National Scholarships Portal (NSP) Presentation by Centre For Good Governance (CGG) - Hyderabad
NSP - An Initiative of Hon ble Prime Minister of India NeGP, MMP Project DeitY, New Delhi Awarded the project to CGG, Hyderabd NSP (National Scholarship Portal) to be Launched by Honorable Prime Minister Of India
ABOUT NSP The main objective of this Integrated National Scholarship Portal (NSP) is for the automation, streamlining & effective management of processes related to application receipt, processing, sanction and disbursal of Centrally Sponsored Scholarship schemes (CSS) to Students. This initiative is aimed to facilitate Faster and Efficient disposal of scholarship applications and timely payment of the scholarships to the students, directly in their bank accounts.
Benefits of NSP For STATES and Ministries: Saving of Money, Effort and Time States need not procure any Hardware and Network Separately. States need not to develop and maintain separate Software Portals for implementation of Scholarship Schemes Elimination of duplicates across the schemes and across the country Centralized UID Services: States need not have Locally Centralized Mobile Services and Mobile APPS Open APIs Multi Lingual Support Centralized application Hosting in CLOUD-No Charges for the states Centralised Payment Gateways for Release of the Scholarship Funds. Easy to Track & Monitor Configurability in the work flow and rules Can be implemented to State Scholarship Schemes also Comprehensive MIS and Dash Boards for all levels Content Management System (CMS) for States to publish the content
NSP Main Features Students can Register and Submit their application online(for Applying for centrally /state sponsored scholarship schemes), from anywhere anytime Students can View/Track the status of their own application with User ID and Password generated by the system Students can Renew their applications with same credential(student ID/Password) Uploading of documents by students in support of their claims (such as income, mark sheets, bank account details, category,caste certificate etc.) be enabled for easy verification and transparency Provision of SMS and e-mail alerts to the Stake Holders such as Institution and students at various stage of processing Contd
NSP Main Features Renewal of the application by the institutes only by importing the application from previous year Role Based Unique Login ID and Password will be made available for all stakeholders Auto & bulk processing of Scholarship application by the Institute Easy Scholarship Sanctioning process for Sanctioning Authority Auto disbursal of Scholarship to Student s Bank Account Easy monitoring of Scholarship by the Department and State Authority
Key Stakeholders
NSP Application Features Single window access of Information and services for scholarship Schemes in India for students and other stakeholders Use of icons/pictures/ images and graphical interfaces to represent links and information for quicker understanding of the users Alternate lighter Home page and alternate text display for icons/pictures/images for Faster access depending upon connectivity speed Consistent and Easy to Use interface- Consistent design of the web pages for common look and feel Easy to navigate, search and browse- Site map and bread crumbs for navigation guidance Multi-Lingual support for students and stakeholders to access the information in his own language Single Sign-on to access all information and services on the portal
NSP Application Features Self service - Interface to user to set/reset his/her own password or. The portal should allow the user to fulfill his needs, wherever possible, through self-service Digital Dashboards to display key information on a single screen and allow an overall idea of the current schemes being introduced in the country/state Alerts- Provision for user to receive SMS and e-mail alerts Cross platform browsers support State-of-the-art tools and technologies at the backend in a world class hosting environment ensuring a fast and secure 24*7 access
NSP-Easy to Use and Operate A Common Application Software (Web Based) for all the Government Institutions & State Schools. Page for every applicant Hosted and Maintained by APPSTORE PMU in CLOUD Application is Easily Configurable, Scalable and Multitenant Sharing Of Data through Open API s Improved Functionalities & Interface Interoperability Detailed & Comprehensive MIS User Friendly Interfaces
Services enabled for GoI Ministries Student s Registration Form logins to Ministries and States Ministry wise services like add/modify scheme Content Management System (CMS ) for content updation in the portal for Ministries Services to be enabled Release services (completed, will be enabled post PFMS integration)
Services enabled for State Departments State Roles Work flow configuration Masters configuration services Verification Levels Configuration Configurable Verification Work Flow Fee Structure configuration and entry Ministry wise services like add/modify scheme Content Management System (CMS ) for State Departments All State Bank Branch Masters completed Institutions Master updations: The user id and password will be created automatically and will be mailed and SMS to institute
Services enabled for Institutions Registration Updation of institution data Student Application Edit Students Application verification
Implementation.. Central Ministries: To start Updating the Content on Scholarships portal and add details of all schemes States: Nodal Officers are to be nominated from each State/UT by respective central Ministry Nodal Officers are to be nominated for each department of state (by concerned state nodal officer) Configure Work Flow available, each State/UT to configure Configurable funds flow available, states to configure (central to state, direct central, committed liability etc.) States presently processing the scholarships manually, maybe brought to scholarship portal with immediate effect States using Rapid Replication Rollout (RRR) may also be brought to the portal.
Implementation Plan for 2015-16 For States with No Online Scholarship System can join NSP for the year 2015-16 States Under Rapid Replication Rollout (RRR) can be migrated to NSP from the year 2015-16 States which are Operating Online Portals can also- Migrate the Data to NSP Masters Data Migration Student Application- Data Migration Configure & Define Workflow in NSP
12 States-At Present State URL IT SP Mode Departments 1 CHANDIGARH http://chdeducation.gov.in/scholarship.asp NIC offline DHE 2 DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI http://www.dnh.nic.in/ NIC offline Education 3 DAMAN AND DIU http://www.daman.nic.in/websites/directorate_of_education_daman/index.asp NIC offline DHE 4 DELHI http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_welfare/welfare/home/ NIC offline SC, ST, OBC, Minority 5 GUJARAT (http://scholarships.gujarat.gov.in/) NIC Online CSS Schemes 6 HARYANA http://174.141.231.134/highereduhry.com/hescholarship.aspx Online Designed by DHE 7 HIMACHAL PRADESH http://hpepass.cgg.gov.in CGG Online SC, ST, OBC, Minority 8 JAMMU AND KASHMIR http://aicte-jk-scholarship.in/ AICTE Online 9 PUNJAB punjabscholarships.gov.in/ NIC Online (SC and BC 10 RAJASTHAN (http://rajpms.nic.in/default.aspx NIC Online SC, ST, OBC, Minority 11 UTTAR PRADESH scholarship. up.nic.in NIC Online SC, ST, OBC, Minority 12 UTTARAKHAND http://escholarship.uk.gov.in NIC Online SC, OBC
R. CHAKRADHAR Sr. Project Manager chakradhar@cgg.gov.in 08008302071 Centre for Good Governance