IITH has instituted scholarships annually for deserving students. The scholarships are extended either as concessions in tuition fees or through direct benefit transfers to students' bank accounts.
Among the schemes, the Merit-cum-Means (MCM) Scholarship is for applicants belonging to GEN, GEN-EWS, and OBC categories. Their parental gross annual income should not be more than Rs 4,50,000, and the applicant will be required to attach an acknowledgement of Income Tax Return from the Income Tax Department as proof of income for parents or guardian.
The MCM Scholarship at IIT Hyderabad limits the total number of awardees to 25 percent of class strength. In addition, students must achieve a minimum of 7.0 SGPA/CGPA and have no active backlogs in any course, including additional courses, to be eligible for this scholarship. The shortlisted candidates will receive a monthly pocket allowance of Rs 1,000 as the scholarship benefit.
A student can avail of only one scholarship, stipend, or financial assistance from one stakeholder in a given period of time. They are not entitled to more than one scholarship and financial assistance for the same academic year from different sources, either from government, private, or other external agencies.
Only those students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes whose gross annual parental income does not exceed Rs 4,50,000 are eligible for the SC/ST Scholarship Scheme at IIT Hyderabad. The applicant should attach an acknowledgment of the Income Tax Return as proof of income and must have maintained a minimum SGPA/CGPA of 7.0 with no active backlogs in any course.
There is no limit on the number of awards under this scheme, provided eligibility criteria are fulfilled. Short-listed students receive Rs 250 per month as pocket money in addition to an actual license fee refund and dining charges. However, beneficiaries may only avail of one scholarship or financial assistance from any single stakeholder in any academic year. Of this, 460 students graduated with BTech, while 20 students completed BDes among the undergraduate programmes, and the postgraduate cohort comprises 11 MA graduates in Development Studies and Health, Gender & Society, 98 MSc graduates and 33 MDes graduates including 10 who completed MDes by Practice.
