Mahatma Gandhi University Scholarship: India Today, NIRF, Course, Fees, Placement, Scholarships

Students enrolled across various courses at IIT Delhi are offered several scholarship schemes and financial assistance to lessen their financial burden and to cover academic and other expenses during the entire program. The institute offers both external and internal scholarships to its students based on their qualifications and scores. However, a student needs to satisfy minimum eligibility criteria to avail the facility of scholarship awards and grants. Some of the popular scholarship schemes offered by IIT Delhi are as follows: 

Merit Cum Means Scholarship: 

• The MCM (Merit Cum Means) Scholarships are offered to the students in the Undergraduate Programs of Engineering & Technology or M.Sc Programs.
• Only 25% of the students are sanctioned to get this scholarship as per the institute's rules. 

• Students of IIT Delhi whose annual family income or parent's gross income is up to INR 4.5 lakhs.

• An award of INR 1000 is awarded per month to the students belonging to the GEN/OBC/EWS categories and the recipients are exempted from paying the tuition fee.
• The tuition fee is exempted to all the students of the SC/ ST/ PwD category.

Research Assistance

• Research Assistance is provided to the students who are enrolled in the Ph.D. or research programs at IIT Delhi and are willing to work for the department. 
• Any student enrolled in the research-based programs on a full-time basis at IIT Delhi.
• A minimum of INR 15,000 is awarded per month to students who can work about 20 hours a week.
• For the students enrolled in MS Research Programme, a sum of INR 24,000 is awarded per month to work 8 hours a week.

Scholarships Offered by Alumni at IIT Delhi 

Apart from the scholarships offered by the institute, many reputed alumni have instituted scholarships at IIT Delhi to support the students on the basis of their academic performances. Some of the scholarships offered by alumni, corporates, and philanthropists are mentioned below.

Loan Scholarships

Besides, most of the students are able to get the scholarship on the basis of merits and academic qualifications at IIT Delhi, still many alumni has contributed and instituted scholarships that repaid the interest on loans the student has took. Some of the loan scholarships are mentioned below.

• Ved & Prem Lata Gulati Loan Scholarship
• Smt. Sushma Lal Loan Scholarship
• Smt. Sarada Warrior Loan Scholarship 
• Shrimati Dharam Devi Bhatia Loan Scholarship
• Shri Motiram Bulchand Shivdasani Scholarship
• Samir Anand and Batch of 88 Loan Scholarship 

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