About the Scholarship
Economic hardship or a crisis in the family sometimes has a direct impact on the education of children, often resulting in the child dropping out of school/college/university. ECSS has been conceptualized to provide assistance to these students, to tide over a difficult situation/Personal/Family Crisis without adverse impact on their education.
Therefore, HDFC Scholarship is an initiative by the HDFC Bank to help students in times of crisis such as the death of a parent, life-threatening illness, or loss of job of the earning parent, etc.

Eligibility Criteria
Students in 6th to 12th standard are eligible to apply, on the merit-cum-need basis, with a family income of less than 3 Lakhs per annum, or family facing a critical financial situation in the past 2 years.

Scholarship Amount

• For School –INR 10,000 or tuition fee, whichever is less, every year
• For College – INR 25,000 or tuition fee, whichever is less, every year

Number of seats
More than 1,000 students are eligible to receive this award every year.

Application Time
The application starts in May every year.

Courses
Students from any stream or course can apply for this scholarship; this flexibility helps the student pick any course of his/her choice.

To know more, click on this link- https://www.hdfcbank.com/htdocs/common/ECSS_scholarship.htm