What is Merit Based Scholarships for Air Force Personnel ?
Merit-Based Scholarships for Air Force personnel 2020, are for children of AF Personnel and scholarship will be provided on yearly basis. This scholarship is mainly for AF Personnel (Retired, deceased & Serving) children.
What is Eligibility Criteria ?
- This scheme is applicable for students of class 6th to postgraduate level.
- A candidate must be a regular student in a recognized school/ college/ Institution.
- An applicant must be the children of air force personnel (Serving, Retired & Deceased).
- To continue this scholarship, students have to obtain a minimum of 60 % marks (45 % in the case of school-going children of serving NCs(E)).
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What are benefits ?
- Student studying in class 6 to 10 (For serving NCs(E) only) will get INR 2,000.
- Student studying in class 11 and 12 will get INR 5,000.
- Student studying under graduation courses will get INR 10,000.
- Student studying under graduation courses (Professional) will get INR 15,000.
- Student studying post graduation courses will get INR 20,000.
- Student studying post graduation courses (Professional) will get INR 30,000.
- Special Children with Disability Less than 70% will get INR 10,000.
How to Apply?
- Steps to be followed by the students to apply for this scholarship are as follows:
- Students can apply for this scholarship in offline mode.
- The scholarship application form can be downloaded through this link https://indianairforce.nic.in/
- After downloading the form, enter all the required details carefully.
- Incomplete applications received after due dates will be rejected.
- The duly completed application forms in all respects must be reached to the below address before due dates:
- The Secretary,
IAF Benevolent Association,
AFGIS Bhavan, Subroto Park
New Delhi – 110010
Deadline ?
30 September 2020
What are documents required ?
- Class 10th, 12th and graduation mark sheet (depending upon the course for which a candidate is applying)
- Copy of student’s bank passbook
- Copy of PPO in case of retired personnel
What are Terms & Conditions ?
The selection for the award of the scholarship will be purely done on the basis of merit of the qualifying examination.