Aditya Birla Scholarship, Aditya Birla Group Scholarships Information, Eligibility, Selection Procedure
The Aditya Birla Group Scholarship (ABGS) scheme with the theme Tomorrow’s Leaders Today, instituted in 1999, is a way to foster outstanding academic excellence and humane leadership values, in partnership with select prestigious top ranking institutions in India such as Birla Institute of Technology and Science - BITS Pilani, various Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute of Management (IIM).
The scholarship amount of one hundred and seventy five thousand rupees per annum for IIMs and sixty five thousand rupees per annum for IITs and BITS Pilani covers the academic fees as well as the hostel fees for the entire duration of the curriculum at these institutions. Selection:
The selection process is no cakewalk. Applications were invited from only top twenty students from each of the select premier institutes. The Scholarship scheme is not just about academic excellence, as the aspiring scholars are evaluated on holistic parameters that take on board their extra-curricular activities, leadership qualities, values, vision and their dreams.The applications of aspiring students’ are evaluated on parameters pegged not only on their academic excellence but also on their extracurricular activities, the demonstration of their leadership qualities and an articulation of their values, their social vision and their aspirational goals.