IIT Palakkad Scholarship 2026

Palakkad, KeralaAutonomous UniversityEstd 2015
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IIT Palakkad offers a variety of scholarships for its students belonging to reserved categories and students with disabilities. The scholarships are offered as per the norms of the Government of India at IIT Palakkad and financial assistance is provided to the students pursuing PG research-based programs and doctoral programs. The financial assistance is offered in the form of Half-Time Teaching Assistantship (HTTA). Apart from the basic scholarships, students at IIT Palakkad can also avail the facility of Education loans to meet their academic expenses. Some of the popular scholarship schemes offered by IIT Palakkad are as follows. 

Merit Cum Means Scholarship:

  • The Merit Cum Means Scholarship is the most popular scholarship at IITs. The Scholarship is only awarded to 25% of the students admitted.
  • The basic requirements for the Merit Cum Means Scholarship is an annual family income less than INR 4.5 lakhs and the renewal of scholarship every semester is subject to a minimum GPA of 5 in the passed subjects.
  • The award of the Merit Cum Means Scholarship is an exemption from the payment of tuition fees along with a pocket allowance of INR 1000 per month. 

Free Studentship:

  • Unlike the Merit Cum Means Scholarship, the Free Studentship is awarded to beyond 25% of students, to the students of the institute. 
  • In order to be eligible for the Free Studentship, a student must have an annual parental income of less than INR 4.5 lakhs.
  • Also for the renewal of Free Studentship every semester, a student needs to maintain a minimum GPA of 5 in the passed subjects.
  • As an award of Free Studentship, students will be exempted from paying the tuition fees.

Scholarship for SC/ST Students:

  • The SC/ST Scholarship is specifically designed for the students of SC/ST categories whose annual family income is less than INR 4.5 lakhs.
  • For the renewal of the SC/ST Scholarship, a student is subject to a minimum GPA of 5 in the past semester. 
  • The SC/ST students are exempted from paying the tuition fees under this scholarship scheme as per their academic performance in the institute. 
  • Also, the free messing (basic menu) is provided to the students along with a pocket allowance of INR 250 per month. 

Scholarship for PD Students:

  • The Scholarship is especially for the PD students irrespective of their annual family income and academic performance. 
  • The students are exempted from the payment of tuition fees under this scholarship scheme.

IIT Palakkad FAQs 

Ques. Does IIT Palakkad provide an education loan facility? 

Ans. Students enrolled at IIT Palakkad can avail the facility of education loan as the institute has signed an MOU with SBI, Kanjikode, and under Vidyalakshmi educational loan scheme. 

Ques. How much financial assistance is awarded at IIT Palakkad for the PG students? 

Ans. IIT Palakkad offers financial assistance in the form of Half Time Teaching Assistantship which is about INR 12,500 per month for 24 months only. The assistantship will be awarded as per the institute's rules and regulations. 

Ques. Does IIT Palakkad also offer pocket allowance along with the Scholarships? 

Ans. Yes, the institute also offers a sum of pocket allowance for its students to meet the expenses relating to the purchase of notebooks, books, consumables, etc.

IIT Palakkad Scholarships: Students' Opinion

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IIT Palakkad offers a variety of scholarships and financial assistance programs to support its students. The Merit-cum-Means (MCM) Scholarship is available to 25% of students admitted each year, covering tuition fees and providing a monthly stipend of Rs. 1000, conditional on a minimum GPA of 5 and a parental income below 4.5 lakhs per annum. For students from Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Persons with Disabilities (PWD), tuition fees are fully waived, though hostel fees remain payable.

The college collaborates with banks like SBI and Canara Bank to facilitate student loans, particularly under the Vidya Lakshmi educational loan scheme for students with parental income below 9 lakhs per annum. Additional scholarships are available for OBC students with a family income below 2.5 lakhs, and various national fellowships are provided for students with disabilities. The institute's fee structure is approximately Rs. 2,90,000 per year, inclusive of academic and hostel fees, but financial aid and scholarships significantly reduce the financial burden for eligible students.

For detailed eligibility criteria and application procedures, prospective students are encouraged to visit the college's official website.

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Bathinwad Shivasai
4.4Helpful
Reviewed on Feb 3, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

Fees and Financial Aid:

I am in a branch of DATA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING at IIT PALAKKAD the fee structure in my case is like 2,96,000 rupees per year and it remains mostly constant,I don't have any kind of scholarship thing offered by the institute or any government schemes but in case of SC and ST i don't know the exact amount but in their case the hostel fee is waived off and other things remain same.
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Gazal S
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Reviewed on Jun 25, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

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The institute fees which is basically the fees for education is around 1 lakh for a semester and the hostel, food and accommodation fees is around thirty thousand rupees. They also have a thing called mess cut which allows us to get a refund of the cost of the food.
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Jayati
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Reviewed on Mar 20, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

Fees and Financial Aid:

As it government college there won't be any hikes in fee. The accadmic fee is 108200 and hostel fee is 37900 . If we from backward committee we get fee waiver .and if our income is very less we get different types of scholarship
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Gunadeep Saran
Gunadeep Saran
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Reviewed on Mar 19, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

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My college fee structure is divided into 2 parts- institute fee and Hostel fee. For the institute fee we should pay 1,08,200 because of my caste certificate and income certificate,I got a scholarship in my college. which has reduced my institute fee by 100000. Coming to the hostel fee we have to pay as usual. we have so many roles like teacher assistant. and other roles which are having stipends awarded
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sai punith bonala
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Reviewed on Mar 19, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

Fees and Financial Aid:

Fee is into two parts . 1) academic fee-108000 2) hostel fee -38000. there will be many scholarship according to your family income you have to apply for scholarships. first you have to apply for nsp scholarship and then apply for college fee reduction scholarship. you can also mcm scholarship from which you can get 4000 for each sem
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Reviewed on Mar 19, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

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The tuition feed does not increase because it's a IIT. Same in all the years it might be inquisited the start like in hostel general requirements because our college is a developing now because it's 3rd gen IIT. College in takes around 2 lakh 80000 per year for hostel and education completely for general student there there is feed reaction for reservation and more scholarships also available on one from the campus and other from government. Can take one scholarship. The environment is video here and it the environment is good in it IIT Palakkad the new campus is a going its in beside we have mountain guys good environment in the night. Jobs and good placements almost share on 90% of the students are getting the jobs and we have also in ships coming in ending of the second year.
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Anonymous
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Reviewed on Mar 19, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

Fees and Financial Aid:

As it a government college there won't be more hike in fee . Usuall in accadmic fee is 108200(including all the things like tuition fee,bills etc) and hostel fee is 37000 to 39000(including all the fee like mess,room rent , water etc). If we are from backword commite like sc or st or anyother no need pay tuition fee in academic fee they only need to pay 8200 only .. if the income of any person very less they can apply verious institute scholarship it will be around 1 lakh and there many other scholarship we can get if we are eligible they provide all The things to us . They provide maximum placements for every student studying in clg
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Anonymous
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Reviewed on Feb 26, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

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The complete cost of education here is around 10 lakhs which is decent. There are scholarships from the government. Campus placement is average. Internships opportunities are also good. There has been no change in fee structure.
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MEKARTHI VIVEK CHAITHANYA
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Reviewed on Feb 26, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

Fees and Financial Aid:

The fee structure is same for all branches and it is around 2,90,000 per year . For a middle class government employed family, it will a immense amount of money. But our college provides scholarships for the students which are bounded to some conditions.
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Aravind
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Reviewed on Jan 19, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

Fees and Financial Aid:

Fees structure for institute is 100000.fees structure for hostel is 35,000. Nsp port we can find scholarship ,financial assistance and job you got on campus with stipend .job are package are good .
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