PMSSS Students

for two separate courses in order to get benefits,” she said.

Saksham Scholarship, Pragati Scholarship, AICTE PG Scholarship, Prime Minister Special Scholarship Scheme, and National Doctoral

Fellowship are a few of the well-known AICTE awards.

Additionally, scholarships ranging from Rs 5000 to 12,400 per month are given to fulltime GATE/GPAT certified students who are admitted into M.E., M. Tech, M. Arch, and M. Pharma courses at AICTE-approved institutions and colleges in India.

“Although the funds were released well in time a few months ago, I receive Rs 5,000 per month as a scholarship. However, the ICTU has been consistently delaying disbursing of scholarship funds for several months now. When students are unable to make their monthly rental payments to the house owner, they are occasionally forced to vacate their rooms,” said Kifayat.

Nasir Khuehami, National Convener of J&K Students Association said he also received several complaints with regard to delay in monthly scholarship funds by AICTE. Khuehami said that he will take up the issue with the Union Education Minister soon to ensure the students from J&K do not suffer for want of funds.

“Actually PMSSS was launched in the year 2020, and the government was mulling to discontinue the same, however the scheme was later extended for five years. So far as PMSSS is concerned, this scheme except MBBS covers all courses,” Khuehami told Kashmir Observer.

He added that the issue of delaying disbursement of scholarship funds by AICTE was taken up with the authorities in the past as well following complaints by many students.