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PBU-PERSONAL LOANS. Sl. No. : 872/2009 - 10 Circular No. : NBG/PBU/PL-SCHOLAR/19/2009 10 Wednesday,March 31,2010. . The Chief General Manager, State Bank of India, Local Head Office, All Circles Circular No: PB/PL/19 30th March 2010

Dear Sir, PERSONAL BANKING ADVANCES SBI SCHOLAR LOAN SCHEME REVIEW, MODIFICATIONS AND INCLUSION OF NEW INSTITUTES Based upon the review/ suggestions/ recommendations received from the circles, the competent authority has reviewed the scheme and approved the following modifications and inclusion of new institutes under SBI Scholar Loan scheme: Parameter LOAN AMOUNT Existing Instructions Upto Rs. 15 lacs (61 institutes) Modifications List A 7 IIMs Maximum loan amount Rs. 15 lacs List B The remaining 54 institutes from the existing list Maximum loan amount Rs. 10 lacs List C New 39 institutes Maximum loan amount Rs. 7.50 lacs (Category-wise detailed list of all 100 institutes covered under the scheme is mentioned in Annexure-I) The loan would be sanctioned jointly in the name of the student and his parent/ guardian. In case of married person, co-obligator can either be spouse or parent/parent-in-law. Parental coobligation can also be substituted by a suitable third party guarantee

CO-BORROWER

The loan is sanctioned in the individual name of the student only. Parent/guardian as coborrower at the discretion of the sanctioning authority.

SANCTION & At campus branch or a DISBURSEMENT branch nearer to the permanent residence of the student

At Campus/ Branch designated by Circle near the campus. However, after the completion of the studies and if the student desires, the loan account can be transferred to a branch closer to the place of co-borrower and preferably which has made KYC verification at the time of availing loan for tracking purposes Regular full time Degree/Diploma Courses and not certificate/parttime courses, through entrance test/ selection process. Full time Executive Management Courses like PGPX (for IIMs) are also covered

COURSES COVERED

Regular full time Degree/Diploma Courses and not certificate/part-time courses, through entrance test/ selection process

Other changes are mentioned in Annexure-II. 2. Identification of Branches A list of identified branches for the existing institutes is mentioned in the annexureI. Some circles have not identified the campus/ designated branches for the few institutes already covered under Scholar Loan Scheme. We request Circles to identify a campus/ designated branch and advise us. In case there is no branch on the campus, the circles may identify a designated branch preferably covered under Super Circle of Excellence. 3. Classification under Priority Sector Lending As per RBI instructions, education loans upto Rs 10 lacs for studies in India are classified under Priority Sector Lending. 4. Maximum Business With the advent of the academic session 2010-11, the branches should book maximum business from these institutes, as the loans to the students from these institutes are granted at relaxed rates and terms. 5. Please arrange accordingly.

Yours faithfully, General Manager (Personal Banking) Encl: Annexure-I and Annexure-II

Annexure-I S. INSTITUTES UNDER SBI SCHOLAR No. LOAN SCHEME LIST 'A' (Max. loan amt Rs. 15 lacs) Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kolkata Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozikode Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong (new) LIST 'B' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar (new) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roopnagar (new) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Rajasthan (new) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad (new) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Patna (new) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar (new) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi (new) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore (new) IT BHU, Banaras (to be converted into IIT Varanasi) Campus/ Designated Branch

Circle

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Ahmedabad Bangalore Kolkata Bhopal Lucknow Kerala Guwahati

IIM Branch, Ahmedabad Bannerghatta Road Branch, Bangalore IIM Joka Branch, Kolkata CAT Sukhniwas Branch, Indore Behta Saboli Branch, Lucknow Calicut REC Branch, Kozikhode Laitumkhrah Branch, Shillong IIT Powai Branch, Mumbai IIT Kanpur Branch, Kanpur IIT Campus Branch, Chennai Kharagpur Branch, West Bengal ICD, Amingaon Branch, Guwahati IIT Hauz Khas Branch, Delhi IIT Roorkee Branch, Roorkee Not identified Not identified Not identified Not identified Not identified

(Max. loan amt. Rs. 10 lacs) Mumbai Patna Chennai Kolkata Guwahati Delhi Delhi Ahmedabad Chandigarh Delhi Hyderabad Patna

Bhubaneswar Not identified Chandigarh Bhopal Lucknow Not identified Not identified BHU Branch, Varanasi

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Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi IIT-SJSOM, Mumbai Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad Dept of Management Studies, IIT, Delhi Narsee Monjee Institute of Management &Higher Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai Nirma Institute of Management, Ahmedabad S P Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai Xavier Institute of Management (XIM), Bhubaneswar Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon National Institute of Industrial training (NITIE), Mumbai Dept of Industrial & Management Engineering, IIT, Kanpur Marine Engineering College, Kolkata Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), Delhi Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani Anna University, Chennai National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore Bangalore Medical College (BMC), Bangalore Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry Madras Medical College (MMC), Chennai Grant Medical College (GMC), Mumbai Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune King Edward Medical College (KEMC), Mumbai

Delhi Mumbai Delhi Delhi Delhi Mumbai Mumbai Ahmedabad Mumbai

Delhi University Branch, Delhi IIT Powai Branch, Mumbai NCERT Branch, Delhi Ghaziabad Branch, Ghaziabad IIT, Hauz Khas Branch, New Delhi PBB Branch, Juhu PBB Churchgate Branch, Mumbai Gujarat High Court Branch, Ahmedabad Andheri West Branch, Mumbai

Fortune Tower Bhubaneswar Branch, Bhubaneswar Mumbai Patna Delhi Mumbai Patna Kolkata Delhi Delhi Chennai Ahmedabad Chennai Bangalore Chennai Chennai Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai MIDC Hinjwadi Jamshedpur Branch, Jamshedpur Mehrauli Road Branch, Haryana NITIE Campus Branch, Mumbai IIT Kanpur Branch, Kanpur Alipore Branch, Kolkata Samaypur Branch, Delhi Chirava Branch, Delhi College Campus Branch, Chennai Paldi Branch, Ahmedabad Vellore Town Branch, Vellore Fort Branch, Bangalore JIPMER Campus Branch, Pondicherry Park Town Branch, Chennai Byculla Branch, Mumbai Golibar Maidan Branch, Pune Parel Branch, Mumbai

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Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), Delhi All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), Delhi Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal Post Graduate Institute of Medical education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal Mudra Institute of Communication (MICA), Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad LIST 'C' National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirapalli National Institute of Technology (NIT), Surathkal National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jamshedpur National Institute of Technology (NIT), Patna National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar National Institute of Technology (NIT), Agartala National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar Malaviya National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jaipur Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (NIT), Bhopal Sardar Vallabh Bhai National Institute of Technology (NIT), Surat

Delhi Delhi Delhi Bangalore Chandigarh Bhopal Ahmedabad Bangalore Ahmedabad Mumbai Patna

IP Estate Branch, New Delhi AIIMS Campus Branch, New Delhi Cannaught Circus Branch, New Delhi Manipal Branch Not identified TT Nagar Branch, Bhopal Bopal Branch, Ahmedabad IISc Branch, Bangalore Anand Branch, Anand Deonar Branch, Mumbai ISM Branch, Dhanbad

(Max. loan amt Rs. 7.5 lacs) Hyderabad Chennai Bangalore Bhopal To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Bhubaneswar To be identified Delhi Kerala Kolkata Patna Patna North-East North-East Chandigarh Chandigarh Delhi Bhopal Ahmedabad To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified

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Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (NIT), Allahabad Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jalandhar Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (NIT), Nagpur Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Hyderabad Campus Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Goa Campus St. John's Medical College, Bangalore Christian Medical College (CMC), Ludhiana Dayanand Medical College (DMC), Ludhiana Amrita School of Medicine (ASM), Kerala Netaji Subash Institute Of Technology (NSIT), Delhi Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information & Communication Technology (DAIICT), Gandhinagar University College of Engineering (UCE), Burla LN Mittal Institute of Technology (LNMIT), Jaipur Jadavpur University, Kolkata Veermata Jeejabai Technical Institute (VJTI), Mumbai College of Engineering , Pune University Institute of Chemical Technology (UICT), Mumbai Centre for Environmental Planning & Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai

Lucknow Chandigarh Mumbai Hyderabad Mumbai Bangalore Chandigarh Chandigarh Kerala Delhi Ahmedabad

To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified

Bhubaneswar To be identified Delhi Kolkata Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Ahmedabad Delhi Bangalore Kolkata Chennai To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified To be identified

Annexure II SBI SCHOLAR LOAN SCHEME Parameter Purpose Extant Instructions Loans will be granted to deserving/meritorious students for pursuing full time courses in India at selected premier and reputed institutions identified by the Bank. The list will be revised periodically The applicant should be an Indian National and should have secured admission to full time professional/ technical courses in selected institutes Proposed Instructions No change

Eligibility

No change

No change Fee payable to college/ school/ hostel Examination/ Library/ Laboratory fees Purchase of books/ equipments/ instruments/ uniforms Caution deposit/ building fund/ refundable deposit supported by institution bills/ receipts [not to exceed 10% of tuition fees for the entire course] Travel expenses Purchase of computers, if essential for completion of course Any other expense required to complete the course like study tours, visits to foreign universities in exchange programs, project work, thesis, etc Type of Loan The loan will be sanctioned as a No change term loan Institutes & Presently 61 List A 7 IIMs loan amount Maximum loan amount Rs.15 Maximum loan amount Rs. 15 lacs lacs List B The remaining 54 from the existing list Maximum loan amount Rs. 10 lacs List C New 39 institutes proposed to be added Maximum loan amount Rs. 7.50 lacs (Annexure-I) Eligible Expenses Courses covered Regular full time Degree/Diploma Courses and not certificate/part-time courses, through entrance test/ selection process Regular full time Degree/Diploma Courses and not certificate/part-time courses, through entrance test/ selection process. In case of IIMs full time Executive

Rate of Interest

A) 1.50% below SBAR i.e. 10.25% at present B) i) Simple Interest to be charged during moratorium/ repayment holiday ii) Interest concession of 1% for the entire period of loan if the interest is serviced during course period and moratorium iii) 0.50% concession in interest for girl student iv) Penal interest @ 2% is to be charged for loans above Rs. 4 lacs for the overdue amount and overdue period Upto Rs. 4 lacs: Nil Above Rs. 4 lacs: 5% Scholarship/ assistantship to be included in the margin Margin may be brought in on year to year basis as and when disbursements are made on a pro-rata basis

Management Courses PGPX are covered No change

like

Margin

No change

Sanction & At campus branch or a branch At Campus/ Branch designated Disbursement nearer to the permanent by Circle near the campus. residence of the student However, after the completion of the studies and if the student desires, the loan account can be transferred to a branch closer to the place of coborrower and preferably which has made KYC verification at the time of availing loan for tracking purposes Co-borrower The loan is sanctioned in the The loan would be sanctioned individual name of the student jointly in the name of the only. student and his parent/ Parent/guardian as co-borrower guardian. In case of married at the discretion of the person, co-obligator can either sanctioning authority. be spouse or parent/parent-inlaw. Parental co-obligation can also be substituted by a suitable third party guarantee Security No security The loan would be sanctioned jointly in the name of the student and his parent/ guardian. In case of married person, co-obligator can either be spouse or parent/parent-inlaw. Parental co-obligation can also be substituted by a suitable third party guarantee Processing Nil No change Fee Opinion Opinion Report on student will No change Report not be compiled as we are relying on the student getting a favourable placement and repaying the loan out of his

future income Moratorium Period Repayment Up to 6 months after completing the course Maximum 5-7 years after commencement of repayment Extension of time for completion of course may be permitted for maximum period of 2 years if the student is not able to complete course within scheduled time The interest accrued during repayment holiday period is to be added to the principal and repayment in Equated Monthly Installments (EMI) fixed Disposal norm is of two to three days, after submission of application, complete in all respects, for completing formalities and disbursement of the loan. Circle authorities are requested to depute dedicated teams to these institutes during the relevant period for assisting students in completion of formalities for the loans Any student obtaining an education loan from us has to preferably open a savings bank account with the respective branch. He will be given a minimum period of 3 months to build a minimum balance of Rs. 1000. An ATM-cum-Debit card and Internet Banking facility would be immediately provided to him At the end of education term, the branch manager will give the borrower an option to transfer his account and loan to a location convenient to him (e.g. the city where he is going to be posted for work). This will ensure that the student continues to use his Savings Bank Account and it becomes easier for the Branch Manager of the transferee branch to follow up in case there is any irregularity in the loan account. However, this is an option and the student may choose to leave the account in the original branch No change No change

Sanctioning of Loan applications

No change

ATM/ Internet Banking Facility

An ATM-cum-Debit card and Internet Banking facility will be immediately provided to all the students applying for this loan. However, there would be no such condition of building certain balance within a mentioned period of time

Option of transferring the account after the coursecompletion

After the completion of the studies and if the student desires, the loan account can be transferred to a branch closer to the place of coborrower and preferably which has made KYC verification at the time of availing loan for tracking purposes

KYC norms

Education loan to students, who have secured admission to the selected institutes, is sanctioned and disbursed from a branch which is conveniently located on-campus or near the institute. Pre-sanction check of the students identity & address is done by the branch near the permanent residence of the student on the request of the branch which is disbursing the loan Since no tangible security or guarantee is obtained, a letter conveying the sanction of loan i.e., disbursement of loan subject to completion of formalities, will be sent to all the students who secure admission to these institutes by the identified branches. An attractive brochure containing the salient features of the scheme should be annexed to such approval letters The Branch Managers of the identified branches will be advised to initiate suitable relationship building activities with the institute. They should personally visit campuses and meet the students during their spare time to convince the students to take loans from SBI The circle CGM may grant sponsorship of Rs. 2 lacs per annum for the main cultural event/ college magazine of a particular institute subject to the following conditions: Minimum 40% of the batch size of the institute should take Education loan from SBI The institute has to mention SBI name and logo as the Preferred Financer on their application brochure, advertisements, web site, etc. The institute should insert SBI Education Loan brochures along with their application forms If a student approaches the bank for a loan for further studies, the same can be granted to him/ her subject to the following conditions: The combined loan amount

No change

Approval letters to the students

In principle sanction letters may be issued subject to producing the documents as the loans will be secured by coborrower/third-party guarantee

Relationship Building Activities

No change

Sponsorship to institutes

Second Education Loan

The circle CGM may grant sponsorship of Rs. 3 lacs per annum for the main cultural event/placement sessions/ college magazine of a particular institute subject to the following conditions: Minimum 40% of the batch size of the institute should take Education loan from SBI The institute has to mention SBI name and logo as the Preferred Financer on their application brochure, advertisements, web site, etc. The institute should insert SBI Education Loan brochures along with their application forms If a student approaches the bank for a loan for further studies, the same can be granted to him/ her subject to the following conditions: The combined loan amount

should not exceed the should not exceed the maximum permissible loan maximum permissible loan amount under SBI Scholar amount under SBI Scholar Loan Scheme Loan Scheme The second education loan The second education loan may be preferably given from may be preferably given from the same branch as the first the same branch as the first loan. However, if the student loan. However, if the student finds this inconvenient, he finds this inconvenient, he may request for the second may request for the second loan from a branch loan from a branch closer to convenient to him and get the the place of co-borrower and first loan transferred to that preferably which has made branch KYC verification at the time of availing loan and get the The student will be given a first loan transferred to that maximum period of seven branch years after completing the second course to repay both The student will be given a the loans maximum period of seven years after completing the second course to repay both the loans If the second loan is availed for pursuing studies from an institute covered under SBI Scholar Scheme, combined loan amount would be maximum permissible for the second institute under Scholar Loan Scheme. If the second loan taken for pursuing studies is not covered under SBI Scholar Loan Scheme, then the loan will be considered under SBI Student Loan Scheme subject to the terms and conditions applicable for the combined loan amount under SBI Student Loan Scheme. However, for the first loan, interest rate applicable to SBI Scholar Loan would continue and for the second loan interest rate applicable to Student Loan should be charged Loans for further studies abroad This scheme does not cover If a student who has been Education Loans to students granted an education loan going abroad for pursuing under SBI Scholar Loan education. Such students may scheme approaches us for a be granted Education Loans as second Education Loan for per the provisions of our pursuing studies abroad, the Education Loan Scheme. If a same may be granted to him student who has been granted if he furnishes adequate an Education Loan under SBI tangible collateral security for Scholar Loan scheme the combined amount of the approaches us for a second loan, and as per the Education Loan for pursuing provisions of our SBI Student studies abroad, the same may Loan Scheme. be granted to him if he furnishes However, for the first loan adequate tangible collateral interest rate applicable to

security for the second loan, and as per the provisions of our Education Loan Scheme.

SBI Scholar Loan would continue and for the second loan interest rate applicable to Student Loan should be charged.