DRDO SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME FOR GIRLS

Under Graduate (BE/ B.TECH/ B.Sc. Engg)

1. Candidate must be an Indian National.
2. Candidate should have got admission in the 1st year of the current year to the relevant B.E. / B. Tech./B.Sc Engg. Course.
3. Candidate should have cleared JEE (Main).
4. Candidate should have a valid JEE (Main) score. Post Graduate (ME/ M.TECH/ M.Sc Engg)
5. Candidate must be an Indian National.
6. Candidate should have secured admission in the 1st year of the current year to the relevant ME/M.TECH / M.Sc Engg course.
7. Candidate must have scored a minimum 60% marks in the qualifying exam (graduation level: BE/B Tech/B Engg. or equivalent) for getting admission to the subject course as per the guidelines set by AICTE/MHRD. In cases where the conversion formula is not obtainable, CGPA/CPI of 6.75 (for a 10 point scale) will be taken as equivalent to 60%, as per AICTE guidelines.
8. Candidate should have a valid GATE.

Stated amount: 186,000 Under Graduate (BE/ B.TECH/ B.Sc. Engg)

1. Amount - Rs.120000 / year or annual fees whichever is less for a maximum period of four years.
2. No. of Scholarships - 20 Post Graduate (ME/ M.TECH/ M.Sc Engg)
3. Amount - Rs.15500/- per month subject to Rs.186000/- per year for a maximum period of two years.
4. No. of Scholarships - 10 Under Graduate (BE/ B.TECH/ B.Sc. Engg) No. of Scholarships: 20 Post Graduate (ME/ M.TECH/ M.Sc Engg) No. of Scholarships: 10

1. First-year Undergraduate (B.E./B.Tech./BSc. Engg.) scholarship (for 4-yr full-time course) will be based on the merit of JEE (Main). Candidates without valid JEE (Main) score will not be considered.
2. First-year Postgraduate (M.E. /M.Tech. /M.Sc. Engg.) scholarship (for 2 yr full-time course) will be based on the valid GATE score on merit basis. The candidates without a valid GATE score will not be considered. Other Info Scholarship in the following year(s) During the period under scholarship, Post Graduate and Under Graduate scholars are required to pass all the tests and examinations which may be prescribed by the Institutions so as to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 7.00 or 70% marks. The scholarship amount of the particular year will however not be disbursed to those who are not able to pass test/examination and do not successfully complete the academic year. The list of the qualifying students in the first and the following years, institute-wise, would be forwarded to AR&DB for further processing of the case for release of scholarship to the Grantee Institutions. The list of students for discontinuity of the scholarship would be forwarded to AR&DB from the institutes for record. Conditions of Scholarship: a. Once scholarship is discontinued to a candidate it will not be granted further, inspite of qualifying the eligibility in the later years. b. Students availing this scholarship will be entitled to avail only one scholarship at a time and an undertaking has to be furnished by the students and it should be countersigned by the institute that she is not availing any other scholarship from any other institute / department / agency.
3. Candidates will have to produce all certificates, in original, for verification in the Institute and a certificate has to be forwarded to AR&DB in this regard by the institute where the student belongs.
4. Applications without scanned copies of certificates for the requisite essential educational qualification or incomplete applications will be summarily rejected. No correspondence would be entertained in this regard.
5. Selected candidates will be considered for scholarship and will get scholarship through their respective Institute. The Institute has to submit the contingent bill with ECS mandate for all the candidates so selected for scholarship for release of money for scholarship.
6. The offer of scholarship to the selected candidates will be restricted to the number of scholarship in order of merit. List of candidates selected for scholarship will be made available at AR&DB website: https://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/boards/ardb/index.htm
7. Number of scholarships are limited to 20 for Under Graduate and 10 for Post Graduate students pursuing their respective degrees at the academic institutes.