- Some scholarships are in the form of college fee concessions, others come as direct benefit transfers to the student’s bank accounts.
IIT Ropar scholarships: The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT R) provides scholarships to worthy and deserving students every year. While some are in the form of college fee concessions, others come as direct benefit transfers to the students’ bank accounts.
List of Scholarships
1. Institute merit-cum-means (MCM) scholarships: The Institute offers Merit-cum-Means scholarships to under-graduate students in engineering and technology. These are permissible to about 25% of the students. The present value of Merit-cum-Means scholarship is Rs. 1000 per month for general category students and the recipient is exempted from paying tuition fee. 4-year B.Tech. students are eligible to receive Merit-cum-Means scholarship at the time of joining the Institute. The criterion of merit for the first year is All India Rank (AIR) in the JEE. The scholarships are renewed on a yearly basis until he/she clears all academic requirements of the programme, provided that he/she continues to satisfy the eligibility and continuation criteria.
– For continuation of MCM, the performance of the students will be reviewed at the end of each semester. The first such review will be held at the end of the second semester.
– CGPA must be 6.0 more
– Earned credits should not be less than 20 times the number of semesters registered for
– SGPA in the previous semester must be 6.0 or more
2. Institute merit prizes and certificates: The Institute offers merit prizes and certificates to the top 7 per cent of the students of each 4-year BTech Programme for the 1 and 2 semesters. The value of the merit prize is Rs 2,500. The rules are as follows :
– For merit prizes and certificates, the top 7 per cent of the students admitted or sanctioned capacity whichever is less will be eligible in order of merit. In case the 7 per cent limit is exceeded by more than one student having the same merit, those students will also be eligible for these awards. The students having SGPA/CGPA less than 8.50 will not be considered for the award of merit prizes and certificates.
– If 7 per cent departmental strength is less than one, the students with the highest CGPA subject to a minimum of 8.5 will be awarded the merit prizes of Rs 2,500.
– A prize of Rs 2,500 will be paid to all students entitled to merit prizes. This will be in addition to any scholarship that students may receive from any source whatsoever.
– The award will be given to the top 7 per cent of the students each semester based on their SGPA in the previous semester.
– The award of 1st year students will be given in 2 semesters based on their performance in 1st semester.
– There will be a common merit list of all students for the first year students. The merit list from the 2 to 5 years will be made discipline-wise.
– Any student except final semester, having less than 18 earned credits in the semester under consideration will not be eligible for merit prizes. All the credits of courses repeated by the student in the semester under consideration will not count towards the 18 earned credits mentioned above.
– All graduating students subject to the 7 per cent limit will be considered eligible for awards on SGPA basis obtained during the 8/10 semester. In case of a tie, a merit prize will be awarded to the student with a higher CGPA
3. Institute free studentship: The institute offers free studentship to 10 per cent of the students based on means alone. The recipient is exempted from paying tuition fees. Students who are not eligible for the award of the MCM Scholarships based on their parent’s income will not be considered eligible for the award of the Free Studentship Scholarship. For continuation of free studentship, the scholar must have to maintain the following criteria:
- – CGPA must be 6.0 more
- – Earned credits should not be less than 20 times the number of semesters registered for
- – SGPA in the previous semester must be 6.0 or more
4. Scholarships provision for students of SC/ST category:
- Tuition fee exemption is permissible to all SC/ST students irrespective of their parents/guardians income
- The institute offers a scholarship of Rs 300 per month and exemption from paying room rent of the hostel, only to those SC/ST students whose parent’/guardians’ income does not exceed the limit prescribed by the Government of India from time to time for the award of merit-cum-means scholarship. The students can opt for free mess facilities (basic menu) and Rs 250 per month as a pocket allowance instead of the amount of the scholarship.
- All the eligible SC/ST students while on training or doing courses during semester breaks or required to stay in the Institute during the semester breaks or exempted from taking meals from the hostel due to medical reasons etc. may be given a payment of Rs 70 as pocket allowance (per month) and a per diem allowance instead of free mess facilities based on prevalent average rate of mess charges as applicable from time to time.
- Where an SC/ST candidate fails in the examination for the first time, the award may be renewed subject to a maximum limit of 5 years.
5. Post-matric scholarship: The SC/ST can opt for the Post-Metric Scholarship offered to them by the state government. For further details, students can visit the respective state government website.
6. Top class education scholarship for SC/ST students: The student can opt for this scholarship awarded by the Government of India. Students are required to apply for this scholarship at – scholarships.gov.in.
7. Other scholarship: In addition to the above-mentioned scholarships, there are a few other scholarships awarded by NGOs and some external agencies.
8. Scholarship for BTech – MTech dual degree: Students belonging to the BTech-MTech dual degree programme who have good academic performance are given a scholarship in the final year, which is in part to that given to students of MTech programmes.
