Organisation : IIT Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Scholarship Name : Financial Assistance
Applicable For : Post Graduate Students
Website : https://www.iitk.ac.in/
Financial Assistance :
** The Institute may provide to postgraduate students, financial assistance in the form of teaching or research assistantships ( referred to as Institute Assistantship ).
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** Assistantships are awarded on a semester to semester basis for a period of up to three semesters for M.Tech. students and up to five years for Ph.D. students. The stipend for the assistantship is paid at the approved rates.
** A student is expected to devote up to eight hours per week towards job(s) assigned to him/her. The renewal of assistantship is contingent on the student’s satisfactory performance in the academic programme and in the discharge of assistantship duties.
** A student on teaching/research assistantship is also reimbursed for some contingency expenses as per the approved terms and procedures to be notified from time to time.
** The reimbursement for a M.Tech. student is done only once, and for a Ph.D. student annually for the first four years of his/her programme, if he/she is on an Institute Assistantship.
** Some financial assistanships in the form of research assistantships may also be available from sponsored research projects. Additional assistantships in the form of scholarships, fellowships, etc, may be available through other organizations, such as, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ( CSIR ). Department of Atomic Energy ( DAE ), etc.
** In addition to the students admitted with financial assistance, students may also be admitted to the M.Tech./Ph.D. programmes on a self-financing basis.
Merit-cum-Means Scholarships for Undergraduate students:
** Students receive full tuition waiver, and pocket allowance of Rs 1000 pm for the duration of the program.
** This is merit based scholarship, hence, the recipients must maintain a minimum CPI of 6.5.
** However, if CPI falls below 6.5 (but remains above 6.0) then pocket allowance is withdrawn.
** Normally, Parents annual income should be within certain limits (currently,Rs 6.0 Lakhs).
** For undergraduates (B.Tech, BS, Major-Minor, Major-Major M.Sc.(2 year), M.Sc.-Ph.D. (UG Part)).
Free Basic Messing and Pocket Allowance:
** FBM with pocket allowance awarded to SC/ST students undertaking Bachelor Program (B.Tech.,Dual, Major-Major, Major-Minor), M.Sc (2 year), BS, M.Sc-Ph.D. (UG Part).
Merit-cum-means scholarships given by alumni of IIT Kanpur:
** Total of about 50 scholarships . Some of the scholarships may be for the students of a particular department
** Most of the scholarships are at the rate of Rs 2000 pm for a duration of 10 months
** Few scholarships are of 3 year duration n Normally, based on merit (minimum CPI should be 8.5)
** Most of the scholarships require that parents annual income should be within certain limits (currently Rs 4.50 Lakhs for most scholarships, however, the amount may vary from scholarship to scholarship)
National prizes for UG and PG students:
** Each year top 7% students of each batch are given notional prizes (includes a certificate and cash prize of Rs 400)
** For the final year UGs, and MTech students the top 7% are chosen from each department
** These are merit based prizes and therefore the recipients must have a minimum CPI of 8.5
Sports Scholarships and Prizes:
** Each year 20 students are given scholarships for their performance in the sports (Rs 500 pm for nine months)
** Winners of medals in annual inter IIT sports meet receive cash prizes of Rs 1500, 1000, and 500 for winning the Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals respectively.
Support for PG Students
** Masters and PhD students are not entitled to apply for the scholarships as they receive TAship/RAship etc.
** However, they are considered for prizes (notional, sports)
Awards at the time of Graduation to undergraduates:
** President’s Gold Medal to the student getting the highest CPI in the graduating class
** Director’s Gold Medal to the student for the best all round performance and leadership
** Proficiency Medals to the students for doing the best BTech project work in each department
** General Proficiency Medals to the students getting the highest CPI in each department
** Ratan Swarup Memorial prize for the best all round performance
** Sangeeta Pradhan Memorial medal for the best all round performance by an MSc student
** Bhagwani Devi Maheshwari Gold Medal to a girl student for all round performance
** Mars G Fonatana award and Batra Gold Medal to MME students
** Professor A S R Sai medal to a CE students
** TCS award for the best project in CSE, EE and ME
** Banco Foundation prize for an ME student
** Syngenta Excellence award to MSc Chemistry students
Awards to Postgraduate Students:
** Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Medal for the best all round performance
** Cadence Gold and Silver Medals for the best MTech thesis across the departments
** Professor A S R Sai Gold Medal for the best CE student in structures
** Professor Bal Deva Upadhyay Gold Medal for the best thesis in MME
** Professor S D Bokil Gold Medal for the best EEM student
** IEEE award for the best EE students
** Mehta Gold Medal for the best ME student
** Professor Vijay Mahajan Gold Medal for the best student in the MBA program