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IIT Dhanbad scholarships for UG, PG students

IIT Dhanbad Scholarship: These scholarships reward meritorious students and support those facing financial difficulties, contributing to a more inclusive learning environment at IIT Dhanbad.

IIT Dhanbad has been ranked 15 in the NIRF 2024 Engineering category, and 46 in the NIRF Management 2024 rankings (representative image/file)

IIT Dhanbad Scholarships: The Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad (IIT D) provides several scholarships to deserving students based on merit and financial need. Here’s a breakdown of the available scholarships and their eligibility criteria:

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General Scholarships and Fee Waivers

Tuition Fee Waiver / Merit Cum Means (MCM) Scholarship / Free-ship:

– Available for BTech, Dual Degree, Integrated MTech, MSc, MA, and MBA students

– Eligibility: Annual family income ≤ ₹5 lakh; certain documentation required

– SC/ST/PWD students are exempt from tuition fees.

Specific scholarships by discipline and year

– Budhwanti Mrig Memorial Scholarship: For two female students
– Atlas Copco Scholarship: Final-year mining engineering student
– Indrajeet and Satyawati Badhwar Scholarship: One meritorious final-year BTech student
– ISS Scholarship: Up to 10 best final-year BTech/MSc Tech/MBA students
– SL Sehgal Memorial Scholarship: Fourth-year BTech, ME, MM, MLE students

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Merit cum Means (MCM) Scholarships

Sponsored by ISMAANA; eligibility based on academic merit and income criteria, and not available to recipients of other scholarships.

The Institute also provides scholarships from the endowment funds it gets. These are

– Paritosh Pathikrit Endowment: 1 student each from the third and fourth-year BTech

– Chugh Family Foundation: 4 awards (one per year) across all engineering branches, preferably for female students

– Peggy & Avinash Ahuja: 10 awards across all engineering years

– Naresh Vashisht Foundation: 20 awards (5 per year) across all disciplines

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These scholarships reward meritorious students and support those facing financial difficulties, contributing to a more inclusive learning environment at IIT Dhanbad.

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