Scholarships, Prizes and Awards
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SPORT SCHOLARSHIP 2014
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Donor Scholarship 2014
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List of Sports Prizes based on their performance in the Inter IIT Meet-2013.
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Photo gallery of Academic Excellence award for 2012-13
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Scholarship distributed for 2013-14 till 19th February 2013
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Download Scholarship Form (DOC) (PDF)
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IIT London Chapter-MCM Scholarship
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Merit-cum-Means Scholarships for Undergraduate students
- Students receive full tuition waiver, and pocket allowance of Rs 1000 pm (or free basic mess and a pocket allowance of Rs 250 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- However, if CPI falls below 6.5 (but remains above 6.0) then pocket allowance is withdrawn.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).
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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)
- Scholarship details
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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 M. Tech. 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.
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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.
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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).
- PG students are expected to actively participate in research, hence, they are provided support to attend international conferences (requires support of approx. Rs 70000 for travel etc.).
- The support comes from the funds provided by alumni of IIT Kanpur.
- Last year about 70 students availed of the facility.
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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 B. Tech. 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.
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Awards to Postgraduate Students
- Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Medal for the best all round performance.
- Cadence Gold and Silver Medals for the best M. Tech. 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.
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National awards where IITK nominates
- Aditya Birla scholarship
- Lucent Scholarships
- GE Fund Scholarships
- Inlaks Foundation Scholarships
- Goldman Sachs Global Leader Program
- Tata Millennium Scholarship
- Jindal Foundation Scholarship
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Future Plans
- Currently about 40% of the under graduate students get some scholarship
- A student can not avail of more than one scholarship
- Get more funding from alumni and companies to add more scholarships
- Add more awards and scholarships for sports persons
- Start awards for community services and other diverse skills
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Committee and Contacts
- The committee consists of six faculty members and three student representatives.
- Administratively the activities are supported by Dean of Students Affairs office.
- Announcements are made by Dean's office from time to time; look out for notices inviting applications and/or nominations.
- Main contact person for all the information: Mr. Vineet Dwivedi of Dean of Students Affairs office.
Chairman
Senate Scholarships Prizes and Awards Committee
