IIT Kharagpur institutes first of its kind full ride scholarship for Top 100 JEE Rankers
Financial Express (August 18, 2021)
IIT Kharagpur institutes full ride scholarship for its students
The scholarship will be implemented from the 2021-22 academic session and will consider students whose parents gross annual income is less than Rs 20 lakh, he said.
IIT Kharagpur has instituted the country’s first of its kind full ride scholarship to support students who figure in the top 100 of all India rankings of JEE advanced, institute director Prof Virendra Kumat Tewari said on Wednesday.
The scholarship entitled ‘Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Full Scholarship for Top 100 JEE (Advanced) Rankers’ will cover the entire expenses of students who win it till they complete their B.Tech course at IIT Kharagpur, Tewari said at the institute’s 71st foundation day programme held at its campus.
The scholarship will be implemented from the 2021-22 academic session and will consider students whose parents gross annual income is less than Rs 20 lakh, he said.
At IIT Kharagpur we believe that not a single meritorious student should have their education limited due to financial constraints … It is our responsibility as well as our privilege and immense pleasure to support all such talented and meritorious but economically challenged students to access higher education. (Read More)