PRERANA Scholarship is a post-matric scholarship portal implemented by the ST & SC Development and Minority & Other Backward Classes Welfare Department, Government of Odisha.  Started with the main objective to give financial assistance to economically weaker students of the state, PRERANA aims to ease the processes related to scholarship applications and timely payment of scholarship amount to eligible students’ bank account.

Given below are some of the key functions of the online scholarship portal:

• The portal lets students submit their application online at any given period of time from any place.
• It helps students track the status of their application.
• It helps students apply afresh with the same credentials in a new course of a new college.
• There is also the provision of bar-coding that lets the officials filter out the fake applications.
• Students and educational institutions receive SMS and e-mail alerts at various stages of processing.
• The applications can be renewed (importing the applications from the previous year) by the institutes only.
• Institutes get benefitted by the auto and bulk processing of scholarship applications.
• Scholarship sanctioning process has been made easy for the Sanctioning Authority.
• Auto disbursal of scholarship to student’s bank account.
• It has become easy for the Department and State Authority to monitor scholarships.

PRERANA Scholarship – List of Scholarships

PRERANA, an e-scholarship portal, hosts certain scholarship schemes for students studying at the post-matriculation level. These students belong to ST, SC, OBC, SEBC and economically backward classes of Odisha. Find below the list of scholarships that can be applied by applicants through the government portal – PRERANA.

List of scholarships that come under PRERANA

S.No.	Scholarship Name	Application Period	Awards
1.	Post-matric Scholarship for SC	November-January	Actual tuition fee/course fee, admission fee, library & sports fee and maintenance allowance of up to INR 5,50 for day scholars & INR 1,200 for hostellers
2.	Post-matric Scholarship for ST	November-January	Actual tuition fee/course fee, admission fee, library & sports fee and maintenance allowance of up to INR 550 for day scholars & INR 1,200 for hostellers
3	Post-matric Scholarship for OBC/SEBC	November-January	Actual tuition fee/course fee, admission fee, library & sports fee and maintenance allowance of up to INR 350 for day scholars & INR 750 for hostellers
4.	Post-matric Scholarship for EBC	November-January	Actual tuition fee/course fee, admission fee, library & sports fee and maintenance allowance of up to INR 350 for day scholars & INR 750 for hostellers

If you are an aspiring candidate who is eligible and wishes to apply for the PRERANA Scholarships in the year 2020, apply by 15 January 2021. Find below the detailed dateline to apply for scholarships in 2020-21.

Dateline of PRERANA Scholarships

S.No.	Activities	Dates
		Fresh Application	Renewal Application
1.	Opening date for online submission of applications	05 November 2020	05 November 2020
2.	Last date to submit online applications by students	15 January 2021	15 January 2021
3.	Last date for verification and forwarding of online applications by institutes to the concerned DWOs	31 January 2021	31 January 2021
4.	Last date for online sanction of Applications by the DWOs	15 February 2021	15 February 2021

*Note- The dates mentioned above are tentative subject to change as per the discretion of the scholarship provider.

PRERANA Scholarship – Eligibility Criteria

The post-matriculation scholarships listed on PRERANA can be applied by candidates belonging to the state of Odisha. Also, one key component in eligibility criteria is that the candidates must be pursuing studies at the post-matric level in any of the courses mentioned under Group I, II, III & IV.

Group I: Graduate/Postgraduate level courses in engineering, medical, agriculture and veterinary. Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) course, PG diploma course in management & medicine, courses related to Accountancy M.Phil., Ph.D. and postdoctoral programme (D. Lit, D.Sc. etc), LLM

Group II: Graduate/Postgraduate courses leading to degree, diploma certification areas like pharmacy, nursing, paramedical, LLB, mass communication, hotel management, interior decoration, etc. PG courses like MA, M.Sc., M.Com., M.Ed., M.Pharma, etc.

Group III: +3 courses

Group IV: +2, ITI, 3-year diploma & 2 years vocational courses

Given below is the detailed eligibility criteria that a student needs to fulfill before applying for the scholarship.

Detailed Eligibility for PRERANA Scholarships

S.No.	Scholarship Name	Eligibility Conditions
1.	Post-matric Scholarship for SC	The applicant’s annual family income must not exceed INR 2.5 Lakh. The applicant must be a permanent resident of Odisha. The applicant must be continuing his/her post-matriculation studies in any of the courses mentioned under Group I, II, III & IV. The applicant must be studying in a government or government-recognised private institution.
2.	Post-matric Scholarship for ST	The annual family income of the candidate must not exceed INR 2.5 Lakh. The applicant must be a permanent resident of Odisha. The applicant must be studying post-matriculation studies in any of the courses mentioned under Group I, II, III & IV. The student must be pursuing studies in a government or government-recognised private institution.
3.	Post-matric Scholarship for OBC/SEBC	The annual family income of the applicant must not be more than INR 1 Lakh. The applicant must have secured at least 50% marks in the previous exam. The candidate must be a permanent resident of Odisha. The applicant must be continuing his/her post-matriculation studies in any of the courses mentioned under Group I, II, III & IV. The applicant must be studying in a government or private institution.
4.	Post-matric Scholarship for EBC	The annual family income of the applicant from all sources must not exceed INR 1 Lakh. The applicant must be continuing his/her higher studies from a government institution only. The candidate must be pursuing any of the courses mentioned under Group I, II, III & IV. This scholarship scheme is only applicable for the EBC of General category.

PRERANA Scholarship – Application Process

The candidates wishing to avail the benefits of PRERANA scholarships can only apply online for the scholarships. Being an online scholarship portal, PRERANA has made the application process easier and simpler for students. Given below is a detailed description of how to apply for these scholarships.

Application Process for PRERANA Scholarships

S.No.	Scholarship Name	How to apply?
1.	Post-matric Scholarship for SC	Apply online through the State Scholarship Portal, Government of Odisha.
2.	Post-matric Scholarship for ST	Apply online through the State Scholarship Portal, Government of Odisha.
3.	Post-matric Scholarship for OBC/SEBC	Apply online through the State Scholarship Portal, Government of Odisha.
4.	Post-matric Scholarship for EBC	Apply online through the State Scholarship Portal, Government of Odisha.

PRERANA Scholarship – Key Documents

The candidates willing to apply for PRERANA scholarships need to keep with them the scanned copies of some documents. These documents are uploaded by the applicants while filling the scholarship form online. Find below the list of documents to be uploaded:

• Caste certificate
• Income certificate
• Matriculation certificate
• Copy of Aadhaar/Enrolment slip
• Copy of 1st page of the applicant’s bank account passbook containing the details of the account number, IFSC code of the branch

PRERANA Scholarship – Terms & Conditions

After knowing about the eligibility criteria, application dateline, application process and rewards, applicants must keep in mind a few terms and conditions while applying for the scholarships. Given below are some important rules and regulations to be considered by the candidates:

• The candidates applying for scholarships must provide the correct bank-account number which should be in the name of the applicant.
• Applicants must keep their application ID and password confidential as the application contains sensitive information about the applicant.
• Applicants must provide correct information while filling the form because incorrect information will lead to rejection and appropriate legal action may be taken against him/her.
• Institution-wise applications will be processed on the first-come-first-serve basis for early disbursement of scholarship.
• If the candidate is renewing his/her scholarship application for the same course, he/she need not provide income and caste certificate again.
• Candidates must be ready with their roll number, year of passing & name of the board of matric exam at the time of online registration.

PRERANA Scholarship – Contact Details

In case of any query or any problem faced by the applicant while application submission, he/she can contact the District Welfare Officer of the concerned district through the email ID mentioned below:

prerana.grievance@gmail.com

Also read: National Scholarship Portal

List of State Scholarship portal are as follows:

Scholarships for Uttar Pradesh	UP Scholarship
Scholarships for Maharashtra	Mahadbt
Post Matric Scholarships disbursements through ePass	Epass Scholarship
Jnanabhumi online portal of Government of Andhra Pradesh	Jnanabhumi
scholarship portal of Jharkhand	E Kalyan Scholarship
Government of Madhya Pradesh, MP scholarships	MP Scholarship
Karnataka education board, ePASS Karnataka	Epass Karnataka Scholarship
TS epass scholarship is offrering by Telangana Govt	Telangana Epass
Scholarship Portal Government of Punjab	Punjab Scholarship
E-Grantz portal, Government of Kerala	E Grantz
Minorities under Government of Karnataka, GOKDOM	Gokdom
Oasis scholarship portal, West Bengal scholarships	Oasis Scholarship
Chhattisgarh Scholarship Portal	CG Scholarship Portal
SJE Rajasthan Scholarship Portal, Government of Rajasthan	SJE Scholarship
Digital Gujarat scholarship, Government of Gujarat.	Gujarat Scholarship
HP ePass scholarship portal, Himachal Pradesh	HP Epass Scholarship
West Bengal Scholarship Schemes, West Bengal	West Bengal Scholarship
Government of Bihar Post-Matric scholarship SC/ST/BC/EBC	Bihar Scholarship
Scholarship for BC, MBC and Minorities, Govt of TamilNadu	TN Scholarship