IET India Scholarship Award 2024 [Worth Upto Rs. 10 Lakhs]: Register by June 15

Applications are invited for the IET India Scholarship Award 2024. The last date for the application is June 15, 2024.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (The IET) is one of the world’s largest professional societies for engineers, headquartered in the UK. It works closely with industry, academia and government in our mission to engineer a better world. In line with this, we have specific global initiatives around key sectors relevant to solving problems that impact society at large. In India, we have over 13,000 members and wide-ranging activities in areas such as Future technologies, the Future of Mobility and Transport, and the Future of Work. Shri Ratan Tata, Former Chairman Tata Sons, N R Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus, Infosys and T V Ramachandran, President, Broadband India Forum (Ex-Resident Director, Vodafone) are our Honorary Fellows.

Their strategy is to make a meaningful impact on the overall competency and skill levels within the Indian engineering community, play an influencing role in the industry in relation to technology innovation, and solve problems of public importance. We want to do this by working in partnership with industry, academia and government, focusing on applying practical skills within both learning & career lifecycles, driving innovation and thought leadership through high-impact sectors.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, India, started the annual IET India Scholarship Awards in 2013 to underline the organisation’s commitment to India’s engineering community. The aim was to reward young people entering the engineering and technology profession.

After a successful run from 2013-2016, it was re-launched in 2021 in a digital format. In 2023, the awards drew tremendous participation nationwide, with more than 43,000 entries.

The IET India Scholarship Award is open to all 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th-year undergraduate engineering students from AICTE/UGC-approved institutions. The participants are evaluated across rigorous parameters that include academic performance, extracurricular activities, range of outreach activities and their ability to come up with engineering solutions to solve problems impacting society. The advisory committee for the IET India Scholarship Award comprises academicians and corporate professionals of national repute who help build a strong framework for the awards.

To be eligible for the Scholarship Award, applicants must be students of first, second, third or fourth year full-time B.E. / B.Tech. programmes in India.

Eligibility Guidelines

If you are a student member of the IET, you get a 15% additional weightage boost in your application.

Here is a walkthrough of the evaluation process:

The evaluation of IET India Scholarship Award 2024 will be done in the following 4 different stages/ levels:

Students should apply for the IET India Scholarship Award 2024 online on this website.

The scores will be calculated from the total applications received, based on the weightage assigned to each of the questions in the online application form mentioned below:

Weightage considered for the online application

In this Regional Level Assessment, the applicants shortlisted from each region will present on topics that will be given by the Jury members.

The Regional Assessment will be conducted across 5 regions:

The National Finals of the IET India Scholarship Awards 2024 will be held on 2nd September 2024. The 5 winners from the Regional Rounds will present their technology solution and vision for, as they see it, the engineering problem chosen in the previous Round.

This National Finalist will be judged on their respective presentations to the national jury and their overall growth over the course of their participation in each stage of the Scholarship Awards. The applicants will be assessed on their performance and improvement in each round of the Scholarship Awards.

If you are a student member of the IET, you get a 15% additional weightage boost in your application.

There will be 5 regional presentations at 5 different locations (Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai)

The scholarship awarded for the regional rounds will be as follows:

Winners of the regional round will compete in the national finals:

Note: If a student wins the scholarship at both the Regional and National levels, he/she will be awarded a Certificate for both levels and the prize money for the national level only.

Activity	Timeline
Applications open	April 01, 2024
Applications close	June 15, 2024
Announcement of shortlist for online test	June 21, 2024
Shortlisted students pick their slots to appear for online test	June 26-28, 2024
Online tests for shortlisted candidates	July 3-5, 2024
Announcement of shortlist for regional rounds	July 15, 2024
Regional presentation round open	July 15 – 24 August, 2024
Announcement of regional rounds winners	August 26, 2024
National finals	September 2, 2024
Winner announcement	September 2, 2024

Interested can directly apply through this link.

The last date for the application is June 15, 2024.

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