JEE Advanced: IIT Kanpur launches 10 scholarships for top 100 rankers

The Bright Minds Scholarships will cover of all expenses, including tuition and living, of the selected students. 

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has instituted the Bright Minds Scholarships programme for 10 students within the top 100 all India rankings of JEE Advanced 2021. The scholarships will be awarded to 10 students who will study at the IIT Kanpur from this session onwards. 

IIT Kanpur’s Director Abhay Karandikar took to Twitter to make the announcement. “IIT Kanpur is delighted to announce the Bright Minds Scholarships programme. These are 10 prestigious and highly sought-after academic scholarships for students within the top 100 AIR in #JeeAdvanced2021,” he tweeted. 

“The scholarships are being established with support from the institute’s alumnus Lokvir Kapoor. These are aimed at encouraging and rewarding meritorious students. The #scholarships take care of all the expenses, including tuition and living, during their stay. This is a first of its kind initiative towards encouraging and rewarding academic excellence,” the tweet read.  

Earlier, IIT Kharagpur has instituted a full-ride scholarship to support students who figure in the top 100 of all India rankings of JEE Advanced. 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, institute director Prof Virendra Kumat Tewari had said. 

The scholarship will be implemented from the 2021-22 academic session and will consider students whose parents’ gross annual income is below INR 20 lakh, he had said.  

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