Scholarship for Cadets of Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), Dehradun — Mizoram

What is the Mizoram scholarship for cadets of RIMC Dehradun?

Scholarship for Cadets of Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), Dehradun is a small, state-funded award administered by the Mizoram Scholarship Board, Government of Mizoram. According to the Board's published scheme booklet, "The objective of the Scheme is to provide financial assistance to Mizo students permanently residing in the States of studying at RIMC, Dehradun, to enable them to qualify and joint National Defence Academy and further to the Armed Forces. The scheme is 100% funding from the State Plan Fund."

The purpose statement matters more here than in most scholarships. Mizoram is not simply subsidising school fees. The state is supporting a defined pipeline: a Mizo child gets into RIMC, is prepared there for the National Defence Academy entrance, and goes on into the Armed Forces. Every rule attached to the scholarship, right down to the medical fitness clause, follows from that purpose.

RIMC is a residential military preparatory school run at Dehradun, and admission to it is through its own all-India entrance examination, not through the Mizoram Scholarship Board. The Board's role begins only after a Mizo student is admitted. The scholarship is a support to a cadet already at RIMC, not a route into RIMC, and confusing the two is the most common misunderstanding about this scheme.

Mizoram runs three closely related cadet scholarships, and it is worth knowing all three because a family often only qualifies for one:

• Scholarship for Cadets of RIMC, Dehradun. This scheme
• Scholarship for Cadets of Sainik School Imphal: same purpose and the same four eligibility rules, for Mizo students at Sainik School Imphal
• Scholarship for Cadets of Sainik School Chhingchhip, for boys of Mizoram domicile who qualify in the All India Sainik School Society entrance examination, with an income condition on the parent or guardian and a rule that not more than one child of the same parents or guardians is eligible

The Board's dashboard shows how the money actually flows between them. For 2025-26 the Sainik School Imphal and Chhingchhip scholarships together carried Rs 199 lakh and 164 beneficiaries, of whom 110 were sanctioned and 54 were pending. The RIMC scholarship, in the same table, shows NIL against both sanction and number of beneficiaries.

That NIL is an honest and important fact for readers. It does not mean the scheme has been abolished. The RIMC scholarship remains listed at number 17 in the Board's current scheme booklet, but it does mean that in that particular year no sanction was recorded and no cadet was paid under it. Anyone planning around this scholarship should confirm its live status with the Board before assuming money is available.

Who is eligible for the RIMC scholarship in Mizoram?

You can apply if:

• You are a Mizo student permanently residing in the state of Mizoram.
• You are studying at RIMC, Dehradun — that is, already admitted and on roll.
• You are not covered under any other scholarship scheme.

You cannot apply, or you will be found not eligible, if:

• You are not permanently residing in Mizoram.
• You are not a cadet at RIMC Dehradun. Students at Sainik School Imphal or Sainik School Chhingchhip must apply under those separate schemes, and students elsewhere are outside all three.
• You are already covered by another scholarship scheme. The Board states this as a flat condition, so a cadet drawing a central or institutional scholarship cannot also draw this one.
• You have been declared medically unfit for entry into the NDA by the appropriate medical authority. In that case the Board's rule is that "the scholarship awarded shall be discontinued from the date the cadet is declared unfit."

Two further rules shape how long the benefit lasts. The scholarship for studying in any class is available for only one year and is renewable as per rules and conditions, so it must be claimed afresh each year. And under the parallel Sainik School Chhingchhip rules the Board makes explicit that a student who has to repeat a class does not get the scholarship for that class a second time, which signals how the Board reads renewal generally.

No income ceiling is published for the RIMC scholarship. This distinguishes it from the Sainik School Chhingchhip award, where the Board sets an income limit on the parent or guardian, and from the tribal and minority scholarships the same Board runs, which all carry an income test.

What documents are needed?

How to apply for the Mizoram RIMC cadet scholarship

1. Secure admission to RIMC Dehradun through the college's own all-India entrance examination. The Mizoram Scholarship Board plays no part in admission and cannot help with it.
2. Check msb.mizoram.gov.in for the current year's state scholarship notices. Mizoram's state-funded awards are notified on the Board's notice board, usually alongside the Post Matric Merit Scholarship, and the notice will confirm whether the RIMC scholarship is open for the year.
3. Obtain the application form from the Board's notice for the year, or collect a printed form from the Mizoram Scholarship Board office at Dawrpui Vengthar, Aizawl, during office working hours.
4. Fill the form and attach the documents, the RIMC admission or on-roll proof, an up-to-date Permanent Residential Certificate, the latest marksheet or progress report, the declaration that no other scholarship is held, and copies of Aadhaar and the bank passbook.
5. Submit the completed set to the Mizoram Scholarship Board for verification and sanction. The Board's booklet states that the form "must be submitted to Mizoram Scholarship Board for verification and sanction."
6. Renew every year. Because the award covers only one year at a time, put a reminder in place at the start of each academic year rather than waiting for the Board to prompt you.

There is no online route. This scholarship does not appear on the National Scholarship Portal, because it is entirely a Mizoram state scheme.

How much does it pay, and when?

The Mizoram Scholarship Board does not publish a rate for the RIMC scholarship, and this guide will not guess one. What can be said with confidence is:

• The scheme is 100 per cent funded from the State Plan Fund.
• The Board's dashboard recorded NIL sanction and NIL beneficiaries for 2025-26.
• Payment for state schemes is released through IFMIS-DBT, with the Board's Drawing and Disbursing Officer named as the responsible official in its citizen's charter.
• The Board's general service standard puts scholarship payment in the December to March window, depending on when the sanction is received.

For a sense of scale on comparable awards, the Board's dashboard shows the Sainik School Imphal and Chhingchhip scholarships carrying Rs 199 lakh for 164 beneficiaries in 2025-26, and under the Sainik School Chhingchhip rules the awarding authority disburses the state's share directly to the institution, reimbursing the approved compulsory fees, rather than paying the family.

Why claims fail, and how to protect yours

• Another scholarship already held. Declare it honestly. Holding two is a disqualification, not an advantage.
• Residential certificate out of date. The Board lists an up-to-date residential certificate among its stated expectations of every applicant.
• Renewal missed. The one-year rule is the most common quiet failure, because a family assumes the award continues automatically.
• Medical unfitness for NDA entry. This ends the scholarship from the date of the finding, and there is no discretion published.
• No sanction in the year. As the 2025-26 NIL entry shows, the scheme can go unfunded in a given year. Confirm status with the Board before counting on it.
• Bank account dormant or in the wrong name. The Board warns generally that a dormant account or an un-updated Aadhaar leads to ineligibility.

Contacts and grievance route

• Mizoram Scholarship Board, Dawrpui Vengthar, Aizawl, Mizoram
• Website; https://msb.mizoram.gov.in
• Under Secretary and State Nodal Officer; 9862363908, snomizoram@gmail.com
• Grievance redress, lodge through https://msb.mizoram.gov.in, with a published time limit of five days for redress and three days for a complaint about non-receipt of scholarship payment

Beyond the Rs 20 charge for a printed offline form, no fee is payable, and no agent can obtain either an RIMC seat or this scholarship on a cadet's behalf.