To, No. 11017/19/2015-SCD-I Government of India Department of Social Justice & Empowerment 6th floor, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi Date: 21.07.2015, ‘The Registrar/Dean/Principal ‘National Institute of Fashion Technology ,Delhi Subject: Forwarding of proposals in respect of Top Class Education Scheme for Scheduled Students Sir / Madam, 1 wish to inform you that the Government of India has recently launched a National e- Scholarship portal (NeSP). 2 The Scheme of Top Class Education for SC students has been selected for implementation through NeSP. 3 In this regard it is emphasized here that w.e.f. 2015-16, all proposals of Scholarships under the Scheme, including both fresh & renewal, are to be forwarded to the Department of SJ& E through NeSP. $8 For the first year fresh students the following procedure is to be adopted: The applications are to be called for from the first year SC Students for availing Scholarship by giving a cut off date. The applications received are to be physically examined on the basis of existing criteria of income, caste, marks etc and candidates are to be selected for grant of Scholarship restricting the number to the slots available under the Scheme The selected students are to be directed to the register themselves and apply online for the Scholarship on the NeSP portal (www.Scholarships.gov. in) Once the Students apply online, the institute's nodal officer has to forward the same through NeSP to the D/o SJE, using digital signature. It may be noted that Nodal Officer to affix his digital certificate prior to sending the Scholarship proposal to the Department of SJE. The following documents are enclosed for guidance for using NeSP: a) Operational Guidelines for the Students b)_ Institute's Nodal Officer ©) The excel format for uploading beneficiary data by institute authorities on NeSP. 4) Guidelines for uploading the Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) of Institute Nodal Officer on NeS| War’ “gn5. For the renewal cases, the Institute may upload the details in the same excel sheet format as provided for fresh students. 6. The login for Institute is as follow: : https://www.scholarships.gov.in/login.do 7. The login ID and Password for your institute are as follows: User ID: DL-C01824 Password: guest123# 8. In case of any queries related to the functioning of NeSP, the following officials may be contacted: i) Shri Arun Arora, Consultant (DBT), Ph: 23385037 ii) Shri Piyush, Assisstant (DBT), Mob: 8586944407 iii) Shri Deepak, Assistant (DBT), Mob: 9911623262 iv) Miss Geetu, Assistant (DBT), Mob: 9654768171 v) Shri Aman, CGG, Mob: 9818043881 vi) Smt. Priya, CGG, Mob:9871830964 -Sd/- (M.Jena) Under Secretary Ph: 23381641 E-mail: m,jena@n Note: The documents listed at para 4(v) have already been emailed to you. In case of non-receipt, the officials listed at para 8 may be contacted.