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PMSSS

PMSSS(Pradhan Mantri Special Scholarship Scheme) was started in 2011 and modified from time to time to make the scheme student-friendly. The scheme envisages building capacities of the youth of J&K and Ladakh to enable them to compete in the normal course. The scholarship is awarded to meet the expenditure towards Academic Fees and Maintenance Allowances (for the hostel, mess, cost of books, and other incidental charges) to candidates who are admitted through AICTE’s counseling process.

Eligibility:
• Candidates having domicile of Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

• Students must have passed the 12th examination from JKBOSE or CBSE affiliated school located in J&K and Ladakh in the academic year 2019-20 or 2020-21 only.

• Having a family income of Rs. 8.00 Lakh or less per annum.

• Common merit list will be prepared for the candidates who passed HSC (10+2) examination in the academic year 2019-20 and 2020-21.

• Candidates who want to take admission under Lateral Entry Scheme have to pass Diploma in Engineering from the Polytechnic Institutes recognized by J&K Directorate of Technical Education(DTE) during Academic Year not earlier than 2019-20 from the UTs of J&K and Ladakh.

• Separate merit list(provisional) will be prepared for HSC and Lateral Entry students and the same will be displayed on the portal of AICTE for online counseling.

Registration for Admission under 10+2 Scheme:
• Candidates who have passed the 10+2 examination from JKBOSE or CBSE affiliated schools

located in UTs of J&K and Ladakh in the academic year 2019-20 and 2020-21 can only submit their application on AICTE Portal for registration of the scheme. On successful registration, eligible

candidates will be issued a username and password to fill an online form on AICTE Portal.

Registration for Admission under Lateral Entry Scheme
• All eligible diploma passed candidates in Engineering Stream from the Polytechnic Institutes affiliated with UTs of J&K and Ladakh Technical Board during AY 2018-19 onwards have to follow the same procedure for registration, verification of documents, and choice filling. The availability of seats is based on the vacancy in the Engineering stream in AY 2020-21 under

PMSSS.

Document Verification and Choice Filling:
• The applicant is required to get his / her uploaded documents verified with the originals at the nearest Facilitation Centre set-up by UTs of J&K and Ladakh and get it verified and uploaded with the stamp on the portal of Facilitation Centres. After document verification from the facilitation center, the candidate should collect a copy of the document verification report without fail. The choice filling window would be activated for only those candidates having successfully registered and got their documents verified at any one of the Facilitation Centres.

Counseling Mechanism:
•  Allotment of all the seats will be done through online counseling only.

•  No admission will be allowed in any circumstances without participation in online counseling and colleges available for choice filling.

•  List of Institutions / Universities where admissions offered would be prepared and will be displayed in the candidate’s login for choice filling. Eligible candidates under the Scheme are directed to choose the courses from these Institutions/ Universities only. It may be noted that “No Scholarship” will be paid to the candidates who take admission other than the list of Institutions/Universities available on the portal of AICTE except MBBS/ BDS /allied medicinal courses/Central/State Govt. for which supernumerary quota is not available.