IIT Kharagpur offers financial assistance to every student based on their needs
India Today (June 19, 2019)
Students at IIT Kharagpur can take financial assistance from the institute and return it back once they are capable of. Top JEE Advanced scorers can apply for 'Learn-Earn-Return' scholarship that gives the recipient Rs 10,000 per month for four years. However, students have to maintain a CGPA of 9 throughout and take a pledge to give back to the Institute once they are capable to do so.
Types of Financial Assistance
IIT Kharagpur, in fact, provides students need-based financial assistance.
- For all meritorious students whose annual family income is less than Rs 6 lakh, there is tuition waiver or some monthly scholarship, even free mess facility, free hostel and pocket allowance for the underprivileged for some.
But financial aid is not denied even to those who come from upper middle class families. (Read More)
