Scholarships


Scholarships

Institute Scholarships
1) Merit- cum- Means (MCM)
  • GEN / GEN-EWS / OBC category students can apply
  • Parental Gross Income shall not exceed Rs. 4.5 Lakhs for any category.
  • Income Tax Return (ITR) with Acknowledgement from IT Department has to be submitted as Income Proof of Parents (Father and Mother or Guardian, if any).
  • The number of students to be awarded MCM scholarship will be limited to 25% of the Class Strength.
  • The student should secure a SGPA / CGPA of 7.0 and above with no active backlogs (Fail Grade) in any type of courses (Including Additional courses).
  • The Shortlisted students are eligible for Pocket Money of Rs.1,000 per month.
  • Students should avail only a single scholarship / stipend / financial aid, only from a single stakeholder for a given period of time i.e. Students cannot avail multiple scholarships / financial assistance from multiple stakeholders (Govt. / Private / any external agencies) for the same academic year.

2) ST / SC Scholarship
  • Students belonging to SC / ST category can apply.
  • Parental Gross Income shall not exceed Rs. 4.5 Lakhs for any category.
  • Income Tax Return (ITR) with Acknowledgement from IT Department has to be submitted as Income Proof of Parents (Father and Mother or Guardian, if any).
  • There is no ceiling on the award of SC / ST scholarship subject to fulfilling the required criteria.
  • The student should secure a SGPA / CGPA of 7.0 and above with no active backlogs (Fail Grade) in any type of courses (Including Additional courses).
  • The Shortlisted students are eligible for Pocket Money of Rs.250 per month and are eligible for refund of License Fee and Dining Charges at actuals and as per the eligibility.
  • Students should avail only a single scholarship / stipend / financial aid, only from a single stakeholder for a given period of time i.e. Students cannot avail multiple scholarships / financial assistance from multiple stakeholders (Govt. / Private / any external agencies) for the same academic year.

Note: For the Academic year 2024-25, the Income Tax Returns and Acknowledgement received from the IT department of both the Parents / Guardian for the Financial Year 2023-24 (Assessment Year 2024-25) is mandatory as an income proof. No other certificate would be considered as proof of income. It is mandatory for students to submit Income Tax Returns of both the parents (irrespective of the fact that ITR need not be filed if income is below Rs 5 lakhs).

National Scholarship Portal (NSP):
  • NSP is a common electronic portal for implementing various Scholarship schemes launched by Union Government, State Government and Union Territories across the country.
  • For details of schemes / guidelines, Click here for NSP
  • Further, National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC), an Organization under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs aims at providing financial assistance under Education Loan Scheme to meritorious ST students facing difficulties in taking admission because of inability to pay Admission / Tuition fee at the time of admission.

Frequently asked Questions (FAQs)
  1. How will students know about scholarships?
    • Institute scholarship, the Academic Office will notify all the students from time to time.
    • NSP Scholarship, students may visit the NSP portal from time to time & apply. Schemes on NSP
  2. When to apply for the scholarships?
    • Institute Scholarship - once a year, intimated by the Academic Office.
    • NSP scholarships - once in a year (kindly refer to the NSP website from time to time for updates).
  3. Procedure to apply for the scholarships
    • Institute Scholarship - Academic Office floats the form over mail / through AIMS / any other platform.
    • NSP scholarships - Apply through National Scholarship Portal, please refer to FAQs / Manual & Standard Operating Procedure
  4. Documents required for applying scholarship
    • Institute Scholarship
      • Aadhar Card
      • Entrance Exam Rank Card
      • Caste Certificate
      • Semester Grade Card
      • ITR Acknowledgement form of parents/guardian issued by IT Department (For the Academic year 2023-24, ITR Acknowledgement forms of Financial year 2022-23 (Assessment year 2023-24) are to be submitted).
    • NSP scholarships
      • For Registration, refer to FAQs / Manual
      • For applying, refer to the guidelines of the respective scholarship scheme as the documents needed / guidelines may vary from scheme to scheme.
  5. Can a student avail dual scholarship / financial benefit?
    • Students should avail only a single scholarship / stipend / financial aid, only from a single stakeholder for a given period of time i.e. Students cannot avail multiple scholarships / financial assistance from multiple stakeholders (Govt. / Private / any external agencies) for the same academic year.
  6. What is the Grant receiving mechanism?
    • Institute scholarships Scholarship amount directly transferred to the student's bank account.
    • NSP scholarships
      • Scholarship amount is directly transferred to the student's bank account via DBT mode through PFMS.
      • For a few schemes, the Admission fee component is received at Institute and will be disbursed to students from Institute.
      • The policy may be subject to change from time to time, hence, please refer to the scholarship scheme guidelines for any updates.
  7. Which income will be taken into consideration for award of scholarship Gross income / taxable income?
    • Gross Income
  8. Institute AISHE Code
    • U-0013