IIT Kharagpur announces high-value fellowships as IITs expand merit-linked student aid

IIT Kharagpur has announced the Director’s Platinum Jubilee Excellence Fellowship for high-performing candidates in GATE, JAM and JEE Advanced. The initiative is part of a wider set of merit-linked and income-linked financial aid schemes highlighted at IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee and IIT Delhi.

The fellowships and scholarships vary by institute, examination rank and programme. They include financial support for doctoral and master’s students as well as undergraduate entrants, with some schemes offering monthly payments and others providing annual assistance or covering the full cost of study.

IIT Kharagpur fellowship for GATE and JAM candidates

Under IIT Kharagpur’s Director’s Platinum Jubilee Excellence Fellowship, candidates placed among the top 50 in GATE and pursuing a PhD at the institute can receive Rs 80,000 per month for the first two years. The fellowship rises to Rs 90,000 per month for the following three years.

The structure provides support across a five-year doctoral period, with the monthly amount increasing after the initial two years. Eligibility is linked both to performance in GATE and to pursuing a PhD at IIT Kharagpur.

Top-50 JAM candidates may also qualify for the fellowship while pursuing a master’s degree at IIT Kharagpur. The available information identifies the rank-based eligibility and the relevant programme, but does not specify a separate award amount for JAM candidates.

The fellowship also covers selected high performers in JEE Advanced, although the available details do not state the precise award amount or eligibility conditions for that category.

Aid schemes at IIT Kanpur and IIT Roorkee

IIT Kanpur’s Bright Minds Scholarship offers Rs 3 lakh annually to eligible students ranked among the top 100 in JEE Advanced. The scheme is therefore aimed at a smaller group of high-ranking candidates and provides support on a yearly basis.

At IIT Roorkee, eligible students with a JEE Advanced rank of up to 250 can receive Rs 25,000 per month. The published details do not specify additional conditions beyond the stated rank threshold and eligibility requirement.

The differences between the schemes reflect the varied ways in which IITs are linking financial assistance to entrance examination performance. At IIT Kharagpur, the announced fellowship includes postgraduate and doctoral pathways, while the Kanpur and Roorkee schemes cited in the report focus on students meeting specified JEE Advanced rank criteria.

IIT Delhi’s merit- and income-linked support

IIT Delhi offers scholarships tied to both academic merit and income. Its support includes a full-ride fellowship for five top undergraduate entrants each year.

The fellowship is limited to five undergraduate entrants annually, according to the available information. The report does not provide the full-ride fellowship’s detailed financial terms or describe the complete set of income and merit conditions for all IIT Delhi scholarships.

Taken together, the schemes show several forms of assistance available to high-performing students at the four institutes. The support ranges from monthly doctoral fellowships and master’s-level eligibility to annual undergraduate scholarships and a full-ride award for a limited number of entrants.

Students considering these opportunities would need to check the individual institute’s current eligibility rules, application procedures and programme-specific conditions. The amounts and rank criteria cited above apply only to the schemes and categories described in the report.