Brief Description

Indus Towers Scholarship Program 2023 is a CSR initiative of Indus Towers Ltd (formerly Bharti Infratel Ltd.), implemented by the Shishu Sarothi Centre for Rehabilitation and Training to support the education of disabled students.

Eligibility

To be eligible, an applicant must –
• be a disabled student
• belong to the North-Eastern states of India i.e. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura OR
• belong to India, (except North-East India) studying in Institutes of National Importance (INIs)
• be between 14 and 30 years of age
• be pursuing academic and professional courses/skill building and certification courses from a recognised institution
• be seeking coaching for employment-oriented exams such as Bank, Civil Services, SSC etc.
• have benchmark disability, i.e. 40% and above as per the disability certificate
• have passed Class 10/HSLC/preceding examination with at least 55% or equivalent CGPA score of 6.25
• belong to a BPL or low-income group i.e. annual income not exceeding INR 6,00,000

Benefits

A total number of 180 scholarships will be distributed amongst the students of Category I and II in the ratio of 9:1 (i.e 162:18). The selected candidates will receive the following benefits-
• Academic fees (will be paid directly to the institution)
• Additional support for specific requirements of study materials, assistive equipment and devices, conveyance allowance and hostel fees, based on available funds
Note – The scholarship will be allocated as per fee declaration by the educational institution in the “Information Release Form”.

Documents

• Disability certificate*
• Coloured passport-sized photo*
• Income certificate
• ID Proof such as Voter Id/Passport/Driving Licence*
• Aadhar Card
• BPL Card (if applicable)*
• Class 10/HSLC Marksheet
• Class 12/Higher Secondary Marksheet (if applicable)
• Pass Certificate/Marksheet of Graduation Examination (if applicable)
• Pass Certificate/Marksheet of Postgraduation examination (if applicable)
• Admission Fee receipt of the course of the current semester (if applicable)
• Marksheet of the last semester’s examination appeared (if applicable)

Note –

Documents marked (*) are mandatory.
• The documents to be uploaded at the time of online application should be below 500KB in size and in .jpg, .png, or .pdf format.

Apply Here:

https://ssscholarship.org/apply