Aadhar Card of the applicant.
- Caste certificate issued by the competent authority.
- Date of birth proof.
- Intermediate or Graduate degree mark sheet.
- Passbook details of Savings Bank Accounting Nationalized Bank (account must be in the name of applicant).
- Passport size photograph (in JPEG format up to 50 KB size).
- Passport copy.
- GRE / GMAT or equivalent qualifying exam/test scorecard.
- TOFEL / IELTS scorecard.
- Admission offer letter from Foreign University.
- Bio-data of the candidate.
Provider
Kapu Welfare and Development Corporation Limited.
How To Apply
- STEP 1: Visit the official website of kapu welfare.
- STEP 2: Register for the application form.
- STEP 3: Fill in all the required details carefully.
- STEP 4: Upload the scanned copies of all the necessary documents.
- STEP 5: Submit the completed application form.