Applications are now open for the Inlaks Shivdasani Scholarships to provide the opportunity to young
people with exceptional talent in most fields to broaden their vision abroad
and improve their skills to operate in society, thus making them a future
vehicle of change in their environment.
Scholarships are granted to bright young Indian students to read
at top rated American, European and UK institutions for a full-time Masters,
M.Phil or a Doctorate programme.
The Foundation has joint scholarship schemes
with Imperial College London, Royal College of Art (RCA) London, University of
Cambridge via the Cambridge Trust, Sciences Po, Paris.
The Foundation does not give
scholarships in the following subjects:
- Engineering
- Computer Science
- Business Studies
- Medicine, Dentistry and related
therapies
- Public Health
- Fashion Design
- Music
- Film and Film Animation.
Benefits
- The scholarship covers full
tuition fees, adequate living expenses and one-way travel allowance and
health allowance.
- The maximum funding given by
the Foundation is USD 100,000. If the total funding required (tuition +
living allowance) exceeds USD 100,000, candidates must show evidence that
they have the ability to cover the additional requirement needed at the
time of making the online application.
Terms of the Scholarship
- The evidence of additional
funding must be shown at the time of the preliminary interviews.
- Acceptance of other awards,
teaching assistantships and part-time jobs are welcome after approval from
the Foundation.
- The scholarship will not be
awarded to candidates whose proposed course of study or specific project
requires field trips back to India during their study tenure.
- Scholarships are awarded in
May/June for commencement in subsequent August, September or October.
- If the scholarship does not
commence within 9 months of it being awarded, it will be forfeited.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Inlaks Shivdasani
Scholarships are open to all Indian citizens who have been continuously
resident in India for the past six months, at the time of making the
scholarship application.
- Candidates are expected to hold
a first class degree or equivalent from a recognized
university/institution in India.
- Candidates applying for
scholarships in art and design (fine/performing arts) will be judged primarily
on the basis of their portfolio.
- Candidates who are Indian
citizens and hold a good undergraduate degree from a recognized
institution abroad, must have resided continuously or been employed or
have been studying in India, for at least two years, post their return to
India to be eligible to apply for the scholarship.
- Candidates having a
postgraduate qualification (e.g. Master’s or PhD) from an institution
abroad are not eligible to apply.
- Candidates who have already
begun their postgraduate education at an institution abroad are also not
eligible to apply.
- It is essential to have prior
admission to the institution and course chosen at the time of the
application. The Foundation will not consider candidates without admission
or pending admission.
- Candidates holding a deferred
offer of admission must have a valid firm offer for the academic year
2021-22 to be eligible to make an application.
- Candidates can be a maximum of
30 years of age in the year of application.
- The scholarship applicants must
be high achievers academically and otherwise and the Foundation will need
proof of the same.
- The applicants are judged on
not only their present achievements but also on their future potential.
The Foundation prides itself on judging potential as much as performance.
Post Date - 16-Feb-2021