Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Scholarship
Overview
Jyotirao Govindrao Phule (11 April 1827 – 28 November 1890) was an Indian social activist, businessman, anti-caste social reformer and writer from Maharashtra. His work extended to many fields, including eradication of untouchability and the caste system and for his efforts in educating women and oppressed caste people. He and his wife, Savitribai Phule, were pioneers of women's education in India. Mahatma Jyotiba Phule started his first school for girls in 1848 in Pune at Tatyasaheb Bhide's residence or Bhidewada. He, along with his followers, formed the Satyashodhak Samaj (Society of Truth Seekers) to attain equal rights for people from lower castes. People from all religions and castes could become a part of this association which worked for the upliftment of the oppressed classes.
In order to honour his contribution for the upliftment of lower castes people of society, SBUP proposes to introduce a scholarship in his name, the details of which are as follows:’
The main objective of this scholarship is to provide encouragement and to facilitate higher education to the students who belong to the reserved categories as per the following;
The students from “Maharashtra state”, belonging to the Vimukta Jati (VJ), De Notified Tribes (DT) (NT-A), Nomadic Tribes 1 (NT-B), Nomadic Tribes 2 (NT-C), Nomadic Tribes 3 (NT-D), Other Backward Class (OBC), Special Backward Class (SBC), Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) and who are in non-creamy layer.
i) The candidates should have scored equal to or greater than 60% marks at the SSC, and HSC.
ii) The scholarship will be of 15% of Academic Fees of the concerned program.
Eligibility Criteria
The candidate must apply through Sri Balaji University, Pune’s online/offline Scholarship process.
The candidate must clear SBUP’s selection process (PI and English Fluency test (if any)).
Eligible students may apply for one or more scholarships separately before the stipulated date and time.
If the candidate is eligible, he/she will be awarded only one scholarship for which he/she is eligible.
If the student was awarded the scholarship in First year in such case to continue the scholarship in Second year/Third year/Fourth year/Fifth year, he / she must have fulfilled the following criteria; i) Must have passed with minimum 70 % marks in earlier year. ii) Should not have any backlog in Internal as well as external subjects. iii) Should have minimum 75 % LHR in the earlier semesters/year. iv) Should not have his / her name in the red list. v) Any student who is found with undisciplined behavior in earlier year/semester shall be disqualified.
As per the conditions mentioned above in Point No.5, the students who are fulfilling these conditions are eligible for getting Second year/Third year/Fourth year scholarship. Hence, the Principal of the College will scrutinize and verify the eligibility of those students (mentioned under point No 5) and send the list of eligible students to the Registrar’s Office for further process by 25th June.
As mentioned in Sant Janabai Scholarship Point No. C, the Principal of the respective College will scrutinize and verify the eligibility of those students and will send the list of eligible students to the Registrar’s Office for further process by 25th June.
The First Year student who awarded Dr. P.C. Shejwalkar Scholarship (For EWS student), to continue the scholarship in the second year; he /she must have passed minimum 70% marks in earlier year and should submit the valid EWS certificate in their institute in the Second Year also. Basic Eligibility Criteria No. 5 ii), iii), iv) and v) will remain applicable. The Institutes will verify the EWS certificate and will prepare the eligible students list and send to the Registrar’s Office for further process by 25th June.
The scholarship recommended to each student is for the BBA, BCA, BA (Hons), BA (Liberal Arts), B.Sc (Actuarial Science), BPES Batch 2025-2029, BBA-MBA Integrated, BA LLB, BBA LLB Batch 2025-2030 and LLB Batch 2025-2028
If any student who has been granted the scholarship cancels the admission or discontinues the program in the same year, the scholarship amount shall be recovered from the student.
Required Documents
Selection Process
A committee comprising of University officials headed by the Vice Chancellor will nominate the eligible students for this scholarship.
Scholarship Details
15% exemption in Academic Fees
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Important Notes
- The CGPA conversion into percentage for 10th, 12th and graduation marks should be uploaded / submitted by the student along with supporting documents of respective Board / University.