J. N. Tata Endowment loan scholarship 2023

The merit-based J. N. Tata Endowment loan scholarship is awarded one-time to Indians for full-time Postgraduate/Ph.D./Postdoctoral/Research fellowships studies overseas, in all fields, irrespective of caste, creed, gender, or community. All selected scholars do not necessarily qualify for the maximum amount.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Candidates should be Indians, not older than 45 years as of June 30, 2023, and graduates of a recognized Indian University with at least 60% marks on average in their undergraduate or post-graduate studies. If the undergraduate degree is not from a recognized University in India, candidates are not eligible to apply.
• Candidates who did not get selected in the previous year/earlier for the loan scholarship. Candidates who were awarded but could not avail of the loan scholarship are also eligible to apply. Such candidates are required to follow the entire selection process.
• Candidates who missed applying to the J N Tata Endowment at the beginning of their overseas studies may apply at the end of 1st year or the beginning of 2nd year provided there is a minimum of 12 months remaining in their studies, at the time of award of the loan scholarship, which is usually July of any calendar year.
• Candidates in the final year of their degree courses and awaiting results are eligible to apply. Candidates may apply even if they do not have the admission/offer letters at the time of making the application, from the Universities to which they have applied for the academic year 2023-2024.
• Candidates who are planning to study for diplomas of at least 1-year duration whose entry-level requirement is higher secondary level are not eligible to apply.
• Candidates going overseas for seminars, conferences, training, workshops, paper presentations, undergraduate studies, and any post-graduate degree/diploma/certificates through Distance learning or online mediums are not eligible to apply.
• Candidates planning to pursue postgraduate and undergraduate studies in India are not eligible to apply.

Selection Process:

• The entire selection process has been divided into four phases and candidates will be informed about the status of their application at the end of each phase.
• If the information provided by candidates is either incomplete or false, the application will get rejected at any phase and the Endowment will not entertain any queries about the rejection.
• Once the application is submitted, candidates cannot make any changes to the form. If they wish to make any changes/corrections in the application form they are required to send an email to jnte@tatatrusts.org by quoting the reference number (which appears on the top left side of the form).
• All documents should be uploaded in a grayscale pdf with their required nomenclature.

Documents required:

• Candidate’s photo (500 * 500 pixels in jpeg format)
• Aadhar card
• Pan card
• Passport (first & last page)
• Transcript/s for each qualification
• Scorecards (GRE/GMAT/TOEFL/IELTS/PTE)
• Working professionals need to upload 3 additional documents (if any):-
• • Work Experience certificate from the previous employer
  • Appointment letter from the existing employer and
  • Latest One-year ITR/3 months’ pay slips.

Benefits:

• Scholarship, ranging between Rs.1,00,000/- and Rs.10,00,000/-
• Partial travel assistance (a maximum of Rs.50,000/-)
• A gift award from our allied Trusts ranges between Rs.2,00,000/- and Rs.7,50,000/-