VAANI Scheme 2026: Financial Assistance up to ₹2,00,000 per Programme

At a glance

About the scheme

The VAANI (Vibrant Advocacy for Advancement and Nurturing of Indian Languages) scheme aims to create a knowledge base by funding academic events in Indian languages. It offers grants to AICTE‑approved institutions for conducting conferences, seminars, or workshops, with reimbursement of actual expenses and expert honorariums.

Benefits

• Financial assistance up to a maximum of ₹2,00,000/- per programme.
• Honorarium for experts up to ₹5,000/- per expert per session.
• Financial assistance reimbursed against actual expenses after successful completion of the event and submission of required documents.
• An advance of 50% of the sanctioned amount is released only to Government Institutions.

Who can apply (eligibility)

• Applicant must be an AICTE‑approved institute, including institutions offering BBA or BCA programmes.
• Must identify a co‑coordinator who is a faculty member with at least seven years of experience in teaching and research.
• Must ensure the academic background of coordinator, co‑coordinator, resource persons, and paper presenters conforms with the event theme.
• Must ensure participants are strictly faculty members of approved institutions, research scholars, M.Tech scholars, research fellows, or working professionals from industry.
• Must conduct the event in one of the twenty‑two specified Indian languages (Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu).
• Must limit the application to receive the grant to once in a year.

Documents required

• Bilingual Brochure (Clearly Mentioning the Details of Experts and Area of Discussions)
• Letter of Authorization (Issued to Coordinator by the Head of the Institute)
• Benefit Disbursal Stage (To Be Submitted within Fifteen Days of Completion)
• Sanction Letter (Scanned Copy Attachment through Email)
• Geotagged Photographs (Maximum Fifteen to Be Uploaded on the Portal)
• Media Reports or Newspaper Coverage (To Be Uploaded on the Portal)
• Social Media Links (Tagging the All India Council for Technical Education and the All India Council for Technical Education Training and Learning Academy)
• Two–Three Minutes of Short Video (Showcasing Achievements with the Official Logo)
• Statement of Expenditure
• Utilization Certificate
• Programme Completion Report
• Covering Letter (To Accompany the Hard Copies Submitted to the Director)

How to apply

1. 1Visit the official AICTE portal at https://www.aicte-india.org/atal.
2. 2Locate the Vaani scheme module and open the online application form.
3. 3Fill out the application form with all mandatory fields and upload the required enclosures (bilingual brochure, letter of authorization).
4. 4Submit the initial proposal within the specified dates.
5. 5Await screening, evaluation by an expert committee, and the final decision and sanction letter from the council.
6. 6Upon approval, conduct the conference, seminar, or workshop within six months.
7. 7After event completion, upload geotagged photographs, videos, media links, and submit hard copies of expenditure documents within fifteen days to receive final financial reimbursement.

Frequently asked questions