The North East Council ( NEC ) has introduced NEC Merit Scholarship force from the financial year 2020 – 21.
- Only for Indian Students
- Eligible for north east states
- Permanent resident of any of the north east states
- Scholarship is disbursed through national scholarship portal
- However, the students who already have been receiving scholarship before these rules coming into force shall continue to receive their scholarship as per procedure till end of scholarship tenure.
- Once selected for scholarship, only renewal will be allowed for subsequent year of course
Eligibility |
- Diploma, Degree, Post – Graduate, M – Phil / Ph D course of any institute recognized by the Government
- Family annual income shall not exceed Rs. 8.00 Lakh
- Sponsored candidate under full employment shall not be eligible to receive scholarship
- Student must not be in receipt of any other scholarship at the time of availing scholarship
Level |
Qualification Examination |
Diploma |
HSLC / HSSLC / Secondary school leaving / senior secondary leaving certificate examination from recognised state / central board with minimum 60% marks aggregate |
Degree |
HSSLC / Senior secondary leaving certificate from recognised state / central board with minimum 60% marks aggregate |
Post Graduate |
Degree level examination ( BA / B Sc / BE / B Tech / MBBS / LLB / BCA / BBA etc of any recognized institute / university with minimum 60% marks aggregate |
M Phil / Ph D |
PG degree from any recognized university with minimum 60% marks in aggregate |
Documents |
1 |
Permanent resident address issued by Dy Commissioner or Additional Dy Commissioner or Sub divisional officer of civil sub – division in North East states. Certificate of Identification in the Sikkim is issued by Deputy Commissioner to its permanent resident |
2 |
Income certificate |
3 |
Bank account of applicant |
4 |
Details of qualifying examination |
5 |
Synopsis signed by project guide / Director / Any other official authorized by the Institute / University in case of M Phil / Ph D Candidate |
6 |
Other documents as per national scholarship portal guidelines |
- First level by institute and second level by domicile state of north east region of applicant.
- The institute nodal officer to verify the students fulfil the eligibility conditions under the scheme .
- They many also be provided with an option on NSP to return the application to the students for correction , if any error noticed.
- Merit based selection
- Selection of students of M Phil and Ph D will be done on the basis of topic of research / synopsis relevance to issue of NE region. The topic should be directly / indirectly related to NE region states.
- If there is tie in the merit base, lesser family income should consider first.
- No reservation
- If allotted quota remains unfilled for want of eligible candidates, the same may be distribution to remaining eligible students form other NE states.
- The scholarship will be directly disbursed to selected students by NEC to band account.
Level of study |
Fresh and renewal case |
Diploma |
Rs. 20,000 per annum |
Degree |
Rs. 22,000 per annum |
Post Graduate |
Rs. 25,000 per annum |
M Phil / Ph d |
Rs. 30,000 per annum |
Sr. No |
State |
Diploma |
Degree |
PG Degree |
M Phil / Ph D |
Total |
1 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
20 |
130 |
52 |
7 |
209 |
2 |
Assam |
30 |
200 |
80 |
10 |
320 |
3 |
Manipur |
18 |
120 |
48 |
6 |
192 |
4 |
Meghalaya |
18 |
120 |
48 |
6 |
192 |
5 |
Mizoram |
18 |
120 |
48 |
6 |
192 |
6 |
Nagaland |
18 |
120 |
48 |
6 |
192 |
7 |
Sikkim |
10 |
70 |
28 |
3 |
111 |
8 |
Tripura |
18 |
120 |
48 |
6 |
192 |
|
|
150 |
1000 |
400 |
50 |
1600 |
Renewal of Scholarship |
- Such conditions must be fulfilling in order to renew scholarship
- All existing and eligible students of the scholarship are required to fill up the renewal form on NSP portal every year during their course period.
- Students shall be required to upload previous exam mark sheet / pass certificate during renewal process.
- Latest progress report should be submitted for M Phil / Ph D students
- Students must be pass class in particular year with no back log from previous years / no pending backlogs in a year in order to renewal scholarship. If there is any back log he / she shall not receive further scholarship for remaining period.
- Any break does not allow in the scholarship period for course period.
- Renewal of scholarship will not be entertained if students change institute.
Contact |
In case of any doubt contact
The Director ( HRD & E ),
North East Council Secretariat,
Shilong – 793003
Contact No : 03642522674
Apply online on national scholarship portal after advertisement published on AICTE / NSP portal.
( https://scholarships.gov.in/)
Institute where student is studying, will requires to verify online application
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