About Us

Context

Towards making access to higher education democratic and thereby improving the potential of the demographic dividend, the Government of Andhra Pradesh disburses Post Matric Scholarships (PMS) and other educational scholarship schemes worth Rs. 5,000 Crore annually to 17 Lakh students belonging to SC, ST, BC, Minorities, Kapu, EBC and Differently-Abled communities, on a saturation basis. In addition, several other educational scholarship schemes worth Rs.1,500 Crore are administered through the Jnanabhumi portal.

The Platform:

The Post Matric Scholarship Scheme is implemented through 'Jnanabhumi' a completely digital and paperless platform.

Objectives of Jnanabhumi:

Jnanabhumi operates with the following objectives:

• Actualizing equal educational opportunities for all
• Single Desk for PMS disbursement to all communities
• Central Nervous System of Education and Welfare Eco System, covering the entire student lifecycle
• Ensuring timely release of PMS, in a transparent and accountable fashion.

Key Stakeholders:

A wide range of stakeholders constitute the ecosystem of the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme, including 15 Government Departments, 36 Affiliating Authorities, 8000+ Colleges, 2,894 hostels and 8000+ bank branches.

Outcomes:

Continuous reforms in the systems and processes has been a hall-mark of Jnanabhumi, in keeping with the government's goal of student-centric, transparent and accountable scholarships administration.These reforms have resulted in significant and measurable outputs and outcomes, including:

1. ease of entry into the Jnanabhumi fold for a genuine and eligible student,
2. minimized cycle time for processing and release of scholarships,
3. timely release of the scholarships
4. accountability measures to check the scope for bogus individual and institutional beneficiaries
5. near-elimination of the hitherto large paper footprint and the resultant contribution to environment sustainability