AICTE - SPICES
What this is
AICTE-SPICES scheme provides financial support to institutions for developing students' clubs for the well-rounded development of students by promoting their interests, creativity, and ethics. This club should serve as a model for other clubs in the institution and also those in other institutions.
In detail
The scheme "AICTE - Scheme for Promoting Interests, Creativity and Ethics among Students (SPICES)" is a scheme for the institutions by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Department of Higher Education (DoHE). This scheme provides financial support to institutions for developing students' clubs for the well-rounded development of students by promoting their interests, creativity, and ethics. This club should serve as a model for other clubs in the institution and also those in other institutions.
Objective
To energize and position students club/ Chapters/ Societies as facilitating entities for the pursuit of individual interests, creative work, showcasing talent, networking and teamwork opportunities, social experience; organization and management skills, exposure to professional ethics, etc.
Who qualifies
(a) AICTE-approved institutes with a minimum of 5 years of existence.
(b) Only one proposal per institute for a club (with a minimum of student members 50) will be
admissible. Institute may choose its best performing club for applying under the scheme for the grant.
(c) The institute must commit a contribution of a minimum ₹ 1,00,000 to the club. Contributions over
and above ₹ 1,00,000 from institution to club will get weightage for consideration.
(d) Coordinator must be full-time regular faculty with at least 10-year experience in teaching/
industry.
(e) Institute should also identify a Co-coordinator who must be a faculty with at least 5 years of
experience in teaching/industry.
(f) Experience and inclination of organizing events/ co-curriculum activities are desirable for the coordinator and co-coordinator.
Terms and Conditions
(a) Students on a roll to the institute shall be members of the club.
(b) The grant can be utilized for activities mentioned at Point No. 8 and meeting the cost of registration and travel (up to 40% of the total grant) of students participating in outstation activities.
(c) Funds once released/sanctioned for supporting the particular students club cannot be utilized for any other program.
(d) Ex-students and ex-faculty members and other officials of the institute shall not be members of the club.
(e) The Clubs must be encouraged to reach out to alumni and industries for fund-raising in their
events.
(f) The academic background of the coordinator must be in conformity with the theme of the club.
(g) Institute will be eligible to receive the grant under the SPICES scheme only once.
What you get
Duration: One-Year
Limit of Funding: ₹ 1,00,000 only (one-time grant to one institute)
Disbursement of the Funds: ₹ 1,00,000 as advance
Programs/ Activities targeted in the Clubs: Evolution of Interests/Hobbies, Creativity/ Imagination/ Innovation, and Ethics/ Value through a range of student activities.
Who is excluded
Ex-students and ex-faculty members and other officials of the institute shall not be members of the club.
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Provenance
| schemeName | AICTE - Scheme For Promoting Interests, Creativity And Ethics Among Students | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeOpenDate | ... | not published at source |
| schemeCloseDate | ... | not published at source |
| nodalMinistryName | Ministry of Education | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| dbtScheme | ... | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |