🎓 IIT Dharwad Scholarships 2025 – Complete Guide

IIT Dharwad offers a wide range of scholarships and financial assistance schemes to support students academically and financially. These scholarships aim to promote merit, equity, and excellence at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

🎖️ Undergraduate Scholarships

🏅 Central Sector Scholarship for Top Class Education for SC/ST Students

• Eligibility: SC/ST category students with annual family income ≤ ₹8 lakh.

• Benefits: Full tuition fee waiver, monthly stipend, cost of books, living expenses, and computer funding.

• Application: Apply through the National Scholarship Portal (NSP). Early application highly recommended.

🏅 Merit-Cum-Means (MCM) Scholarship

• Eligibility: B.Tech students with family income ≤ ₹4.5 lakh/year, minimum required academic performance.

• Benefits: ₹1,000 per month for 10 months and full tuition fee waiver.

• Application: Apply through IIT Dharwad's internal scholarship portal.

🏅 Institute Merit Scholarships (IMS)

• Eligibility: Top-performing undergraduate students in each year based on academic merit.

• Benefits: Semester-wise partial tuition fee reimbursement.

• Application: Awarded automatically based on performance, no separate application needed.

🏅 Foundation for Excellence (FFE) Scholarship

• Eligibility: High-achieving B.Tech students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds (income ≤ ₹3 lakh/year).

• Benefits: Financial support towards tuition fees and academic expenses.

• Application: Apply via FFE portal and validate through IIT Dharwad administration.

🎓 Postgraduate Scholarships

🎓 MHRD/AICTE Scholarship for M.Tech Students

• Eligibility: Full-time M.Tech students admitted via GATE with valid scores.

• Benefits: ₹12,400 per month stipend for 24 months (2 years).

• Application: Automatically awarded upon admission and verification.

🎓 Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF)

• Eligibility: Direct Ph.D. or M.Tech-to-Ph.D. applicants with high academic credentials.

• Benefits: Fellowship up to ₹70,000/month plus contingency grants of ₹2 lakh/year.

• Application: Apply via the PMRF portal and nomination by IIT Dharwad.

🎓 UGC/CSIR Research Fellowship

• Eligibility: Ph.D. students with valid CSIR-UGC NET-JRF qualification.

• Benefits: ₹31,000–₹35,000 monthly stipend plus HRA and contingency grants.

• Application: Apply through CSIR/UGC channels and inform IIT Dharwad.

🏢 Government & Private Sector Scholarships

National Scholarship Portal (NSP)

• Eligibility: Access to various central government scholarships like Post-Matric, Pre-Matric, and Merit-cum-Means schemes.

• Application: Apply via the National Scholarship Portal.

State-Specific Scholarships

• Eligibility: Students belonging to states like Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, etc., are eligible under their respective state government schemes.

• Application: Apply through individual state scholarship portals.

Private Sector Scholarships

• Examples:

  • Tata Trusts Scholarships

  • Aditya Birla Scholarship

  • Indian Oil Academic Scholarships

• Application: Apply through respective scholarship providers' portals.

📌 Final Notes

• Renewability: Most scholarships are renewable annually based on CGPA (typically ≥ 6.5–7.0) and academic progress.

• Application Process: Students are advised to track notices on the IIT Dharwad website, student portals, and academic office announcements for deadlines.

• Scholarship Cell: IIT Dharwad has a dedicated scholarship and financial aid cell to guide and support students throughout the application process.