JEE Advanced: IIT Kharagpur Institutes Full Ride Scholarship For Top 100 Rankers

JEE Advanced scholarship: The scholarship entitled 'Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Full Scholarship for Top 100 JEE (Advanced) Rankers' will cover the entire expenses of students who win it till they complete their BTech course at IIT Kharagpur.

IIT Kharagpur has instituted the country's first-of-its-kind full-ride scholarship to support students who figure in the top 100 of all India rankings of JEE advanced, institute director Prof Virendra Kumat Tewari said on Wednesday. The scholarship entitled 'Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Full Scholarship for Top 100 JEE (Advanced) Rankers' will cover the entire expenses of students who win it till they complete their BTech course at IIT Kharagpur, Prof Tewari said at the institute's 71st foundation day programme held at its campus. The scholarship will be implemented from the 2021-22 academic session and will consider students whose parents gross annual income is less than Rs 20 lakh, Prof Tewari said. “At IIT Kharagpur we believe that not a single meritorious student should have their education limited due to financial constraints ... It is our responsibility as well as our privilege and immense pleasure to support all such talented and meritorious but economically challenged students to access higher education. "This scholarship is in the name of Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay) and he earned the title of ‘Vidyasagar’ for his vast knowledge in Sanskrit and Indian philosophy which was compared to the vastness of the ocean," Prof Tewari said.