GATE Scholarship 2020: AICTE announces stipend for PG courses; check details

NEW DELHI: The All India Council for Technical Education has announced GATE scholarship 2020 for M.Tech/M.E./M.Arch students for the academic year 2020-21. Students who have been admitted in any of the AICTE approved institutions in the academic year 2020-21 and having a valid GATE score at the time of admission will be eligible for the GATE PG scholarship. Students will be provided a monthly stipend of Rs.12,400 per month for a period of 24 months or till the completion of course, whichever is earlier. Students are also provided with an annual contingency grant of Rs.20,000.

To receive the scholarship, candidates have to validate their students ID and proceed with filling the GATE PG scholarship form. All the details like Bank account number, institute permanent ID, students ID and date of birth have to filled correctly, failing which the disbursal of scholarship will be affected. After filling the form, institutes have to verify and submit the data of all candidates admitted in M.Tech/M.E./M.Arch through GATE for the academic years 2020-21. The last date for institutes to verify and submit students data to AICTE is December 31. The scholarship will be provided from the date of commencement of classes/date of admission whichever is earlier. Students will receive the GATE scholarship 2020 amount directly in their bank account.

To receive the GATE scholarship 2020, candidates need to have a savings account in their name, same as furnished in GATE/institute admission. Candidates belonging to OBC-Creamy layer who have qualified GATE under OBC category will not be eligible for the scholarship. Candidates who qualified GATE under any reserved category (SC/ST/PwD/OBC-NCL) must have a valid category certificate without which they will not be considered for the scholarship.

For any clarification regarding the scholarship, candidates can contact their institutes of AICTE helpline number at 011-26131576/77/78/80 during 10AM to 6 PM or email at pgscholarship@aicte-india.org

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