NIST Manas Ranjan Sahu Scholarship : National Institute of Science & Technology

Organisation : National Institute of Science and Technology, Odisha
Scholarship Name : Manas Ranjan Sahu Scholarship
Applicable For : Students of NIST
Website : http://www.nist.edu/index.php

Manas Ranjan Sahu Scholarship:

This scholarship is in memory of our ex student Manas Ranjan Sahu which is awarded to a B.Tech Final year Student on the basis of Merit-cum-Means. The amount is Rs. 25000/- and the award is given annually at the beginning of the semester.

Related : Policy Bazaar Scholarship Programme 2017 : www.scholarships.net.in/14196.html

Economic Hardship Scholarship :
The objective of this scholarship is to help economically backward students to meet the day to day academic expenses. This scholarship is given annually to 30 students of B.Tech, 3 Students of MCA and 2 Students of MBA . The amount of Scholarship is Rs. 18000/- per year to each one of them.

Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme :
Under this scheme 5% of total intake of UG students, whose family total annual income is less then Rs.4.5 Lacs are given full tuition fee waiver. This is applicable for the entire duration of the course (i.e 4 years).

Book Grant Scholarship :
The objective of the scholarship is to help the economically backward students to purchase books, stationary for academic use. This scholarship is given to 25 students of B.Tech, 3 students of MCA and 2 students from MBA per Semester. The amount of Scholarship is Rs.2500/- per semester.

Shiv Shankar Bisoi Scholarship :
This scholarship, in the memory of a former student of 2001 batch, is given to one student per year and the amount of Scholarship is Rs.15000/-.

Travel Grant Scholarship :
This scholarship is given to students who publish papers in any national/ international conferences. All the expenses incurred to present the paper are taken care of under this scholarship.

Research Assistantship Scholarship :
Through the Research Assistantship (RAship) program UG and PG students get involved with faculty members to carry out joint research work. For this each student gets a stipend of Rs.1250/- per month.

M. Tech Scholarship :
M. Tech scholarship/Stipend is given to each and every M.Tech student taking admission at NIST. A monthly scholarship of Rs.3000 is awarded to each student under this scheme. GATE qualified students also get an additional Stipend of Rs, 8000 from MHRD, Govt. of India.

Merit Scholarship :
This scholarship is given to all the students of B. Tech, M. Tech, MBA and MCA who secure greater than 9.0 SGPA in the under graduate program and greater than 8.5 SGPA in the graduate program. The amount of scholarship is between Rs. 1000/- to 5000/-.

Teaching Assistantship Scholarship
Each year few meritorious students are selected as Teaching Assistants to assist the faculty members in their academic work for their subjects. Students receive a scholarship of Rs.1250/- per month for this work.

Best B. Tech Project Award :
Each year best B.Tech. Projects are selected under different categories like Software Development, Hardware Development, Renewable Energy etc., and awarded with a cash prize of Rs. 7000 each.

Gold & Silver Medal :
Each year, it is the tradition of NIST to reward the toppers, students who come out with exemplary academic performances. This year, the medals were given to Chinmaya Mohapatro (ECE), Suman Mohanty (CSE), Itishri Dash (CSE), K. Praveena (IT), Abinash Tripathy (EIE), Nishant Kumar (EEE), Lokkoju Rama Kumari (MBA), Bijaylaxmi Sahoo (MCA) and Mr. Bhawani Shankar Pattnaik who were the toppers of B. Tech, MBA, MCA and M. Tech in the year 2011.

Other Awards :
Best EDC Project Proposal Award, Awards for Selection in IIM and Awards for top GATE Scorers are also given to students.