🎓 IIT Madras Scholarships 2025 – Complete Guide

IIT Madras provides a range of scholarships and financial assistance options to help students pursue their academic and research goals. These scholarships aim to foster academic excellence while promoting inclusivity, equity, and equal opportunities for all students, regardless of their financial background.

🎖️ Undergraduate Scholarships

🏅 Merit-Cum-Means (MCM) Scholarship

• Eligibility: Available to B.Tech and Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.Tech) students with family income ≤ ₹1 lakh per year.

• Benefits:

  • Full waiver of tuition fees.

  • Annual scholarship of ₹40,000.

  • Women Merit Scholarship of ₹10,000/year.

  • Awarded to up to 25% of the sanctioned intake, based on academic merit and means criteria.

• Renewability: This scholarship is renewable annually based on maintaining a good academic record.

• Application Process: Students are automatically considered for the MCM Scholarship during admission.

🏅 Free Messing Facilities (SC/ST Students)

• Eligibility: SC/ST students whose parental income ≤ ₹5 lakh per year.

• Benefits:

  • Full exemption from tuition fees.

  • Free messing facilities (basic menu).

  • Pocket allowance of ₹500/month.

  • Exemption from hostel room rent.

• Application Process: Automatically awarded based on eligibility. No need for separate application.

• Renewability: Renewable annually if the eligibility criteria are maintained.

🏅 Named Scholarships (IIT Madras Alumni Association)

• Eligibility: Typically awarded to students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, though exact criteria may vary.

• Benefits: Covers annual tuition and mess expenses.

• Application Process: Managed by the IIT Madras Alumni Association; students are nominated based on need and merit.

• Renewability: Renewable based on academic performance and continued need for financial assistance.

🏅 OPJEMS Scholarship

• Eligibility: Awarded to top students in each batch:

  • Top 2 students from Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, and Metallurgical Engineering streams.

  • Top 12 students from other streams.

• Benefits: ₹65,000 per year.

• Application Process: Selection based on an online test and interview.

• Renewability: Renewable annually based on performance.

🏅 INSPIRE Scholarship

• Eligibility: Students who are ranked in the top 1% of their class in Natural & Basic Sciences or in the top 10,000 ranks in JEE Advanced.

• Benefits: ₹80,000 per year.

• Application Process: Details are available through IIT Madras, and students must apply directly through the institution.

• Renewability: Renewable annually based on academic performance.

🏅 Institute of Excellence Scholarship

• Eligibility: Awarded to the top students of IIT Madras in their respective departments based on academic excellence.

• Benefits: Covers tuition fees and additional financial assistance for research projects.

• Application Process: Nominated by faculty members or department heads.

• Renewability: Renewable annually based on academic performance.

🏅 Government and Private Sector Sponsored Scholarships

• Eligibility: These are sponsored by various government bodies, corporations, and private foundations.

• Examples:

  • Aditya Birla Scholarship

  • Tata Trust Scholarships

  • Reliance Foundation Scholarships

• Benefits: Varies by scholarship provider; typically covers tuition, living expenses, and project funding.

• Application Process: Apply via respective scholarship portals.

🎓 Postgraduate Scholarships

🎓 Teaching Assistantship (TA)

• Eligibility: Full-time M.Tech, M.Des, M.S. by Research, and Ph.D. students.

• Benefits:

  • ₹37,000 per month for the first 2 years.

  • ₹42,000 per month for the remaining period.

  • Exemption from tuition fees.

• Application Process: Automatically awarded to students admitted into full-time M.Tech, M.Des, M.S., and Ph.D. programs.

• Renewability: Renewable based on satisfactory academic performance.

🎓 Research Assistantship (RA)

• Eligibility: Full-time M.Tech, M.S. by Research, and Ph.D. students.

• Benefits: ₹37,000 per month.

• Application Process: Offered by individual departments based on research projects, and awarded on a merit basis.

• Renewability: Renewable as long as the student continues to work on the research project and maintains good academic standing.

🎓 Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF)

• Eligibility: M.Tech and Ph.D. students who exhibit exceptional academic performance.

• Benefits:

  • ₹70,000 per month.

  • ₹2 lakh per year as a contingency grant.

• Application Process: Students are nominated by IIT Madras, and application details are available via the PMRF portal.

• Renewability: Renewable based on academic performance and continued research progress.

🎓 UGC/CSIR Research Fellowship

• Eligibility: Ph.D. students who possess a valid CSIR-UGC NET-JRF qualification.

• Benefits: ₹31,000–₹35,000 per month, along with Housing Rent Allowance (HRA) and contingency grants.

• Application Process: Students apply through CSIR/UGC channels and must inform IIT Madras of their application.

🎓 Financial Aid Programme (FAP)

• Eligibility: Open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students at IIT Madras.

• Benefits: Provides both merit-based and need-based scholarships along with career preparedness initiatives.

• Application Process: Managed by the IIT Madras Alumni Association; students can apply through the official portal.

• Renewability: Renewable annually, subject to maintaining a required academic standard.

🏢 Government & Private Sector Scholarships

National Scholarship Portal (NSP)

• Eligibility: Students can access several central government scholarships, such as Post-Matric, Pre-Matric, and Merit-cum-Means schemes.

• Application Process: Apply via the National Scholarship Portal (NSP) for various government scholarships.

State-Specific Scholarships

• Eligibility: Students from states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, etc., are eligible for state-specific scholarships based on domicile and merit.

• Application Process: Students should apply through their respective state government scholarship portals.

Private Sector Scholarships

• Examples:

  • Aditya Birla Scholarship (for merit)

  • Tata Trusts Scholarships (for economically disadvantaged students)

  • Reliance Foundation Scholarships (for students in need of financial assistance)

• Application Process: Apply through the respective scholarship provider’s official website.

Corporate Sponsorships

• Eligibility: Available to students in technical and non-technical disciplines, sponsored by various corporate entities.

• Application Process: Check the corporate portals for details regarding the eligibility, benefits, and deadlines for application.

📌 Additional Information & Final Notes

Scholarship Renewal Criteria:

• Most scholarships require students to maintain a minimum CGPA (usually ≥ 6.5–7.0) and consistent academic progress to be renewed for subsequent years.

Application Process:

• Students must monitor notifications on the IIT Madras website, student portals, and through faculty announcements for updates on scholarship deadlines and eligibility changes.

Scholarship Cell:

• The IIT Madras Scholarship and Financial Aid Cell plays a key role in assisting students with their scholarship applications and queries. It also provides counseling services for students who need financial aid.