Overview:
Vidyadhan Scholarship Program from Sarojini Damodaran Foundation supports the college education of meritorious students from economically challenged families. The students are selected after completion of 10th grade /SSLC through a rigorous selection process including test and interview. Currently, the Vidyadhan program has 5000 students across the following states: Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana, Goa, Odisha, New Delhi, and Ladhak.
Those selected will be eligible for a two-year scholarship from the Foundation. If they continue to do well, they will be given scholarships for any degree course of their interest; these scholarships are directly through the foundation or external sponsors who have registered with the Foundation. The scholarship amount for graduation courses varies from Rs 10,000 to Rs 60,000 per year depending on the state, course, duration, etc. The selected students will be required to attend the mentoring programs from the Foundation.
Eligibility:
- The eligibility criteria differ depending on the state and its respective SSLC boards.
- The scholarship's last date is not the same for all states.
- SDF will shortlist the applicants based on their academic performance and the information provided in the application form. The shortlisted candidates will be invited for a short online test/interview
- 10th Marksheet (If the original marksheet is not available, you can upload a provisional /online marksheet from the SSLC/CBSE/ICSC website.)
- Photograph
- Income Certificate (from a competent authority; ration card not accepted.)
- You need to have a personal Email Account to apply online. DO NOT USE THE EMAIL ID of the cyber café/DTP center since all future communications will be sent to the registered email id. If you do not have an email ID, please create a new account at www.gmail.com or with any other email service provider. Please memorize the email login and password for future use.
- While registering a new account you will be asked for details like:
- First Name: Please mention your first name as per your educational records.
- Last Name: Please mention your last name as per your educational records.
- Email ID: Please mention your email address and do not forget to regularly check this email account for our intimation. For future login, use the email id.
- Vidyadhan Password: Please choose a complex password for the user name you have created above. The Password should have at least 8 characters. This password is not the same as the password you have created for the email id. When you log into the vidyadhan application next time, you must use the email id and the vidyadhan password you created. Please remember it; do not write it anywhere for security reasons. If you forget the password then you can retrieve it by clicking the "Forgot Password" link on the Home Page.
- Click on the "Apply Now " button. An email will be sent to your email account with an account activation link.
- Please open your email in a new window and open the account activation email. Click on the activation link provided in that email. This will open the home page with a message that the Account is activated and a login form to proceed further.
- Please login with the email id and the vidyadhan password you entered in Step 2 above while registering a new account.
- After you log in you can see a link "Help" on the main menu. You can click on that link to read help and instructions for creating an application, and updating and tracking it.
- Please select the appropriate scholarship program from the list of available programs and click on the 'Apply Now button to create your application.
- After creating the application you can edit it and make changes by clicking on Edit Application on top of the application.
- After you complete the application and submit it, you will get a message “submission successful”. However please note that the application will be considered complete only after you upload the mandatory documents and photograph.
- Please check your email regularly for communication and updates from SDF.