Azim Premji Scholarship

Applications for the academic year 2024-25 cohort will open on 

10 September 2024, till 30 September 2024.

• In this cycle (year 2024-25), we will support girl students who have passed Grade X and XII both from a government school and have secured admission in the first year of a regular degree or diploma programme of a government or credible bona fide private college/ university (more details below).
• Selected students will be awarded a scholarship of INR 30,000 per year for the entire duration (two, three, four or five years) of the undergraduate course/ programme to cover tuition fees or any other expenses incurred towards completion of their education.
• This scholarship, in its ‘pilot’ phase this year, is being launched in limited geographies (details below). It will soon be expanded to cover the entire country.

Applications open for Scholarship Cohort 2024 | Apply by 30 Sept 2024

All girl students from Madhya Pradesh, select districts* of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, or Itki block, Ranchi, Jharkhand, who:

• Have passed Grade X from a local government school;
• Have passed Grade XII from a government (regular/open) school in the academic year 2023-24 or prior; and
• Have secured admission as a regular student in the first year of a recognised undergraduate degree or diploma course at a government institution or credible bona fide private college or university at the time of application.

• *List of select districts are as follows:

  Rajasthan (22 districts)

  Ajmer, Alwar, Balotra, Banswara, Baran, Barmer, Chittorgarh, Dudu, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Jaipur (Gramin), Jalore, Jhalawar, Jodhpur, Kekri, Pali, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sawai Madhopur, Sirohi, Tonk and Udaipur

  Uttar Pradesh (35 districts)

  Ambedkar Nagar, Amethi, Ayodhya (formerly Faizabad) , Azamgarh, Bahraich, Ballia, Balrampur, Banda, Bara Banki, Basti, Chandauli, Chitrakoot, Deoria, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur, Kaushambi, Kushinagar, Lucknow, Mahrajganj, Mau, Mirzapur, Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), Pratapgarh, Rae Bareli, Sant Kabir Nagar, Sant Ravidas Nagar (formerly Bhadohi), Shrawasti, Siddharthnagar, Sitapur, Sonbhadra, Sultanpur and वाराणसी