In order that no brilliant student is prevented from pursuing post-matric, higher studies because of poverty, the Central Government as well as the State Government introduced various scholarship schemes, five of which are being currently administered in the state by the Scholarship and Stipend Section of the Education Directorate, Government of West Bengal, Bikash Bhavan, 9th floor, North Block, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 091.
List of Scholarships:
- Nabanna Scholarship
- Swami Vivekananda Scholarship (SVMCM)
- National Scholarship Portal
- Merit cum Men’s Scholarship (Minority)
- Kanyashree Prokalpa
- Paramparik Scholarship
- Ananta Merit Scholarship
- GP Birla Scholarship
- Priyamvada Birla Scholarship
- Jagadish Bose Scholarship
- Aalo Scholarship
- Sitaram Jindal Scholarship
- KC Mahindra Scholarship
- FAEA Scholarship
- Kind Circle Scholarship
- Kind Scholarship for Young Women
- HDFC Bank ECSS Scholarship
- Sahu Jain Trust Scholarship
- Indian Oil Sports Scholarship
- Fair & Lovely Scholarship
- Moulana Aajad National Scholarship
- Ei Samay Atmadeep Young Scholarship
- Vidyasarathi MPCL Scholarship
- Indusland Bank Scholarship
- Asia Heart Foundation Scholarship
- Gourav Foundation Scholarship
- GOOGLE Scholarship
- Loreal Foundation Scholarship
- Swami Dayananda Merit cum Men’s Scholarship
- SC, ST, OBC Scholarship (OASIS)