Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund

‘Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund (VKSSF)’ envisages grant of Merit Cum Means scholarship for students having Konkani language as their mother tongue. Instituted World Konkani Centre in the year 2010 as envisioned by the eminent thinker and corporate leader T.V.Mohandas Pai, the VKSSF has since then successfully grown in to a large programme.

Eminent Konkani Philanthropists like T. V. Mohandas Pai Dr. Ranjan Pai, Dr. P. Dayanand Pai, Ramadas Kamath U., K. V. Kamath, G. Nandagopal Shenoy, M. Jagannath Shenoi, Ronald Colaco, Madam Grace Pinto, Gokulnath Prabhu, A. Annappa S. Kamath, Rohan Monteiro, Achuth Pai and Sons, Jaynarayana Bhat, Sandeep Shenoy, Aravind Rao, B. R. Bhat, Pradeep G. Pai and many more have come forward in support of this fund.

Governance of the Fund

As the Fund is functioning on the basis of ‘Stream’ concept, the entire amount generated every year will be distributed to the beneficiaries and no separate corpus will be maintained. Contributions to the Fund will be eligible for Tax Exemption under section 80(G) of the Income Tax Act.

‘Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund’ is administered by a Governing Council comprising eminent personalities. U. Ramdas Kamath, Executive Vice President, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Bangalore is the Chairman of the Fund and Pradeep G. Pai, Managing Director of Hangyo Ice Creams Pvt. Ltd., is the secretary. The council is also guided by Basti Vaman Shenoy, the founder and the president of World Konkani Centre and Board of Trustees of Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation.

Vision TVM 2030 - Konkani Community

“Let no Konkani child be deprived of higher education due to lack of means”

– T. V.  Mohandas Pai

Founding of World Konkani Centre

Engineering and MBBS Programme

This is the Flagship programme of VKSSF and awards Scholarships for Bachelor Degree Education in the streams of Engineering and MBBS. The Scholarship Amount of Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 40,000 per year per student respectively. Since its inception in 2010 VKSS has awarded more than 2000 Scholarships under this programme.

Master Degree Programme

VKSSF offers Scholarships for Master Degree courses in any discipline. The rate of scholarship varies from discipline to discipline.

Study Abroad Programme

VKSSF offers Scholarships for pursuing higher education outside India , with Scholarship Amount of Rs. 1.00 Lakh per year per student. Students with Konkani language as their mother tongue, who intend to secure admissions in any of the foreign University may apply for this scholarship.

Special Programmes

In view of widening the scope of the Scholarship Fund VKSSF has initiated a new scheme in 2012 to empower Communities like, Kudubi, Kharvi etc. Under this Scheme VKSSF awards PUC and DEGREE Scholarship with a Scholarship Amount of Rs. 2500 and Rs. 5000 Respectively. VKSSF has a Special Programme for DEGREE Students of Konkani Speaking Communities from Kerala State. Apart from this VKSSF has also supported the Scholarship Programmes like Vidya Poshak Udupi and Kharvi Vidya Nidhi, Kundapur.

Endowment Programmes

Endowment Programmes are special scholarship programme launched as per the specific instructions from Donors. Presently VKSSF has two such programmes.

  • Shri Ramadas V. Rao and Smt. Meenakshi R. Rao Scholarship for MBBS Studies for One girl Student.
  • Late Padubidri Sadananda Shenoy Family Scholarship for MBBS Studies for TWO students.

Pillars of VKSSF

Shri T.V.Mohandas Pai

Dr. Ranjan Pai

Dr. P. Dayananda Pai

Shri Ramadas Kamath U.

Shri Sandeep Shenoy

Shri Ronald Colaco

Shri Achuth Pai

Madam Grace Pinto

Shri Rohan Monteiro

Shri Jagadish Kini

Shri K.V.Kamath

Shri Jagannath Shenoi

Shri Annappa Kamath A.

Shri Nandagopal Shenoy

Shri Gokulnath Prabhu

Shri Pradeep G. Pai

Cumulative Disbursals

0.5 Cr

2010

1.5 Cr

2011

3.15 Cr

2012

5.5 Cr

2013

8.62 Cr

2014

11.6 Cr

2015

14.98 Cr

2016

18.2 Cr

2017

21.4 Cr

2018

24.9 Cr

2019

27.83 Cr

2020

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    Cumulative Scholarships Awarded​

    162

    2010

    498

    2011

    1910

    2012

    4562

    2013

    8021

    2014

    11585

    2015

    15411

    2016

    18866

    2017

    22230

    2018

    25658r

    2019

    29000

    2020

    Kshamata

    KSHAMATA is a set of learning and experiential outcomes which defines the goals of World Konkani Centre. These outcomes are intended to strengthen programme content and quality, providing each participant a deep and meaningful experience.

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