hdfcbank.com ECSS Educational Crisis Scholarship Support 2015 : HDFC Bank

Organization : HDFC Bank
Scholarship Name : ECSS Educational Crisis Scholarship Support 2015
Country: India
Application Dates : From 1st May, 2015 To 5th July, 2015

Website : https://v1.hdfcbank.com/htdocs/common/ECSS_scholarship.htm

ECSS Educational Crisis Scholarship Support :

HDFC Bank believes that the benefits of economic growth need to flow to all sections of society. Although not a panacea, education would be one of the main interventions that would lead to the overall economic and social development of the society.

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With the aim of empowering individuals who are economically and socially disadvantaged, the bank has initiated various projects in the field of education and livelihood training. ‘Educational Crisis Scholarship Support’ (ECSS) programme is envisaged to provide interim support for children facing a personal/economic exigency.

About ECSS:
Economic hardship or a crisis in the family sometimes has a direct impact on the education of children, often resulting in the child dropping out of school/college/university. ECSS has been conceptualized to provide assistance to these students, to tide over a difficult situation/Personal/Family Crisis without adverse impact on their education.

The Scholarship:
ECSS aims to cover students from recognized Private or Government aided schools between standards 6 and 12 and students studying in undergraduate and post-graduate courses (full-time/part-time degree/diploma/ courses) who due to personal/family crises are unable to continue bearing the cost of education and are at risk of dropping out of school/college/university. This situation would be defined as bereavement/death/ terminal illness/permanent disability and loss of job of the breadwinner due to accident or any such extreme circumstances that have put a strain on the family resources. The Scholarship will cover the total annual School Fee upto a maximum of Rs.10,000/- and College/University Fee upto a maximum of Rs.25,000/- of the selected candidates.

Application:
Students can apply either online or submit physical copy application forms. Physical copies can be submitted at any HDFC Bank branch.

Application period:
Applications open from 1st May, 2015 to 5th July, 2015. Filled in application forms should be submitted latest by 5th July, 2015.

Application guidelines:
** Ensure that the form is complete along with the necessary attachments. Incomplete forms will be rejected
** Students submitting online application are NOT required sending hard copy of same
** Economic difficulties in itself will not qualify as a crisis unless the same is due to the occurrence of a sudden incident such as loss of job/death/separation of parents or any such unfortunate situation
** A ‘CRISIS’ situation is defined as a sudden occurrence of an incident that has created a situation where the student/family requires support
** The incident leading to a crisis should be within the preceding two years
** Please clearly mention details of the situation in the relevant sections to enable better understanding of the need
** Ensure that the contact numbers of both the student and the educational institute are valid as a verification call will be made to these numbers
** Inability to respond to the verification call may lead to rejection of the application
** Please read the FAQs for details on eligibility criteria and application process
** Ensure that the name of the institute’s account (in which the cheque needs to be drawn) is mentioned correctly. Fresh cheques will not be issued if names are found incorrect