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How to apply for a scholarship, portal by portal
Finding a scholarship is half the work; the other half is the portal — registration, verification by your college and the bank account the money is paid to. These guides follow each official portal step by step, as its own pages said on 22 Oct 2026. NSP says its registration is free — be wary of anyone who charges you to apply.
Shishya never asks for your Aadhaar, bank details or any ID. Nothing on this page asks you for anything. Type those details only on the official portal, at its own address.
Step-by-step guides
- National Scholarship Portal: OTR, apply and track →The National Scholarship Portal (scholarships.gov.in) is where central-government scholarships are applied for.
- Telangana ePASS: apply, renew and check status →Telangana's post-matric scholarships are applied for on ePASS (telanganaepass.cgg.gov.in; newer services run on tgepass.cgg.gov.in).
- MahaDBT (Maharashtra): register, apply and track →Maharashtra's government scholarships (post-matric and others) are applied for on MahaDBT (mahadbt.maharashtra.gov.in).
- Scholarship sanctioned but not paid? What to do →NSP and MahaDBT pay scholarships by Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to the bank account your Aadhaar is seeded to.
Other state portals
Official addresses and helplines as printed on each portal, 22 Oct 2026. No walkthrough yet.
- Karnataka — State Scholarship Portal (SSP). Pre-matric (Classes 1-10) and post-matric (Class 11 onwards) scholarships; has an Aadhaar seeding status link.Helpline 1902Open portal ↗
- West Bengal — OASIS. Pre- and post-matric scholarships for SC, ST and OBC students; track an application at /index/track_application.+91-84200 23311, bcwoasis@gmail.comOpen portal ↗
- Uttar Pradesh — UP Scholarship. Registration and application status links for UP's pre- and post-matric scholarships.Open portal ↗
- Bihar — Post Matric Scholarship (BC/EBC). Bihar's BC/EBC post-matric scholarship; application status, Aadhaar seeding status and payment links.Open portal ↗
- Andhra Pradesh: Shishya could not open AP's Jnanabhumi scholarship portal on 22 Oct 2026, so there is no AP walkthrough yet. AP's Social Welfare department says its scholarship process is online and Aadhaar-authenticated — ask your college's scholarship section for the current portal. AP Social Welfare — education schemes ↗
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