National Fellowship & Scholarship For Higher Education Of Scheduled Tribe (ST) Students

I. Fellowship Scheme A. Registration Process for Digi locker:- (Only for those who have their Digilocker IDs)

1. The applicant whose account is not on Digi Locker will have to first register his/her new account by clicking on the “Register on Digi Locker” button through Aadhaar.

2. Process for Sign in : By clicking on Sign in button, where the applicant will be asked to enter Aadhaar number and click on Next button.

3. Enter Aadhaar number along with a security Pin code (6 digit) by yourself and remember it for further use and click on submit button. Then your Digi locker account will open.

4. Issued Document: Click “Issue document” for searching documents already linked by the issued authority.

5. Drive (Uploaded Document): if any related document is not available in the issued document list, upload the scanned document under the section “Drive”. B. Registration Process for National Tribal Fellowship Portal:-

6. The candidate is required to register him/herself in the portal at http://fellowship.tribal.gov.in with valid e-mail id and Mobile Number.

7. After clicking on New Registration Student Registration tab, the registration form will open.

8. Applicant has to register in the portal through Aadhaar.

9. The applicant should enter Name, Date of Birth, Gender and Aadhaar Number as per his/her Aadhaar card and click validate button.

10. Applicant will receive OTP message on registered mobile Number and email id mentioned during registration process.

11. Now applicant is required to enter OTP and Captcha code in the given text box and click at submit button.

12. The applicant will get confirmation message as “Your registration completed successfully” after entering & submission of correct OTP.

13. Email id of applicant now registered and can be used as the user-id for Login in fellowship and for grievances portal.

C. National Tribal Fellowship For ST Students Application Form Submission process:-

1. The candidate is required to fill the application form on https://fellowship.tribal.gov.in/ with all necessary information and documents.

2. Enter email Id, password and valid captcha code on https://fellowship.tribal.gov.in/Login.aspx.

3. Application form will be displayed to fill information. Click on Apply/View NFS Application to fill -up current year’s application.

4. Enter Personal Information, Student’s Address Details, Candidate’s Status, Post Graduation Details, Aggregate % of Marks, Current University, College Course with Stream, Department and Supervisors Details. Click on “Save & Next” button at every stage.

5. Candidate Documents: Candidate can fetch the document from the Digilocker by clicking on “Fetch Documents from Digi Locker for linking.” Login in Digilocker through applicant’s Aadhaar is mandatory.

6. It will redirect the applicant to the Digi locker window, then applicants have to sign in and click on “allow” button to get the documents from the Digi-locker.

7. After clicking allow button, applicant will get the access for the section of “Issued Documents” and “Uploaded documents” on the application form.

8. To “Retrieve issued document” applicant needs to click on Retrieve button.

9. Declaration by the Applicant: Click on “Submit” button for final submission of the Application.

Note:-

1. No information can be updated/edited, after submission of application.

2. After successful submission of application, the applicant needs to approach University/Institute nodal officer for verification of application.

3. Only after verification of details entered in the application & original documents by the University/Institute, the application will be considered for next section process as valid application.

4. Otherwise, the application will be rejected.

II: Scholarship Scheme A. Online Application through Portal:

1. Applications are invited, processed, and approved and the scholarship is disbursed through the National Scholarship Portal (https://scholarships.gov.in/) developed by (the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology).

2. Students after taking admission for various courses in the notified Universities/Institutes will submit the application online in the above-mentioned portal for the scholarship.

3. The date of opening and closing of the portal will be given due publicity through print and electronic media and through Institutes and States.

4. The tentative dates of opening and closing of the portal will be advertised in the National Scholarship Portal every year (as decided by DBT Mission).

5. Students are advised to keep watch on the portal for the opening of the application process.

6. The applications submitted after the cut-off date and time shall not be entertained/ considered.

B. Registration Process:

1. Before filling online application form, Candidates are required to register themselves on the online portal.

2. Students are advised to carefully go through the “Guidelines for Registration on National Scholarship Portal” before initiating the registration process.