Assalamu alaikum
What do you need today?
Free help for Muslim girls and women in India: money for studies, your rights after marriage or divorce, a safe person to talk to, and work you can train for.
Money for studies
Find the scholarships you can apply for, and what papers you need.
Know your rights
Maintenance, divorce, and violence at home. Plain steps and free legal aid.
Someone to talk to
A trained woman from the community calls you back, at a time that is safe.
Work and skills
Free training, apprenticeships, internships and small loans.
Open for applications right now
Only schemes we have confirmed on the official page. Dates are checked every morning. Last checked 28 September
- Closes in 2 daysNational Means-cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMSS)₹12,000 a year
- Closes in 2 daysKarnataka fee reimbursement for minority studentsTuition and other government-fixed fees
- Closes in 2 daysKotak Kanya Scholarship₹1.5 lakh a year until graduation
- Closes in 7 daysReliance Foundation Undergraduate ScholarshipUp to ₹2 lakh over the whole degree
- Open until 15 OctoberSantoor Women's Scholarship₹30,000 a year
- Open until 31 OctoberAICTE Pragati Scholarship for Girls₹50,000 a year, up to 4 years
How the help desk works
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Answer a few questions
Your class, state and family income. Your answers stay on your phone.
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See what fits you
Only schemes you qualify for, with what is open now and what opens later.
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Get your papers ready
A checklist of documents, and help with Aadhaar, bank linking and eKYC.
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Apply with a volunteer
Come to the help desk or call. We sit with you until the form is submitted.
It started as a table in Delhi
Volunteers set up a help desk because girls were losing scholarships to portals, eKYC and bank linking, not to marks. They helped more than 110 girls apply for the Azim Premji Scholarship and helped others enrol in PM VIKAS skill training. NiswaanLink puts that help desk online, so it can reach girls who never make it to the table.
Read our storyYour rights, in two voices
Every right is shown with the Indian law that protects it and the Quranic principle behind it: adl, justice, and rahmah, mercy. Nothing here asks you to choose between your faith and your rights.