Hi aspirant,

Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students who win national higher education scholarships will no longer need to pay tuition fees up front to join the IITs, IIMs, NITs and other central universities.

At present, such students get the scholarships a few months after admissions, because of which many from poor families fail to arrange the required funds and can’t be admitted.

The HRD ministry has now issued a directive under which such students will only have to submit an undertaking that they will deposit the fees after getting the scholarships.

Thank You.