IIT Guwahati Releases Scholarships for UG, PG Students; Check Details Here

New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) has released the scholarships available for students admitted to its UG, PG Courses. Some of the scholarships are in the form of college fee concessions, others come as direct benefit transfers to the students’ bank accounts.

List of Scholarships Offered by IIT Guwahati

Institute Scholarships: 

These scholarships are awarded to UG, PG students to promote and recognise academic excellence, and overall growth and development of the students. These will be awarded on the basis of the recommendations of IIT Guwahati scholarship committee. Here are the institute scholarships: 

Institute Merit Scholarship (IMS): IMS is given to students enrolled in BTech/BDes/MSc/MA courses at IIT Guwahati. This is meant for the year-wise class toppers of all the streams and is awarded in the second year. It includes a tuition fee waiver and a fixed monthly stipend for eight months. 

Eligibility Criteria- The student has to complete without any break I and II semesters, for the second-year, III-IV semester, for the third-year (for B.Des/B.Tech students only), V-VI semester, for the fourth-year (for B.Des/B.Tech students only). The student should have cleared all the courses of the concerned semesters at the first available chance. He/She should have secured the highest yearly performance index (YPI) in the semesters taken for reckoning. 

Institute Merit-cum-Means (McM): Institute merit cum means is awarded to BTech/BDes/MSc/MA students of the institute strictly on merit cum means basis to up to 25 per cent of the non-SC/ST students. It includes a tuition fee waiver and a fixed monthly stipend for eight months. 

Eligibility Criteria– 

4. Parents’ income should not exceed the prescribed limit per annum. (The prescribed income limit is subject to Govt. notifications and is currently INR 4.5 lakhs per annum)
5. Students are not considered for McM scholarships if they have passed their +2 examination from schools with annual tuition fees of more than INR 30,000 per annum.
6. All 1st year BTech/BDes/MSc/MA students are eligible to apply. However, a CPI of 6.0 is mandatory for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-year undergraduate and 2nd-year MSc/MA students.

d.A maximum of 25 per cent of the non-SC/ST students in BTech/BDes and MSc & MA programmes are eligible for McM as per the Statutes.

SC-ST Scholarships: This is awarded to all BTech/BDes/MSc/MA students of the SC/ST categories. It includes a fixed monthly stipend for eight months, free messing (only for the basic menu), and a hostel seat rent waiver. Tuition fee is waived for all SC/ST students by the statutes. 

Eligibility Criteria:

4. Parents’ income should not exceed the prescribed limit per annum (the prescribed income limit is subject to Govt. notifications and is currently Rs 4.5 lakhs per annum).
5. Students are not considered for SC-ST scholarships if they have passed their +2 examination from schools with annual tuition fees of more than Rs 30,000 per annum. 
6. All BTech/BDes/MSc/MA students are eligible to apply

Other Scholarships:

Indian Women’s Association, Bonn (IWAB) Scholarship: This is for first-year undergraduate girl students based on an endowment from the Indian Women’s Association, Bonn. 

Eligibility criteria:

1. The girl students may apply during the even semester of an academic year.
2. The minimum SPI of 1st semester is 7.0 for the candidate to be eligible to apply for the scholarship.
3. The final recommendation made by the scholarship committee is on the consideration of both merit-cum-means of the candidate. 
4. A recipient of the McM Scholarship during the same academic period may not be awarded an IWAB scholarship.

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