Unified Scholarship Portal (USP)


Project Description

An in-house initiative for various scholarship schemes of state government for the socio-economic development of meritorious and other eligible students of the state.
The project was commissioned to facilitate all the state-specific scholarship schemes under one roof and electronic disbursement of benefits to students using Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
It serves as a single point of contact for eligible students wherein they can submit online their scholarship applications, online application disposal by respective departments and finally timely disbursement of scholarships to qualified students using the DBT mechanism.

Approach and Objective

a) To establish a single and unified Scholarship portal for Scholarship Schemes of Higher & Technical Education Dept.
b) To ensure timely disposal of Scholarship benefits using DBT without any physical touchpoint.
c) De-duplication of benefits in multiple schemes and departments.


Outcome

a) Providing all major Scholarship Schemes in one place
b) 15,87,873 applications received online (as of 21/05/2024).
c) 7,99,808 applications disposed and DBT done.

Audience/Stakeholders

Key end-users of the system are state government Departments dealing with the Scholarship Schemes and Students across the nation.

Technology & Infra

a) Platform independent i.e., Cross platform enabled
b) Built on open standards
c) BI/ Analytical Dashboard and Reports (state-wide and department specific)
d) Hosted in state-of-the-art Tier-IV Rajasthan State Data Center (RSDC), Jaipur

Outlook

Onboarding other Scholarship Schemes of state government.

Initiated

FY 2016-17

Impact Zone

Nation-wide

Status

Implemented

Awards/Nominations

Valued by MoSJE, GoI and Academic Institutions across the nation.

Partners

In-house implementation of DoIT&C, GoR.

Point of Contact

RAJEEV GUJRAL, SEMT-SPO

  +91-9829318018

  rajeev.gujral@rajasthan.gov.in


Helpline No.

2921184