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Kerala APJ Abdul Kalam Scholarship 2026-27: ₹6,000 for minority polytechnic students, apply by 25 November

By AiCoN | Published 14 October 2026 | Sources checked 14 October 2026

Scoped recheck 24 October 2026: current English and Malayalam guidelines and public portal schedule compared. Corrected second/third-year inclusion, previous-recipient limit and institution-deadline wording. Public table displays 25 November 2026 at 23:59:59; registration/login links exist, but no student account or scheme form tested. Historical emblem-bearing menu screenshot removed; emblem-free application-instructions capture retained.

The Kerala Directorate of Minority Welfare is taking applications for the A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Scholarship 2026-27: ₹6,000 for eligible minority-community students in a three-year polytechnic diploma. The current English guidelines say second- and third-year students are also considered, not that only those years can apply. The notice is dated 12 October 2026. The online last date is 25 November 2026.

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Good to knowThe scholarship is paid once. Students who already received it in an earlier year should not apply again. The notice does not say how many scholarships there are. Selection is on family income and marks, in proportion to population, so applying does not guarantee an award. The institution stages follow the online deadline; confirm any earlier internal collection date with your college.

At a glance

Amount: ₹6,000, one time only
Who: permanent Kerala residents from the Muslim, Christian (all denominations), Sikh, Buddhist, Jain or Parsi communities
Course: three-year diploma in a government, aided or government-approved self-financing polytechnic in Kerala, admitted on merit seat. Second- and third-year students are also considered; the guidelines do not restrict the scheme to those years
Online last date: 25 November 2026. The public Guidelines table currently displays 23:59:59; do not wait until the final minute.

Eligibility

Families below the poverty line (BPL) get preference. If there are no BPL applicants, APL families with annual income up to ₹8 lakh are considered
30% of scholarships are reserved for girls. If there are not enough eligible girls, eligible boys can be considered
The student needs a bank account in their own name in a scheduled commercial bank

The public Guidelines table and Student Registration/Login links were reachable on 24 October. This verifies the displayed schedule and entry links, not a successful scheme application inside a student account.

How to apply: step by step

Checked on the live Minority Welfare scholarship portal on 19 October 2026.

Open mwdscholarship.kerala.gov.in and choose Register / Login → Student Registration (on mobile, open the menu first). Register with the student's name, Aadhaar and phone number, then log in with Student Login.
Complete the Student Profile first - the portal's own instructions ask you to finish the profile steps, add all earlier qualifications through Add Qualification, and update Institution Details before applying.
Choose Apply For Scholarship and pick the APJ Abdul Kalam Scholarship (read the notification PDF on the portal for the exact scheme name and conditions).
Fill personal, bank account and institution details, then upload your photo, signature, SSLC certificate, income certificate, bank passbook and allotment memo in the prescribed format and file size.
Verify all details before final submission - the portal warns that editing may not be permitted afterwards. Submit online before 25 November 2026.
Print the application and hand it with documents to your institution head by 28 November 2026; the institution verifies and approves online by 30 November. Track status under Submitted Applications.

Steps 2-5: the portal's own application instructions (complete profile, add qualifications, upload documents, verify before final submission). Screenshot of the official Kerala government portal, captured 19 October 2026 (mobile view).

Steps 3-6 happen inside your own login, so they are not shown as screenshots.

Video guides

We searched YouTube on 19 October 2026 for a step-by-step application video for the 2026-27 APJ Abdul Kalam Scholarship on this portal in English and in Malayalam. We could not verify one that matches this scheme and the current portal, so we are not linking any rather than risk outdated or unrelated instructions.

Documents to give your institution

Online registration printout
Mark lists (SSLC, Plus Two or VHSE and similar)
Allotment memo
First page of the student's own bank passbook with name, account number, branch code and branch address
Aadhaar copy, nativity certificate, community or minority certificate, village-office income certificate, ration card copy

Check your bank details yourself. If a wrong detail leads to rejection, the department is not responsible.

Dates for the application journey

25 November 2026: last date for students to apply online
28 November 2026: last date to submit the printout and documents to the institution head
30 November 2026: institution's deadline to verify and approve online
5 December 2026: self-financing polytechnics must get approved applications to the Directorate (Vikas Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram 695033) by this date

Helpline: 0471-2300523, 0471-2300524.

We read the portal home page and the 4-page notice (a Malayalam PDF, read as page images) on 14 October 2026. We did not register or open the application form.

Sources: Minority Welfare scholarship portal, Malayalam notice for APJ Abdul Kalam Scholarship 2026-27 (PDF), current English guidelines (PDF), public Guidelines schedule. Checked 14 October 2026; apply steps and video search re-checked 19 October 2026. This is an AiCoN explainer, not a government publication.