Maulana Azad National Scholarship

Scholarship Details

Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Scholarship, commonly known as the "Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship"  is offered by Maulana Azad Education Foundation, established in the year 2003-04. This foundation comes under the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. The main purpose of this scheme is to provide financial assistance to the girls from class 9th to 12th  who are meritorious and belong to minority communities.

The emphasis has been given to six minority classes which are Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis, and Jains.  The applicant's annual income should not exceed more than 2.5 lakh PA. The selected students will get INR 25,000 per month for two years under JRF and INR 28,000 per month under SRF. 

Award

Maulana Azad Scholarship Reward amount is divided into two parts: one for class 9th and 10th and second for class 11th and 12th. For class 9th and 10th students are provided with the amount of INR 5000 per year and for class 11th and 12th are provided with a scholarship of INR 6000 per year.

Eligibility

• Only girl students belonging to six notified minority communities i.e Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Janis, Parsis.
• Minority girl students studying in class 9th to 12th and must have secured a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent in the previous class.
• Annual Family income should be not more than 2 lakh PA.
• Income certificate to be issued by competent authority declared by state govt/ UTs/ Administration. Income certificate in English/ Hindi/ Regional language.
• Students can only submit an online application. If submitting more than one, it will be considered a duplicate and the application will be canceled.
• Scholarship Amount will be credited directly to the beneficiary account.
• The scholarship will be not be given to more than two students from the same family.
• There is no registration fee for applying online form

Documents Needed

We have mentioned Some Documents. which will be important to apply for the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Scholarship 2024.

• Income Certificate issued by the competent authority.
• School verification form. Download the application form and get it signed by the principal and upload it scanned copy with the application form.
• Category Certificate.
• Physically or disable certificate.
• Research Work Publish.
• Scholarship/Current Employment.

Provider

Maulana Azad Education Foundation

How To Apply

The scholarship will be implemented through the official portal of the Maulana Azad Education Foundation. It is mandatory for all the students to apply online by downloading a form www.maef.nic.in and filling the form offline and posting the same with all the documents to the MAEF office in a given time period.

How To Apply

• Applicants applying for the first time have to register themselves on the MAEF Scholarship portal by clicking “Student Registration Form”
• While filling the registration form, the candidates are every mandatory detail.
• Then submit the registration form.
• After submitting the form, students are given a link to download the school verification form that needs to be checked by the school principal and uploaded while completing the scholarship.
• Applicants needed to log in with their registration details.
• Fill in the application details and upload the documents and submit the application.