Dr. Ambedkar National Merit Award Scheme for meritorious students of Senior Secondary School Examination belonging to Scheduled Caste

Eligibility :

•  Students should belong to Scheduled Castes (SC)
•  The students should have appeared in any of the recognized State/Central Board of Secondary Education Examination, Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination and National Institute of Open Schooling and scored not less than 50% marks in the aggregate in the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination

Approval Authority :

Hon’ble Minister, Social Justice & Empowerment and Chairman, Dr. Ambedkar Foundation.s

Financial assistance disbursed through:

Student awardees securing first, second, third and the girl student securing highest mark in each of the 29 boards/councils may either be invited to the Dr. Ambedkar Foundation, New Delhi for a felicitation each year or Foundation may send the awards to the student awardees through the respective District Magistrate/ Deputy Commissioners as per the convenience. In case the Foundation invites the students, the awardee and one escort will be paid actual fare by sleeper class train/bus from their place of study or from their hometown (both ways)