Last Date of KALIA Scholarship Online Registration Extended to Feb 8

Bhubaneswar: The last date for online application for the KALIA Scholarship scheme of the Odisha government was extended to February 8 from January 31.

A proposal from the Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment Department for an extension of the last date was approved by the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. According to an official release, several students had requested an extension of the last date for registration for this scholarship scheme.

The online registration of students belonging to farmers’ families under the extended KALIA Scholarship scheme began on January 9.

The government has also modified the guidelines and extended the scheme for students, who undertake technical and professional courses in private institutes inside and outside the state.

According to the new guidelines, scholarships will be given to those who enrol in professional and technical courses like engineering, medical, agriculture and allied subjects, nursing, diploma and different trades in ITI in government or private institutions having AISHE (All India Survey on Higher Education) code besides in premier institutions inside and outside the states like the IITs, NITs, AIIMS, IIMs, ICAR, IARI, IISER, NISER, IVRI, CIFE and NDRI and others. Professional courses like BBA, BCA, MBA and MCA have also been added to the present approved courses.