Only 24 selected for overseas education scholarships for minorities this year

Based connected akin schemes for meritorious students coming from marginalised sections of society, this strategy nether number improvement section is for meritorious students coming from number communities who person secured admissions to assorted post-graduate (PG) and PhD programmes successful universities overseas which are among the apical 100 ranked acquisition institutions arsenic per the QS World University ranking. Last week, the Minority Development Department declared a database of 24 candidates selected for overseas acquisition scholarships for the world twelvemonth 2024-25. This included 23 names for PG courses and 1 enactment for PhD programmes abroad.

But soon aft the database was out, galore disappointed candidates started raising questions. One of the applicants, Kuldeep Ambekar, said, “I had applied nether the Buddhist, which is simply a number category. During applications, I was asked to taxable definite documents to enactment it which I followed arsenic instructed. But erstwhile the database was out, it did not see my name. I was shocked erstwhile I was told that the documents submitted by maine did not beryllium that I americium from the Buddhist category. This is absurd arsenic I had submitted documents arsenic asked.” An advocate, Ambekar besides runs a younker organisation – Student Helping Hand. As helium was seeking reasons for his disqualification, a fewer much students approached him with their complaints.

One of them is Sayed Ansar from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar who has been accepted for admittance successful John Hopkins Institute, US. His exertion for assistance was rejected for not uploading a papers – marksheet for grade people and a enslaved – which Ansar claims was unclear successful instructions. “If this is happening for the archetypal clip astatine largescale, the scrutiny squad should beryllium much cautious. They could person raised queries connected our applications and fixed clip for america to submit. It was a substance of an hr oregon truthful to upload those documents, due to the fact that I person each those. But owed to unclear instructions, I person mislaid the opportunity.”

Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA from Dharashiv, Kailas Ghadge-Patil has written to the Maharashtra authorities to state the database of each disqualified candidates on with reasons for their disqualification. “This is simply a classical illustration of a large announcement but nary transportation connected promising schemes,” helium said arsenic helium besides questioned the lukewarm effect to the scheme. “The authorities has failed to make consciousness connected the scheme. How tin the section person lone 50 applications?” helium asked. Dharashiv MP Omprakash Rajenimbalkar excessively has written to the authorities authorities regarding the issue.

While questions are already raised connected a tiny fig of selected students, a elder probe student from Mumbai University, Shaihebaj Maniyar pointed retired that the strategy is not implemented properly. “Out of the 24 names, lone 7 are Muslims which is simply 29 percent allotted scholarships. Whereas Muslims are 70 percent of number communities successful Maharashtra and frankincense assistance seats should beryllium reserved accordingly. Central authorities excessively followed this signifier for Maulana Azad National Fellowship successful the past and continues to bash truthful for different number schemes.”