For Direct Benefit Transfer payments, the University Grants Commission (UGC) is disbursing fellowship and scholarship amounts through a bank portal integrated with the Public Financial Management System. As per the official announcement, Canara Bank has created Scholarship and Fellowship Management Portal (SFMP) for disbursement of funds. The Commission has decided to organize a training session/workshop in virtual mode from 14th November to 18th November for the nodal officers working on the portal.
The Commission has requested all the institutions to involve their respective Nodal Officers (Makers/Checkers) working on SFMP in the workshop. The link for the virtual meeting will be given separately.
In a letter dated November 11, the UGC clarified that for all awardees affiliated to a university/institute/college, the payment will be made automatically by the respective university/institute/college on the basis of monthly confirmation of the candidates on the designated website-scholarship.canarabank. generated on the portal. .In.
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Sometime back UGC introduced new features in the portal like linking initiation by scholar, monthly payment confirmation initiation by scholar, tracking module, grievance module, and onboarding of academic users.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) recently announced transfer of three National Fellowship Schemes to the designated ministries. The National Fellowship for SC and OBC has now been transferred to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. In addition, the Maulana Azad National Fellowship is transferred to the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
National Fellowship for SC (NFSC) is available to SC candidates pursuing higher education in science, humanities, social sciences, engineering and technology. There are 2000 slots available for all the subjects in this scholarship. Similarly, the National Fellowship for Other Backward Classes is open to candidates belonging to the OBC category and who are pursuing higher education. Every year, 300 fellowship slots are available across all disciplines.
Meanwhile, the Maulana Azad National Fellowship provides financial assistance to students from six minority communities which include Buddhists, Christians, Jains, Muslims, Parsis and Sikhs.
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