Gopabandhu Sikhya Sahayata Yojana, Odisha 2025-26
Scholarship Amount
About This Scholarship
Gopabandhu Sikhya Sahayata Yojana, Odisha 2025-26 is an initiative by the Higher Education Department, Government of Odisha. It is designed to support students pursuing undergraduate, postgraduate, technical, professional, and non-professional courses at recognized institutions within the state.
The primary goal of this scheme is to offer financial assistance to students from economically weaker and marginalized families, enabling them to pursue higher education without undue financial burden.
Selected students will receive substantial financial support to aid their academic journey. The application deadline for this scholarship is October 9, 2025.
Note: Female students rescued from child marriage are eligible to receive support as long as they remain in a rehabilitation shelter or hostel for the major part of the academic year. This assistance can continue until they turn 21 or get married, whichever occurs first.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, an applicant must:
• be a domicile in Odisha.
• be enrolled in a graduate, postgraduate, or any other professional course in a government-recognised institution or institution set up by the statute of the union or state government.
• belong to one of the following categories:
• families impacted by HIV/AIDS
• homeless households' family
• begging or destitute families
• manual scavenger families
• particularly vulnerable tribal groups
• legally emancipated bonded labourers' family
• families led by a single mother, be it through widowhood, divorce, or being unmarried
• specially cared child (orphan children without any biological or adoptive or legal parents)
• students belonging to the transgender community
• girl student rescued from child marriage by the Department of Women and Child Development and continues to stay in a shelter home for rehabilitation or hostel
• have an annual family income of not more than ₹2,50,000 from all sources.
Note: For a detailed list of eligible courses under this scholarship scheme, kindly refer to the 'Scholarship Guidelines'.
Required Documents
Applicants are required to submit the following documents:
• Domicile/residence certificate from the concerned Tahasildar/Additional Tahasildar.
• Family income certificate issued by the competent authority, i.e., the Revenue Officer (RO) not below the rank of Tahasildar or Additional Tahasildar.
• HIV/AIDS medical certificate from the concerned medical officer (if applicable).
• Homeless certificate from a competent revenue authority (if applicable).
• Single mother status certificate from District Social Welfare Officer (if applicable).
• Destitute status certificate from the local Sarpanch/Urban Local Body Authority (if applicable).
• Manual scavenger status certificate (if applicable).
• Particularly vulnerable tribal certificate from the District Welfare Officer (if applicable).
• Legally released bonded labourer certificate from the District Welfare Officer/District Labour Officer/any competent authority (if applicable).
• Specially cared child certificate (orphan) from the District Protection Officer (if applicable).
• Transgender certificate issued from the National Portal of Transgender Persons (if applicable).
• Certificate from the District Social Welfare Officer regarding the girl student rescued from child marriage and her stay in a rehabilitation home as part of her rehabilitation (if applicable).
• Student's bank passbook showing bank details.
• Proof of age such as Aadhaar card, Birth certificate, Matriculation certificate, etc.
How to Apply
Eligible candidates can apply by following these steps:
1. Click on the 'Apply Now' button provided on the official website.
2. If you are a new user, click on the 'Register' button and fill in the required details to create an account.
3. (If already registered, log in using your Gmail account, Mobile number, or Email ID).
4. Navigate to the respective scholarship tab and click on the 'Apply Now' button associated with the Gopabandhu Sikhya Sahayata Yojana.
5. Click on the 'Register Here' link located under the 'Sign In' button.
6. (Applicants who are already registered can directly log in using their valid credentials).
7. Carefully read all the instructions, tick the terms and conditions checkbox, and click on 'Proceed' to continue with the application.
8. Provide your Aadhaar number and verify it to complete the registration process.
9. Once successfully registered, log in to the portal using your credentials.
10. Fill in the application form completely, upload all necessary photos and required documents as specified.
11. Finally, click on the 'Apply' button to submit your application and complete the process.