Scholarships in India for School,Engineering & PG Students

Scholarships are an aid to education to people who cannot afford much of education and reward to people who can afford education. Scholarships are category based i.e. scholarships are given at various levels of education. There are some scholarships which are community based and some which are non-community based, but in all are issued according to merits.

It is rightly said that a good academic record education never goes without rewards. You may never know when you’ll get returns. Since scholarships are provided in limited numbers and the applicants are many, so the scholarships are provided on the basis of merit, be it any scholarship.

There are lot many scholarships for merit students available in India, some are permanent and some are temporary ones. The permanent scholarships are provided on year to year basis, i.e. each scholarship has a deadline to be applied, and a tenure for which it will be provided. Temporary scholarships are generally for a particular time period and after they are not provided.

Since there are many scholarships for merit students, one may not remember names of all, and each different scholarship has different eligibility criteria and deadline, hence a regular check is required on Internet, if one is interested to avail such scholarships. Programmes of scholarships for merit students are available from school education to PhD education.

Scholarships for Merit Students at School Education

1. Indian Oil Academic Scholarships

2. NCERT Announces National Talent Search Examination

3. MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP

4. Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)

Scholarships for Merit Students at Graduate level

1. NTPC, Noida Scholarships for SC/ST Diploma Engineering

2. INSPIRE Scholarship – SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (SHE)

3. Shri Brihad Bharatiya Samaj Scholarships

4. National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation-Scholarships For Students with
Disabilities.

5. Indian Oil Scholarships

6. VIT University Vellore Ignite Scholarships

7. Larsen and Toubro Build -India Scholarship

8. Reserve Bank of India Scholarship – RBI Young Scholars Award Scheme

Scholarships for merit students at Post Graduate level

1. IITB-Monash Research Academy – PhD Scholarships

2. Post –Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child

3. PG Scholarship for Professional courses for SC & ST candidates

4. Indian Oil Scholarships

5. The Narotam Sekhsaria Scholarship for Higher Studies

6. Inlaks Research Travel Grants

7. Jawaharlal Nehru Scholarships for Doctoral Studies

8. Merit-cum-Means Scholarship for Students Belonging to Minority Communities

Other Scholarships-

1. NIIT Cloud Scholarships for GNIIT Programmes

These scholarships for merit students been given above are within India, there are even some scholarships provided by organizations of India to Indian students for studying abroad.