Reliance Foundation, committed to strengthening young people’s access to higher education in India has invited applications for the Reliance Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships and Post Graduate Scholarships.

Reliance Foundation Scholarships aim to nurture and empower meritorious students, enabling them to pursue higher education, emerge as young professionals, and drive India’s growth.

Reliance Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships aim to support meritorious students from all corners of the country with an undergraduate college education in any stream.

Reliance Foundation Postgraduate Scholarships aim to enable and propel India’s future leaders who can think big, think green, think digital for the benefit of society.

Under Graduate Scholarships: Under Graduate Scholarships aim to support 5,000 meritorious students based on a merit-cum-means criteria for their undergraduate college education. Selected scholars will receive a scholarship of up to 2 lakhs over the duration of their degree programme. 

Eligibility Criteria: Applicant must be a resident Indian citizen and should have Passed Standard 12th with minimum 60% marks. Applicant should be currently enrolled in the 1st year (academic year 2024-25) in a regular full-time degree course in any stream. House Hold income should not exceed Rs. 15 Lakhs. Preference will be given to those with House Hold income less than Rs. 2.5 Lakhs. 

Aptitude Test is mandatory as part of the selection process. The online Test duration will be 60 minutes and will contain 60 Multiple Choice Questions from verbal ability, analytical and logical ability and numerical ability. Applications will be evaluated using a combination of aptitude test score, academic and personal information. 

Post Graduate Scholarship: Up to 100 postgraduate scholars will be selected. The total amount of scholarship available over the duration of the programme will be up to Rs. 6 Lakhs.

Eligibility: Applicant must be a resident Indian citizen. Applicant should be a first year postgraduate student who is enrolled full-time in an eligible degree programme in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics & Computing, Electrical and/or Electronics Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Renewable & New Energy, Material Science & Engineering or Life Sciences. 

Applicant should have secured a score of 550 - 1,000 in the GATE Examination. 

Students who have not attempted GATE must have scored 7.5 or above in their Undergraduate CGPA or % normalised to CGPA. 

All applicants have to answer the online aptitude test. Test duration will be 60 minutes and will contain 60 Multiple Choice Questions. Components of the test include verbal ability, analytical and logical ability and numerical ability

Application can be submitted online at https://scholarships.reliancefoundation.org/ latest by 11.59 pm on 6th October 2024, as per the procedure detailed at the website.