Opportunities for Students in India — OppIDX

A national merit-based scholarship for Indian students from lower-income families entering college, renewable annually based on continued academic performance.

📍 IndiaPaidEasy

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Apply → scholarships.gov.in

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LIC HFL Vidyadhan Scholarship

LIC Housing Finance

A scholarship for meritorious students from economically weaker sections of Indian society, covering school and college education costs.

📍 IndiaPaidEasy

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Apply → vidyadhan.org

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AICTE Swanath Scholarship

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

A scholarship for orphans and dependents of deceased or disabled armed forces personnel pursuing technical higher education in India.

📍 IndiaPaidEasy

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Apply → aicte-india.org

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AICTE Pragati Scholarship for Girl Students

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

A government scholarship supporting girl students pursuing technical undergraduate education, aimed at improving female representation in engineering fields.

📍 IndiaPaidEasy

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Apply → aicte-pragati-saksham-gov.in

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Vivekananda Fellowship

Ramakrishna Mission Ashram

A two-year residential leadership fellowship in India training recent graduates in values-based leadership through structured coursework, service work, and mentorship.

📍 IndiaStipendMedium

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Apply → rkmvivekanandafellowship.org

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PROMYS India

PROMYS / Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

A fully funded five-week intensive mathematics research program at IISc Bangalore, modeled on the original PROMYS program at Boston University, built around discovery-based problem sets.

📍 Bangalore, IndiaPaidHard

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Apply → promys-india.org

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Smart India Hackathon

Government of India (Ministry of Education)

India's largest national hackathon, where student teams build working solutions to real problem statements submitted by government ministries and industry partners over a 36-hour build.

📍 IndiaPaidHard

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Apply → sih.gov.in

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J-PAL Research for Impact Fellowship

Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), MIT

A fellowship training aspiring development economists in rigorous impact-evaluation methods through an MITx MicroMasters credential followed by field-based research work in India.

📍 IndiaStipendHard

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Apply → povertyactionlab.org

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College Board India Scholars Program

College Board

A program waiving SAT fees and, for top scorers from lower-income families, providing full-tuition scholarships at partner universities for Indian students.

📍 India / United StatesPaidHard

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Apply → indiascholars.collegeboard.org

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HDFC Parivartan ECSS Scholarship

HDFC Bank

A need-based scholarship for meritorious school and college students from low-income households across India, part of HDFC's broader education-access initiative.

📍 IndiaPaidEasy

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Apply → hdfcbank.com

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Raman Kant Munjal Scholarship

Raman Kant Munjal Foundation

A need-based scholarship supporting students from lower-income families in India who are pursuing finance-related undergraduate degrees.

📍 IndiaPaidMedium

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Apply → ramankantmunjalfoundation.org

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Bharti Airtel Scholarship

Bharti Airtel Foundation

A need-based scholarship covering tuition and living costs for first-year undergraduates from low-income households entering engineering, science, or technology programs.

📍 IndiaPaidMedium

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Apply → bhartifoundation.org

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L'Oréal India For Young Women in Science Scholarship

L'Oréal India

A scholarship for female undergraduate and postgraduate students pursuing scientific fields, intended to counter the gender gap in STEM higher education.

📍 IndiaPaidMedium

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Apply → lorealindiaforwomeninscience.com

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Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship (India)

Amazon

A scholarship supporting academically strong, financially underserved students — with a particular focus on girls — through undergraduate engineering or computer science study in India.

📍 IndiaPaidMedium

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Apply → amazonfutureengineer.com

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