Hira and Kamal Ahuja Award in Engineering

Hira and Kamal Ahuja Award is a type of financial need award or bursary that values up to 10000 USD awarded annually to a graduate student registered full time in a Master’s or Doctoral program in the Faculty of Engineering. Students with good academic performance and in need of financial help are considered for this award by the University of Waterloo. For the application to be considered, the students are required to complete the Graduate Student Award Application form available on the website and demonstrate their cultural contributions to the Indian community.

The number or value of awards changes from year to year. Students who pursue Master’s and Doctoral degree programs at the University of Waterloo are eligible for this award.

Programs for which the scholarship is available are:

Engineering?Architecture, MBET, Mechanical & Mechatronics Eng, Chemical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Eng, Management Sciences, Systems Design Engineering, Civil & Environmental Eng.

Highlights

Scholarship Type	College-Specific, Merit-Based
Offered by	Institution
Organization	University of Waterloo
Application Deadline	N/A
Number of Scholarships	N/A
Amount	$10,000 ($10,000)
Renewability	Yes, Yearly
International Student Eligible	Yes
Scholarship Website Link	https://uwaterloo.ca/graduate-studies-postdoctoral-affairs/awards/hira-and-kamal-ahuja-international-graduate-scholarship

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility & selection criteria:

Graduate students registered full-time in a Master's or Doctoral program in the Faculty of Engineering
International students who have graduated from any of the following IITs – Delhi, Mumbai, Ropar, Roorkee, Kanpur, and Kharagpur. If an eligible candidate from IIT is not available, students from all NIITs in India will be considered.
Permanent resident of Canada who has graduated from IIT or NIIT
Preference will be given to candidates who identify as women, who fulfill the above criteria, and wherein women are underrepresented
Should an eligible candidate not be available in any one year, available funds will be held and multiple awards may be given out in a future year Engineering Graduate Office in consultation with Prof. Sanjeev Bedi will identify candidates and select recipients.

Application Process

Candidates are required to follow the steps to apply for Graduate Award Application are listed below:

Complete the Graduate Student Award application
Attach required documentation as mentioned in the application form.
Submit your completed application package to Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) before the application deadline.

Students who wish to avail of the benefits of scholarship should also know about the admission process at the University of Waterloo.

Application to Waterloo (by International Students) can be made through OUAC (Ontario Universities Application Centre). Before filling this form, candidates must check whether they meet the admission requirements or not.

Within 2 weeks of receiving the application, the university will send instructions for further steps. These instructions will be sent through email, from the address myapplication@waterloo.ca.

After this, candidates will need to create a Guest Account on the university servers. Candidates then need to upload the required documents and will help them check the application status.
Candidates can then use the ‘Application Information Form’, to further strengthen the chances of their admission.
International Candidates have to upload the official transcripts of their academic certificates, along with their English Proficiency Test Scores.
Selected candidates will be sent the application offer.
Candidates can log in to their OUAC account to check the offer. Candidates need to accept the offer within deadlines given, to be considered for further process.
Selected (international) candidates then need to apply for Study Permit and submit it to the university after they get it.

Selection Process

The selection process takes place once the application is received by the university.

The application is mandatory for the selection process to take place.
Student applications with good academic results and demonstration of their cultural responsibility to the Indian community will be considered first and will also stand a chance to get selected into the university soon.
The selection process will take place with the application review followed by the interview.
Selected candidates will be intimated through email.

Grant Details

The value of the award will be determined by the income generated by the Fund each year.
The goal is to provide at least one Award valued up to $10,000.
The value and/or number of awards may change from year to year.
Master's students may receive this award for a maximum of two years and Doctoral students may receive it for a maximum of four years provided they maintain good academic standing (minimum 80%) and continue to remain registered full time in their program.
This award will be in addition to the guaranteed funding in the student's offer letter.