Inspire Scholarships
 
 

 

Inspire Scholarships

The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India gives Scholarships for Higher Education (SHE), called INSPIRE-SHE Scholarships, to the students enrolled in undergraduate programs in natural and basic sciences all across the country in order to inspire them to become leading scientists. The details of the INSPIRE Scholarship are provided below.

 

  1. Students pursuing 4-Year BS and 5-Year BS-MS Dual Degree programs in natural and basic sciences AND have secured rank within top 10,000 in JEE-AIR are eligible to apply for INSPIRE Scholarship.

    1. You have secured marks within top 1% of your board

    2. You have secured rank within top 10,000 in JEE-AIR

    3. You are KVPY, NTSE, JBNSTS scholar, or International Olympiad medalist

  2. As per the DST guidelines, the students pursuing BS program in Economics and B. Tech./Dual-Degree programs in Engineering are NOT eligible to receive INSPIRE Scholarship.

  3. If you have failed in one or more courses or your CGPA (API) is below 7.0, then you are NOT eligible to receive INSPIRE scholarship.

  4. The IIT Kanpur facilitates the application and award process for its students as per the DST guidelines available at: http://www.inspire-dst.gov.in/SHE.html.

  5. A student must apply for the Inspire Scholarship on the prescribed application form before the last date for submitting the application form.