Fellowship Scholarship Scheme (Education Department, Gujarat)

What is the Fellowship Scholarship Scheme in Gujarat?

The Fellowship Scholarship Scheme appears in central scheme directories as a programme of the Education Department, Government of Gujarat, offering financial assistance to students in higher education.

This guide has to open with an unusual disclosure. On 2 August 2026, the scheme's benefit amount, eligibility conditions, income ceiling and application deadline could not be verified on any Gujarat government portal: kcg.gujarat.gov.in, che.gujarat.gov.in, scholarships.gujarat.gov.in or shodh.gujarat.gov.in. Rather than fill the gap with plausible-looking numbers, this page records only what is verifiable and tells you exactly where to get the rest.

What is verifiable is the institutional picture, and it is genuinely useful. The Education Department, Government of Gujarat channels its higher-education fellowship and scholarship work through the Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat (KCG). KCG's own published list of initiatives includes research fellowship support, research aid for faculty in higher education, the Interest Subsidy Scheme on education loans, the Chief Minister Scholarship Scheme, Mukhyamantri Yuva Swavalamban Yojana and SHODH. A scheme described as a "Fellowship Scholarship Scheme" of the Gujarat Education Department will sit inside that family, and KCG is the body that can tell you which current scheme it maps to.

Who is this scheme meant for?

The scheme is aimed at:

• Students in higher education in Gujarat. The department's fellowship and scholarship schemes cover college and university students, and in the research category, registered doctoral scholars.
• Students studying at institutions located in Gujarat, which is the common condition across every Education Department scheme in this family.

You are not eligible, or should look elsewhere, if:

• You are studying at an institution outside Gujarat. The Education Department's schemes are tied to institutions within the state.
• You are a school student. This is a higher-education scheme; school-level assistance runs through separate departments and portals.
• You are a registered PhD scholar looking for a research fellowship; in that case you are almost certainly looking for SHODH, whose terms are fully published: Rs 15,000 a month for 24 months plus Rs 20,000 a year contingency, a total of Rs 4,00,000.
• You are a faculty member rather than a student. KCG's research aid and major and minor research project schemes are the faculty route.

Because the specific income ceiling, merit cut-off and age limit for this scheme are not published, this guide does not state any. Treat any website quoting exact figures without an official Gujarat government source with caution.

What documents will you need?

The document set below is the one used consistently across the Gujarat Education Department's scholarship and fellowship portals. Confirm the exact list against the notification for the year in which you apply.

How to apply for the Fellowship Scholarship Scheme

Because the scheme's own notification could not be located, the reliable route is to confirm before you fill in anything. These steps are ordered so that you do not waste an application cycle:

1. Ask your college or university scholarship section which Education Department scheme the "Fellowship Scholarship Scheme" corresponds to in the current academic year. Institutions receive the department's circulars directly and this is the fastest single answer available.
2. Check kcg.gujarat.gov.in, the Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat site, whose notice board carries current fellowship and scholarship notifications, screening lists and results for the department's higher-education schemes.
3. Contact KCG directly. The Chief Minister Scholarship Scheme helpline is 7043333181 (10:30 AM to 6:00 PM, email cmss-kcg@gujgov.edu.in) and the SHODH helpline is 9979200152 (email shodhsupport-kcg@gujgov.edu.in). Both are staffed by KCG and can point you to the correct scheme.
4. Register on the portal you are directed to, complete the online form with your personal, academic and bank details, and upload the documents in the format and size the portal specifies.
5. Complete the document verification step. Every Gujarat Education Department scheme requires verification of originals, either by the institution or by a nodal officer, and an unverified application lapses whatever its merit.
6. Save the acknowledgement number and track the result through the same portal login.

Which Gujarat portals are the real ones?

Confusion between look-alike sites is the practical risk with an under-documented scheme, so here are the verified official addresses:

• kcg.gujarat.gov.in; Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat, the implementing body for the Education Department's higher-education schemes.
• scholarships.gujarat.gov.in, the Hon. Chief Minister Scholarship Scheme portal of the Education Department. In the current cycle its online application deadline was 14 August 2026, 6:00 PM, with document verification by 21 August 2026.
• mysy.guj.nic.in: Mukhyamantri Yuva Swavalamban Yojana, listed by KCG.
• shodh.gujarat.gov.in — the SHODH research fellowship portal.

Anything outside a gujarat.gov.in or guj.nic.in address is not an official Gujarat government scholarship portal, regardless of how it is presented.

What can go wrong?

• Applying under the wrong scheme. With an ambiguous scheme name, the most common loss is a wasted cycle spent on a portal that never carried the scheme. Confirm first, apply second.
• Missing the verification window. Gujarat scholarship portals close verification days after the application deadline; the CMSS cycle above allowed one week.
• Bank account not in the student's own name, which blocks the credit even after selection.
• Paying an agent. No fee is payable on any Education Department portal, and no intermediary can obtain an award.

Where do you go for help?

• Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat: kcg.gujarat.gov.in, the implementing body for the Education Department's higher-education fellowship and scholarship schemes.
• CMSS helpline to 7043333181, 10:30 AM to 6:00 PM, cmss-kcg@gujgov.edu.in.
• SHODH helpline to 9979200152, shodhsupport-kcg@gujgov.edu.in.
• Your institution's scholarship section, which receives Education Department circulars directly.

If you obtain the official notification for this scheme from KCG or your institution, that document, and not any third-party listing, is the version to rely on for the amount, the eligibility and the deadline.