Scholarship / Part 2

Rajarshi Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Gunawatta Scholarship

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SPECIAL ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT
(Government of Maharashtra) 3, Church Road Pune 411001 (Maha)

offers Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj Gunavatta Scholarship to 100 Students belonging to Scheduled Castes for Education in Renowned Educational Institutions in the country.

Eligibility:

(a) The student should belong to Scheduled Caste community including Nav Buddha.

(b) The Student should be the permanent resident of Maharashtra.

(c) The Annual Income of the family should not exceed Rs. 2.5 lakhs (Certificate from the competent authority is required).

(d) The student should have minimum 60% marks at H.Sc. or equivalent level.

(e) Selection is based on the marks of H.Sc. or equivalent and on Merit based.

(f) The applicant should be a student of First year of the course

(g) Given above scholarship is offered to the students beInging to Scheduled Castes who have already secured admission in the first year to the specified course in the country as mentioned
below:

(i) The students who have secured admission for MBA through CAT at HM institute, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bangalore, Lucknow, Indore, Kozhikode (Kerala), Indian Business School, Hyderabad or A+ Business Schools as classified by the Business India or equivalent organization/institution.

(ii) Admission secured through Joint Entrance Examinations to HT at Mumbai, Delhi, Guwahati, Khargpur, Chennai, Roorki and Kanpur.

(iii) Admission secured at All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani, Rajasthan.

(iv) Admission secured through All India Engineering Entrance Examination (ATEEE) at Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut, Hamidpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Kurukshetra, Nagpur, Rourkela, Silchar, Surat, Surathkal, Warangal.

For further details the interested student may contact the Special District Social Welfare Officer/ Social Welfare Officer Zilla Parishad of the concerned District/ Divisional Social Welfare Officer of the concerned Division or the Office of the Director of Social Welfare, Maharashtra State, Pune (Education Branch).

The application forms can also be had on Government of Maharashtra’s .
Last date: September.

Scholarship / Part 1.

The Rhodes Scholarships / India

History :

The Rhodes Scholarships owe their origin to the remarkable vision expressed in the Will of Cecil J. Rhodes, British colonial pioneer and statesman who died on March 26, 1902. He dreamed of bettering the lot of humankind through the diffusion of leaders motivated to serve their contemporaries, trained in the contemplative life of the mind, and broadened by their acquaintance with one another and by their exposure to cultures different from their own. Rhodes hoped that his plan of bringing able students from throughout the English-speaking world to study at the University where he took his degree in 1881 would aid in the promotion of international understanding and peace. Dedicated alumnus though he was, he was not moved merely by sentimental loyalty to establish the Scholarships at Oxford. Rhodes believed that, in addition to its eminence in the world of learning, Oxford University–with its emphasis on individualized instruction and on the community life provided by residential colleges–offered an environment highly congenial to personal and intellectual development.

Cecil Rhodes named nine beneficiary countries in his Will, and since 1904 other countries have been added to the list. In 1976, the scope of the Rhodes Scholarships was further extended when legal changes in the United Kingdom permitted the Rhodes Trustees to open the competition to women.

Rhodes described the qualities he sought in his scholars in the following terms:

My desire being that the students who shall be elected to the scholarships shall not merely bookworms I direct that in the election of a student to a Scholarship regard shall be had to
His literary and scholastic attainments

1. His fondness of and success in manly outdoor sports such as cricket football and the like

2. His qualities of manhood truth courage devotion to duty sympathy for the protection of the weak kindliness unselfishness and fellowship and

3. His exhibition during school days of moral force of character and of instincts to lead and to take an interest in his schoolmates for those latter attributes will be likely in afterlife to guide him to esteem the performance of public duties as his highest aim.

The scheme was unprecedented in scale as well as vision. Rhodes’ original will provided for 52 scholarships each year. 20 scholarships were for countries then forming part of the British Empire: two for Canada (one each for Ontario and Quebec), six for Australia (one for each colony or state), five for South Africa (one each for Natal and for four named schools in the Cape), three for Rhodesia, and one each for New Zealand, Newfoundland, Bermuda and Jamaica. 32 scholarships were for the United States: two every three years for each of the then States of the Union.

The administration of the scholarships was vested in a board of Trustees nominated in the Will.

Conditions of Eligibility

1. The Scholarships are open to citizens of India.

2. Candidates must be of such an age that they will have passed their 19th and not have passed their 25th birthday on the 1st October 2011.

3. Candidates must have at least a first class degree in Humanities, Sciences, Law, Engineering, Agriculture or Medicine from an Indian University. Candidates who are in the Final year of a degree course and have exceptionally bright academic record may also apply.

4. Candidates for medical studies should consult the Secretary, as well as the Medical School Offices at Oxford, before submitting an application. Particular difficulties may arise for those wishing to do research in clinical departments.

5. Marriage is not a bar to applying for, or holding, a Rhodes scholarship. However, married candidates should bear in mind that the scholarship stipend is sufficient only for one person, and that the Trust takes no financial responsibility for the support of a scholar’s spouse. Moreover, spouses who are not British citizens will find it very difficult to obtain permission to undertake paid work in England.

6. Subject to ratification by the Rhodes Trustees, the Committee of Selection for India is responsible for deciding whether candidates comply with forgoing conditions, and for making the nominations.

Apply online or post your applications before July 31, 2010 to; The Secretary, Rhodes Scholarships (India)
International Centre for Genetic Engineering
and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi – 110 067

Phone + 91-11-26741260 | rhodesindia@yahoo.co.in