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Welcome to the Swami Dayanand Scholarship Program 2024-25. Please read the instructions carefully and follow them strictly, as we have made several improvements in our scholarship program this year. We are trying to simplify the application procedure to make it quick and easy for the applicants. We are making the following improvements in our scholarship application process. Our scholarships will be provided to only those students studying in government or aided schools in 10th grade. Students scoring 85% or higher in 10th and 12th grade CBSE can qualify for our scholarships. The scholarship is open for undergraduate courses only. Age limit: Our scholarships are restricted to students 20 or younger entering their first year of college. Candidates should fill out the applications themselves. Applicants and their parents must sign the last page of the application and mail it or upload it with the application. We are also restricting the gap year’s requirements to a maximum of one year. If you have taken two or more years of drop, you will not be eligible for our scholarships, as we feel it is unfair to the students who have not taken a drop or one year at the most. Preference will be given to students who have not taken a drop year after school. After reviewing candidates last year, we are changing the minimum annual family income limits. We have set a minimum family income requirement of Rs 1.2 lacs per annum. We want to help the section of society with an income between Rs 1.2 and 8 lacs who are not getting any fee waiver from the institute or college. Preference will be given to students who can submit salary slips, income tax returns, or documents verifying their parents' income. Please let us know if your parents can speak Hindi or English. Every scholarship applicant needs to provide two income verification letters from their neighbors who are not related and pay income tax. This requirement is for students whose families have no salary slips or verifiable income. The neighbors should be fluent in Hindi or English and available for telephone call verification. We are now restricting fresh scholarship applications from students in their first or second year of engineering and medicine courses. If you are studying in BSc /BA/B Com, we only provide scholarships to first-year students. Our scholarships are paid directly to the institute. They can only be used to pay college fees. SDEF does not allow any other use of the scholarship. Our scholarship process will consist of five steps: Prequalify for scholarship ---> Application for scholarship --> Preliminary screening --> Final interview with the founder --> Meeting/verification of home/parents