Student Benevolence Fund Scholarship

Students' Benevolence Fund (SBF) scholarship is awarded to all the registered students who are not receiving any other financial assistance and are facing financial hardships.

How to Apply?
Students can apply online for the SBF scholarship through Office Automation (OA) Portal. The steps are as follows:

1. Visit the IIT Kanpur website http://www.iitk.ac.in
2. Click on "Centres and Facilities"
3. Select "Facilities"
4. Select "Office Automation".
5. In "Login based services", login to OA portal using your CC login and Password.
6. Select "Student Profile" and then "Apply scholarship".
7. Select Scholarship type "SBF" and your personal details will be displayed.
8. Fill up the fields, which are mandatory (marked with *).
9. Press "Submit".

One of the following supporting documents has to be submitted in the DOSA office as evidence for the stated income:

• Parental Income Certificate, clearly stating your parents’ annual income and duly signed by your parents.

• One of the following supporting document as evidence for the stated income:
  - SALARIED PERSON(both government and private): A copy of Form 16 or Income Tax Return Form (ITR) for the latest financial year.
  - BUSINESSMAN: A copy of Income Tax Return Form (ITR) for the latest financial year.
  - AGRICULTURIST AND OTHERS: Print/type the attached application form on a Rs. 10 stamp paper and have it signed by your parents, countersigned by a Notary public or government official of the rank of Tehsildar and above for the latest financial year.

The documents to be submitted for your parental income proof should be of the latest financial year. Suppose you are applying for the scholarship in 2015, then the document for proof should be for the financial year 2014-15 and an assessment year of 2015-16.

NOTE: There is no CPI criterion for applying for SBF.