Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship Academic Excellence Scheme

Is there a Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship Academic Excellence Scheme in Rajasthan?

Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship Academic Excellence Scheme could not be verified as a live Rajasthan state scheme. The Rajasthan Scholarship Portal at scholarship.rajasthan.gov.in publishes a complete list of the scholarship schemes it serves to 22 schemes across the College Education, Minority and Tribal Area Development departments, plus the post-matric scholarship schemes of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment. No scheme of this name appears anywhere on that list, and the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment's departmental schemes menu does not carry it either.

This guide therefore states plainly what is verifiable, and points students to the merit-based Rajasthan scholarships that are actually open. If you have seen an official order using this name, take it to your college's scholarship section, which can confirm against the current departmental circulars.

Which Rajasthan scholarships reward academic excellence?

The merit-linked schemes published on the Rajasthan Scholarship Portal are:

• CM Higher Education Scholarship Scheme (मुख्यमंत्री उच्च शिक्षा छात्रवृत्ति योजना): College Education Department.
• Mukhyamantri Sarvjan Uchha Shiksha Chhatravriti Yojana (मुख्यमंत्री सर्वजन उच्च शिक्षा छात्रवृत्ति योजना).
• Nishulk Uchh Siksha Yojana (निशुल्क उच्च शिक्षा योजना): free higher education.
• Meritorious Girls Student Scooty Distribution Scheme (मेधावी छात्रा स्कूटी वितरण योजना).
• Devnarayan Girls Student Scooty Distribution Scheme and the Devnarayan Girls Student Scholar Incentive Scheme for Most Backward Class girl students.
• Anuprati Scheme: three separate categories, covering admission to state government engineering and medical colleges with 60 per cent in Class 12, admission to top institutions such as the IITs, IIMs, AIIMS, NITs, CLAT and IISc, and success in the UPSC or RPSC competitive examinations.
• Talented Boys Scholarship to First Class Students (Board and University); Tribal Area Development Department.
• Meritorious Tribal Girls Free Scooty Distribution Scheme; Tribal Area Development Department.

Who is eligible for these Rajasthan scholarships?

You can apply if:

• You are a resident of Rajasthan with a domicile certificate.
• You are a regular student in the academic session for which you apply.
• You meet the marks threshold notified for the specific scheme: most merit-linked schemes are decided on Class 12 board marks or on university results.
• Your family income is within the ceiling notified for that scheme and session.
• You have a Jan Aadhaar record and a bank account in your own name.

You are not eligible if:

• You are studying outside Rajasthan in a scheme restricted to state institutions, or are not enrolled as a regular student.
• Your family income exceeds the notified ceiling.
• You fall outside the category the scheme is restricted to — several of these schemes are limited to girl students, to Most Backward Class communities, or to scheduled tribe students of the tribal area.
• You apply after the session's notified window has closed.

How to apply for a Rajasthan state scholarship

1. Register or log in at sso.rajasthan.gov.in using your Jan Aadhaar number to get an SSO ID.
2. Open the Scholarship application from the SSO dashboard, which takes you to scholarship.rajasthan.gov.in.
3. Select your department: College Education, Minority, Tribal Area Development or Social Justice, and then the specific scheme you qualify for.
4. Fill in your personal, academic, income and bank details, and upload the marksheet, domicile certificate, income certificate and bank passbook.
5. Submit the form and save the application number. If you cannot file it yourself, take the same documents to an e-Mitra kiosk, which the portal accepts as a valid submission route.

What documents will you need?

Rajasthan's scholarship schemes share a common document set, because they are all filed on the same portal against the same Jan Aadhaar record:

Why scholarship applications get rejected in Rajasthan

• Name mismatch between Aadhaar, the marksheet and the bank account. This is the single most common reason a scholarship payment fails after approval.
• Bank account not in the student's own name, which blocks the direct transfer entirely.
• Income certificate above the ceiling, or issued too long before the application.
• Wrong category, applying under a Most Backward Class or scheduled tribe scheme with a certificate that does not name a notified community.
• Applying after the session's window closed. Because each scheme has its own window, students often miss one deadline while watching another.
• Applying for a scheme that does not exist. If a scheme name is not on the portal's own list, no office in the state can process an application for it. That is the position with the name this page covers.

Where to get help

• Rajasthan Scholarship Portal, scholarship.rajasthan.gov.in. The full scheme list and the helpdesk contact page, staffed on working days from 10 am to 6 pm, with a separate contact number and email for each department.
• SSO portal, sso.rajasthan.gov.in, for login and Jan Aadhaar problems.
• Your college's scholarship section, the first verification point for admission and course details, and the right place to check a claim about any scheme name you cannot find on the portal.