The information on the instructions which had been issued by the AICTE for the PG students for applying for scholarships has been mentioned below:

General Instruction For Students

1. Only GATE/GPAT qualified candidates are eligible for GATE/GPAT scholarship

2. Candidates admitted for part time courses are not eligible for GATE/GPAT Scholarship

3. Bank account name and candidate name should be same

4. Joint accounts are not permitted for GATE/GPAT scholarship

5. Student must have general saving account in the bank. (no frill account will be accepted).

6. GATE candidates admitted in engineering and architecture program and GPAT candidates admitted in pharmacy program alone are eligible for GATE/GPAT scholarship

7. ADMISSIONS BEFORE OR AFTER GATE/GPAT VALIDITY SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR GATE/GPAT SCHOLARSHIP

8. Creamy layer OBC candidates who had qualified under OBC category are not eligible for gate scholarship.

9. Candidates qualified under SC/ST/OBC (NCL)/physically handicapped not having authentic certificate are not eligible for GATE/GPAT scholarship

10. GATE/GPAT scholarship shall be given from date of commencement of classes/date of admission (whichever is later) to completion of courses/date of submission of thesis

11. The GATE/GPAT scholarship will be disbursed for a maximum period of 24 month or till completion of courses/date of submission of thesis whichever is earlier

Guidelines for Attachments

A. Recent authentic non creamy layer certificate[ncl] is required for obc candidates (not more than 1 year old)

B. Documents in support of sc/st/obc (ncl)/physically handicapped certificate shall be attested by the institute principal or gazetted officer

C. SC/ST/OBC (NCL)/physically handicapped certificate should be in hindi/english otherwise it should be translated and verified in hindi/english by notary officer or by the principal in institute letter head. Understudy shall upload both original and translated certificate

D. All other attachments shall be self attested by the candidate.

E. Only clear and readable attachments shall be accepted.