K. J. Somaiya College of Education Mumbai Scholarship 2025

K.J. Somaiya College of Education offers various scholarships to needy and deserving candidates. The scholarships are provided in the form of tuition waivers and a candidate can avail of only one scholarship. The scholarship provided to the students shall be based on the documents provided to the college and any discrepancy in documents will lead to forfeiture of the scholarship. The college is dedicated to ensure that it makes education affordable & worthy for students. Somaiya Scholarship is an opportunity offered to all Somaiya Vidyavihar and Ayurvihar students pursuing different courses from Diploma to Degree. The scholarship is designed to provide tuition assistance to hardworking, meritorious students with financial needs.

The scholarship mentioned below is for the academic session 2023-24:

• Financial Aid for needy students: The Somaiya Vidyavihar University is a global institution that is committed to offering quality education accessible and affordable to all. The university offers financial waiver to those in need up to 20 to 80% of total fees. Eligibility criteria for financial Aid (Any One): Family income of less than INR 800,000/- per annum, Persons with Disabilities (PwD), Wards of defence personnel disabled or deceased in the line of duty.
• Somaiya Scholarships: These scholarships are available to all students of Somaiya Vidyavihar and Somaiya Ayurvihar campus. The scholarship is designed to provide tuition assistance to hardworking, meritorious students with financial needs.

The detailed eligibility criteria and scholarship benefit is mentioned below:

Somaiya Scholarship

These scholarships are in memory of alumni or Professors who were a part of the Somaiya Institutions. Somaiya Scholarship is an opportunity offered to all Somaiya Vidyavihar and Ayurvihar students pursuing different courses from Diploma to Degree. The scholarship is designed to provide tuition assistance to hardworking, meritorious students with financial needs. Mentioned below are the details for the same:

Merit-cum Need-based

Dr. Meenakshi Rajana Memorial Scholarship: Somaiya Scholarship for Humanity (Arts) students was established in 2017 in memory of Dr Meenakshi Rajan This scholarship is to financially assist the needy and promising students of Humanities (Arts students) at Somaiya Vidyavihar.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Candidates must be applying to the Humanity course.
• The candidate may be limited to other need-based scholarships & loans.
• The candidate must have scored first class in the previous academic year.
• Humanities Scholarships will be awarded based on previous academic grades and needs.

Bharti Nanji Gala Scholarship and Nirmala Raychand Savla Scholarship: Bharati Nanji Gala Memorial Scholarship was established in 2014 through a contribution by Mr. Dhiren Savla (Alumni of KJ Somaiya College of Science and Commerce). Nirmala Raychand Savla Memorial Scholarship was Established in 2014 through a contribution by Mr. Dhiren Savla, Somaiya Vidyavihar Alumnus, for a named annual scholarship in memory of his mother Smt. Nirmala Raychand Savla.

Eligibility Criteria:

• The candidate should be a girl student of somaiya vidyavihar/ayurvihar.
• Candidates may be attending Any diploma, full-time or part-time course.
• The candidate should have scored first class in all previous academic years.
• Annual Household income 3,00,000 or less.

Required documents:

• Income certificate/Bank statement of salaried person
• Marksheet of the previous class
• Donation request letter
• Identity Proof (Aadhar card/ Pan Card)
• Ration card

Smt. Sakarbai K Somaiya Scholarship & Smt. Mayadevi S Somaiya Memorial Scholarship: The Somaiya need-based scholarship is a program that sponsors students that lack financial support to complete their education and have no access to other government scholarships & loans. Priority will be given to candidates with a marked socioeconomic disadvantage. Once the scholarship is awarded it will continue till the end of the course.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Candidates must demonstrate proven financial need and be able to provide evidence of their financial accounts.
• Candidates must be asked to submit additional documents during the application or interview process.
• The candidate should be a student of somaiya vidyavihar / Ayurvihar and could be having limited access to other need-based scholarships & loans.

Benevolent Status Scholarship

The objective of this scholarship would be to help out students who have faced a sudden economic, or financial loss due to a death in the family or loss of a job, etc. This could apply to any student across our campuses at any point during their course. 

Eligibility Criteria:

• Student’s family income should be 3 Lakhs or less than 3 lakhs
• Students must have secured an aggregate of at least 75% in the previous qualifying exam.