On National Girl Child Day in 2024, five Indian scholarships would be awarded to women alone

Every year on January 24, India observes National Girl Child Day. Raising awareness of girls’ rights, emphasizing the value of their education, health, and nutrition, as well as elevating their social standing in order to guarantee a higher standard of living, is the aim.

In honor of National Girl Child Day in 2024, let’s examine the top 5 scholarship opportunities in India for female students.
1. Girls’ AICTE Pragati Scholarship
Goal: The AICTE Pragati Scholarship for Girls is an initiative to encourage and assist young women who want to pursue technical education in India.
Qualifications: Applicants must be accepted into the first year of a degree or diploma program at any AICTE-approved institution by means of the State/Centre Government’s centralized admissions procedure. Restrictions: ‘One Girl’ per household, up to ‘Two Girl Child’ if family income is below Rs. 8 Lakh per year. The greater income of the parents or in-laws is taken into account for married female children.
Scholarship Amount
The real tuition fee is Rs. 30,000/-, whichever is less.
Incidental Amount: Two thousand rupees a month for ten months in a year.
compensation for applicants who get a tuition cost waiver.
2. Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship Goal: Meritorious female students from Minority Communities are the focus of the Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship, formerly known as the Maulana Azad National Scholarship. Acceptable for costs associated with attending school or college, textbooks, stationery, equipment, and accommodation or board.
Girls from six designated Minority Communities who received at least 50% in their prior qualifying test and an annual income of no more than Rs. 2.00 lakh are eligible.
The monthly scholarship amount for Class IX and X is Rs. 5,000.
For Class XI and XII, the monthly fee is Rs. 6,000.
3. Indira Gandhi Postgraduate Scholarship for Unmarried Girl Child
The purpose of this scholarship is to support girls who are unmarried and seeking post-graduate studies in fields other than medicine.
Conditions of Eligibility: This program is available to unmarried female children who have enrolled in normal, full-time Master’s degree programs in their first year at accredited universities or post-graduate schools. Courses in distance learning are not included.
Scholarship Amount: Up to Rs. 2,000/-per month for the complete two-year post-graduate study length.
4. The CBSE Merit Scholarship Program for Unmarried Girls
Goal: The program encourages deserving students and recognizes the work parents do to support girls’ education.
Conditions of Eligibility: Available to single female students with a minimum of 60% in CBSE Class X, enrolled in CBSE-affiliated schools for Classes XI and XII, and paying tuition of no more than Rs. 1,500 per month.
Monthly Scholarship Amount: Rs. 500/-for a maximum of two years.
The DST’s Women Scientist Scheme-B (WOS-B) aims to provide possibilities for women to resume their careers in science and technology by addressing the obstacles they experience.
Women between the ages of 27 and 57 who possess credentials in STEM fields are eligible. Permanent staff members are not qualified.
Monthly Scholarship Amount: Rs. 55,000 for a Ph.D. or its equivalent
M.Phil./MTech. or comparable: forty thousand rupees a month
M.Sc. or comparable: Rs. 31,000 monthly