The PRERANA Scholarship is a government scholarship program in Odisha that provides financial assistance to students from scheduled castes (SC), scheduled tribes (ST), and other backward classes (OBC) for post-matriculation studies. The scholarship is short for Post-Matric Scholarship Registration Release and Network Automation.
Prerana scholarship is a post-matric scholarship which is initiated by the SC & ST Development and Minority & Other Backward Classes Welfare Department, Government of Odisha. It aims to give financial aid to economically weaker students of the state of Odisha.
The Odisha State Scholarship Portal is an integrated e-Governance Portal for automation, streamlining effective management of scholarship schemes implemented by the Government of Odisha across departments like ST SC Development, Higher Education, School Mass Education, Labour ESI, Skill Development Technical Education and Agriculture.
This common platform will provide one stop solution to eligible students to make an informed choice from amongst various scholarship schemes and avail the benefit in a seamless and transparent manner.