By EFTeam First of all, for those who have no idea what it is, well, the Digital Gujarat Scholarship 2025 is a government initiative, and for who exactly? Well, the main goal of this initiative is to help out those in need, you know, the students who actually come from poor or underprivileged backgrounds down there in Gujarat. How does it help though? This initiative helps financially so that the students can continue their education, especially if it is going pretty difficult for them financially. And if you’re wondering, it is not just for the school students only, nah, if you’re a college student or even a PhD student, you can benefit from this scholarship program. Just keep in mind, if you’re from categories such as SC, ST, OBC, SEBC, and other economically weaker sections, then you’re pretty much good to go.
Now, let’s see a bunch of details regarding this Digital Gujarat Scholarship 2025, like where can you find the registration form, how to apply, how to login to the portal, how to check the status, what are the important dates and who can actually apply for this. Here we go then.
List of Scholarships Under Digital Gujarat Scholarship 2025
As we pretty much gave it off in the start, you see, this Gujarat Government provides many scholarships under this scheme. Like:
For School Going Students:
- Pre-Matric Scholarship (for SC, ST, OBC, SEBC students)
- Post-Matric Scholarship (for Class 11 and 12 students)
- Higher Secondary Scholarship (for minority and SEBC students)
For College Going & University Students:
- Mukhyamantri Yuva Swavalamban Yojana (for students with 80% marks in 10th/12th)
- Scholarship for Government College Students
- Swami Vivekanand Stipend Scheme (for ITI, diploma, and technical courses)
For Professional & Research Students:
- Food Bill Assistance (for medical & engineering students)
- Fellowship for M.Phil & PhD Students
- Research Scholarship (for postgraduates doing PhD)
Though, there is one very specific thing to note here: the eligibility criteria for all these scholarship options are very different from one another, and you should check back based on which scholarship you’re interested in.
Alright, So, Who Can Apply? (Aka The Eligibility Criteria)
See, as we already told you, based on which type of student you are, there are different eligibility criteria, though, talking about generalities here, you see, one must:
- First of all, you must be a resident of Gujarat.
- There is no way that you skip this, see, you must be studying in a recognized school/college/university to apply for this scholarship.
- Again, we already told you this, but you must belong to the SC, ST, OBC, SEBC, minority, or economically weak category.
- Meet the family income limit (varies for different scholarships).
Income Limit Criteria:
- SC/ST Students: Up to ₹2.50 lakh per year
- OBC/SEBC Students: Up to ₹1.50 lakh per year
- Minority Students: Up to ₹1.50 lakh per year
- General Category (Mukhyamantri Yuva Swavalamban Yojana): Up to ₹6 lakh per year
Important Dates for Digital Gujarat Scholarship 2025
Before you actually go ahead and apply for the scholarship itself, you must at least know when to apply or be prepared in advance, right? So, here:
- General Application Date For Most Scholarships: June To August
- Verification by Institutes: To Be Announced
See, for many specific Digital Gujarat Scholarships out there, the dates have already passed in January 2025, so you’ll be able to apply for them in the next year.
How to Apply for Digital Gujarat Scholarship 2025? (Step-by-Step Guide)
- First of all, we’d like you to go to the official portal of Digital Gujarat Scholarship, and that is this one: digitalgujarat.gov.in
- On the homepage itself, in the top right corner of the screen, you’ll see two buttons that say “Login” and “Click for New Registration (Citizen)”. So, if you have already registered, you can just straight up login, but if you want to register, then choose the other option.
- After giving that button a click, you’ll have to provide your name, mobile number, and email and create a password in order to register to the portal. Do that, and you’ll get an OTP on your number, complete the verification, and once done, just log in.
- What next after login? Oh, you’d want to update your profile first, like, completing your personal details, uploading a photo and updating the profile.
- Alright, now you can actually get down to applying for the scholarship, for that, on the dashboard, click on the option that says “Scholarship”
- n the next page, you’ll see a bunch of instructions, you may want to read this through thoroughly, and then click on “Continue”.
- Now, the application form will load right in front of you, just fill in all the details asked, like your personal and academic details, and that’s all.
- There will be some documents required as well, upload those and just hit Submit. That’s all.
Documents Required for Application
- Aadhaar Card
- Income Certificate
- Caste Certificate (for reserved categories)
- Mark Sheets (previous academic year)
- Bank Passbook (for scholarship money transfer)
- Domicile Certificate (Proof of Gujarat residence)