BTech Scholarships in Odisha 2025-26- The Government of Odisha has launched many types of scholarships for its students. There are 3 types of scholarships available for B.Tech students: Gopabandhu Sikhya Sahayata Yojana, e-Medhabruti, and Krishi Vidya Nidhi Yojana. These scholarships have specific eligibility requirements and provide separate financial assistance. The scholarship amount ranges between INR 20,000 and INR 60,000 per year for engineering students. To get these scholarships, candidates can visit the official website and apply for them. The last date to apply for these scholarships is October 9, 2025 and December 2025 for the Krishi Vidya Nidhi Yojana.
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BTech admission in Odisha is conducted through JEE Main. Use the JEE Main college predictor to know which engineering college you can get based on your JEE Main ranks in Odisha. In this article, Careers360 discusses scholarships for B.Tech Students in Odisha.
Below is the list of scholarships provided by the government of Odisha for B.Tech students:
S.No | Scholarships Name | Scholarship Amount Per Annum |
1 | Gopabandhu Sikhya Sahayata Yojana | Up to INR 20,000 |
2 | Krishi Vidya Nidhi Yojana | INR 60,575(Total) |
3 | e-Medhabruti | Up to INR 20,000 |
Scholarships Name | Last Date |
Gopabandhu Sikhya Sahayata Yojana | October 9, 2025 |
Krishi Vidya Nidhi Yojana | December 2025 |
e-Medhabruti - Technical and Professional | October 9, 2025 |
Candidates can directly apply for these scholarships from the link given below:
Scholarships Name | Last Date |
Gopabandhu Sikhya Sahayata Yojana | scholarship.odisha.gov.in |
Krishi Vidya Nidhi Yojana | scholarship.odisha.gov.in |
e-Medhabruti - Technical and Professional | scholarship.odisha.gov.in |
The Gopabandhu Sikhya Sahayata Yojana helps candidates by providing financial assistance to residents of Odisha. The Odisha Government provides a total annual assistance of INR 20,000 for undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Candidates can have these scholarships while having other scholarships also. The scholarships are for all UG and PG courses provided by the government institutions or institutes set by the central and state governments. Students from the General, SC, ST, OBC/SEBC, and EBC categories can participate in this scholarship.
Candidates can get these scholarships after securing admission to state or central government colleges of Odisha. Admissions are conducted through OJEE counselling for these colleges of Odisha. Candidates can check the eligibility criteria below:
To apply for this scholarship, candidates must come from the following families:
Students’ families impacted by HIV/AIDS.
Homeless Household families.
Manual scavengers' families.
Beggars and destitute families.
Particularly vulnerable tribal people
Families led by single mothers, either widowed, divorced or unmarried.
An orphan child without any legal or adoptive parents.
Students belonging to transgender community
A girl child who was rescued from child marriage by the W&C department will continue to stay in the shelter home or hostel.
Students must be permanent residents of Odisha.
Students must have completed their graduation and post-graduation from an accredited university in Odisha.
The family should have an income of less than INR 2.50 lakh per annum.
Below is a full, detailed process of selecting students for the scholarship for B.Tech Students in Odisha:
Step 1: Visit the official website at scholarship.odisha.gov.in
Step 2: Submit the application forms by selecting this scholarship.
Step 3: The applications are then forwarded to the institutions for reviewing the eligibility and the documents.
Step 4: The application form is then sent to the District Collectors.
Step 5: A committee of the district collector reviews and then sends the hard copy to the institution.
Below is a list of documents required:
Residence Certificate
Current year financial certificate
HIV/AIDS medical certificate
Homeless certificate
Destitute status certificate
Manual scavenger status certificate
Vulnerable Tribal Group certificate
Legally released labourer certificate
Specially cared child certificate
Transegender certificate
Copy of the student's bank passbook
Adhar card
Birth certificate
The Government of Odisha launched this scholarship as merit-cum scholarship for students. Candidates must be residents of Odisha and should not have an income of more than INR 8 lakhs. This scholarship provides different financial assistance to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Below is a table containing all the scholarships:
Categories | Number of scholarships per annum | Scholarships Amount (per year) | Total amount |
U.G Merit | 10,000 | 10,000 | 30,000 |
P.G Merit | 5,000 | 15,000 | 30,000 |
Technical and Professional Merit | 10,000 | 20,000 | As per the Course |
The candidate should check the eligibility criteria below:
The student must be a citizen of Odisha.
The annual income of the family must not exceed INR 8 lakhs.
The candidate must score a minimum of 55% marks in their qualifying examination.
For U.G Merit, candidates must have completed their 12th from a CBSE/ICSE/CSHE with 55% minimum marks or be in the first year of the degree.
For P.G. Merit, candidates must have completed their bachelor's from a recognised institution and are pursuing a master's degree.
For Technical Professional Merit, students either have completed their 10+2 from a recognised board or their bachelor's degree from a recognised college with at least 55% marks.
If two or more candidates have that ideal percentage or marks in their qualifying exam, the family with low income will be selected for the e-Medhabruti scholarship.
Candidates need to arrange these documents while applying for this scholarship:
Resident certificate
Annual income certificate
Marksheets or academic records
Details of the bank account
Aadhar Card
The objective of launching the Krishi Vidya Nidhi Yojana was to support the children of the farmers under CM-KISAN for professional and technical courses. The yojana provides financial assistance to the children of small farmers for courses like Medical, Engineering, Agriculture & Allied, Nursing, Diploma and Different trades in ITI in premier institutions. The government of Odisha provides this scholarship based on the merit of students.
The financial assistance provided by the Krishi Vidya Nidhi Yojana differs for every course. For B.Tech courses, candidates must choose courses and colleges under the OUAT. The scholarship amount is INR 60,575 for 4 years.
Below are detailed requirements set by the Government for this scholarship:
The student’s parents must be under the CM-KISAN.
The student must not be availing of any scholarship.
If they need this scholarship, the candidate needs to shift from the previous scholarship to the Krishi Vidya Nidhi Yojana.
Candidates must have obtained merit-based admission in the institutions that have AISHE (All India Survey on Higher Education) of the state and central governments.
The student is only eligible to get one scholarship at a time for one course only.
No private institution is allowed to participate under the Krishi Vidya Nidhi Yojana.
Follow these steps to fill out the Krishi Vidya Nidhi Yojana application form correctly:
Step 1: Go to the official website at scholarship.odisha.gov.in
Step 2: Select the required scholarship and start filling out the application form.
Step 3: Candidates are required to submit all the required documents.
Step 4: The forms are then shortlisted by the head of the institution in online mode.
Step 5: Then the scholarship is paid to the selected student from the Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment Department through DBT mode, and the amount is directly transferred to the student’s bank account.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The most preferred scholarship is Gopabandhu Sikhya Sahayata Yojana for engineering students.
Families with an annual income of INR 2,00,000 to INR 8,00,000 are eligible for these scholarships.
Yes, it is necessary to be a resident of Odisha to avail these scholarships.
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