It also provides selected students with support through soft skills training, mentoring, and career counselling to enhance their personal, professional growth
By Our Reporter
SHILLONG, May 26: Students from Meghalaya who have passed the SSLC examination this year can now apply for 11th Standard Tamil Nadu Vidyadhan Scholarship, which is designed for meritorious students from economically disadvantaged families.
The Vidyadhan Scholarship programme also provides selected students with support through soft skills training, mentoring, and career counselling to enhance their personal and professional growth. For the ‘Meghalaya Plus 1 programme 2025’, the scholarship is available for students from economically disadvantaged families with an annual income below Rs 3 lakh.
The Vidyadhan Scholarship programme also provides selected students with support through soft skills training, mentoring, and career counselling to enhance their personal and professional growth. For the ‘Meghalaya Plus 1’ programme, the scholarship is available for students from economically disadvantaged families with an annual income below Rs 3 lakh. Eligible candidates must have successfully passed the SSLC examination in 2025 from Meghalaya, scoring over 75% (or 60% for students with disabilities) or obtaining an A+ grade in all subjects. The selected students will be granted a scholarship of Rs 10,000 per year during their Class 11 and 12 studies.
For students that continue to perform well, the scholarship amount for pursuing a degree course will range from Rs 25,000 to Rs 75,000 per year. Interested applicants can submit their applications online at www.vidyadhan.org or by using the SDF Vidya App (available on the Google Play store) from May 26 to July 31.
This was announced by Sarojini Damodaran Foundation (SDF), which is a non-profit organisation founded in 1999 by SD Shibulal (co-founder and former CEO of Infosys) and Kumari Shibulal (patron), to provide educational opportunities to students from economically disadvantaged families. Since then, the foundation has expanded its Vidyadhan Scholarship programme across 20 states/UTs.
To date, SDF has awarded over 50,000 scholarships, resulting in a growing Vidyadhan alumni community working as engineers, doctors, nurses, chartered accountants, in the government, including in defence forces, and as research scholars.
The foundation’s vision is to scale up, reaching 1 lakh scholarships covering all the states/ UTs in the next few years.