Eligibility
IDFC FIRST Bank Scholarship applicants must fulfil the following eligibility criteria:
- The applicants must be Indian Nationals residing in India only.
- Applicable for students enrolled in the first year of the 2-year MBA program of starting batch of current financial year.
- Applicants should be enrolled in any of the MBA colleges mentioned in the list.
- The gross annual family income of the applicants from all sources should be less than or equal to INR 6 lakhs per annum.
- Candidates should be 35 years of age or younger at the date of application.
Benefits:
The selected MBA students will be awarded a scholarship sum of INR 2,00,000 (INR 1 lakh/year) over the duration of their 2 years MBA program.
Documents
- Personal Information documents
- Applicant’s photograph
- Identity Proof (Aadhaar Card, Voter ID Card, Driving License)
- Admission related documents
- Admission Proof (With name of institution, admission year and batch)
- Copy of Fee Receipt
- Academic record documents
- Copy of Graduation marksheet/passing certificate
- Income Proof (any one)
- Copy of Salary Slip (Parents)
- Copy of Income Tax Returns (Form 16A)
- Income Certificate issued by relevant government authority (Tehsildar or Magistrate)
- Other Documents (If applicable)
- Disability certificate
- Loan sanction letter
- Death certificate, if there is a death of the sole earning member of the immediate family
- Document of any other scholarships received for pursuing MBA
How can you apply?
- Click on the ‘Apply Now’ button below.
- Login to Buddy4Study using a registered ID to land onto the ‘Online Application Form Page’.
- If not registered on Buddy4Study – Register at Buddy4Study with your Email/Mobile/Facebook/Gmail account.
- You will now be redirected to the IDFC FIRST Bank MBA Scholarship application form page.
- Click on the ‘Start Application’ button to begin the application process.
- Fill in the required details in the online scholarship application form.
- Upload the required documents.
- If all the details filled in by the applicant are correctly showing on the preview screen, click on the ‘Submit’ button to complete the application process.
Terms and Conditions
- The Scholarships are open for studies in India and for Indian Nationals only.
- The Candidates applying for the scholarship under this program should be pursuing MBA and/ or would be applying for MBA during the academic year 2022-23.
- The amount of Scholarship that will be provided under this program will be a maximum of INR 1 lakh per student, per academic year and the scholarship amount will be only for tuition fees and books.
- The gross annual family income, i.e. annual income of the parents/guardians from all sources should not be more than INR 6 lakhs per annum. Students having the lowest family income shall be given preference in the ascending order.
- Candidates will be required to upload documents, e.g. Income Tax Returns of their parents/guardian(s) or in the alternative, Bank Statements of parents/guardian(s).
- The final acceptance of the proposed candidates shall be on the basis of internal due diligence and checks done by the IDFC FIRST Bank Selection Panel and will be at all times subject to its management decision.
- The final disbursement of the Scholarship amount to the applicant’s college/university shall be on the basis of the fee receipt evidencing part payment, submitted by the applicant. Receipt of the balance amount paid towards fees out of the scholarship disbursed shall be produced to the IDFC FIRST Bank immediately on payment thus being made. Further, these fee receipts shall be retained with the beneficiaries and submitted along with other documents for availing of the Scholarship for the consecutive academic year, as the case may be.
- The candidates who are selected for the Scholarship will be intimated by the IDFC FIRST Bank via email.
- The IDFC FIRST Bank reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to the fullest extent permitted by law: (a) to reject or disqualify any application; or (b) subject to any written directions from a regulatory authority, to modify, suspend, terminate or cancel the scholarship, as appropriate.
- The scholarship application is open to only those desirous candidates who have all the requisite certificates and mark sheets at the time of making the application. No provisional application will be entertained on any undertaking to the effect or otherwise that certificates and/or required documents will be furnished at a later stage.
- IDFC FIRST Bank reserves the right, to use the photograph /profile of the scholarship applicant/beneficiary for future publication use; and/or disclosures; and/or for communication purposes with IDFC FIRST Bank’s stakeholders as this initiative is under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of IDFC FIRST Bank; and/or for submissions before various authorities and interested parties from time to time for reporting progress thereof; and/or for use in corporate brochures, websites, archives and other material publicity, if any in relation to CSR activities.
- As there shall be only 350 beneficiaries granted the scholarship under this program, IDFC FIRST Bank reserves the right to stop the application process after achieving the final number of scholarships to be granted in a particular year, hence there will be no due date for closing applications.
- The students who receive the Scholarship should be regular in attendance and excel in performance for which the yardstick shall be decided by the competent authority of the school/college/university as also abide by the rules and regulations of such Institute. Intimation to the university of the availed scholarship is mandatory and shall be accompanied by a request made by the beneficiary to the university for reporting the progress of the beneficiary/student to IDFC FIRST Bank. The beneficiary shall complete this documentation and furnish a copy to IDFC FIRST Bank before disbursement of the scholarship.
- In case of selection for the award of scholarship under this program, the awardees should not be the recipients of any other scholarships, from any other sources – Government, Corporate Private Bodies, Trusts, etc.
- The scholarship shall be cancelled/discontinued forthwith and the amount of the scholarship paid shall be recovered, at the discretion of the concerned department of IDFC FIRST Bank if:
- A student is found to have obtained a scholarship by false statement/certificates.
- A student violates any of the terms and conditions of the scholarship.
- A student does not attend classes of the course or is found to be in violation of the Institutes’ rules and regulations.
- Fails to obtain and maintain minimum performance/passing standards as required by the university authorities and/or affiliates.
- Any misconduct on the part of the beneficiary, decision whereof will be at the sole discretion of the selection panel of IDFC FIRST Bank.
- This scheme and scholarship shall be evaluated at regular intervals by IDFC FIRST Bank and terms and conditions thereof may be modified, withdrawn or cancelled without prior notice to the applicants at the discretion of the Selection Panel of IDFC FIRST Bank.
- IDFC FIRST Bank reserves its right to independently verify and assess the claims made by candidates/beneficiaries regarding their family financial status and other criteria.
- This is a beneficiary scheme as part of the Corporate Social Responsibility of IDFC FIRST Bank and is not a matter of right to be claimed by candidates of economically weaker sections of society or otherwise. Candidates shall not have the right to raise any disputes regarding the scholarship with IDFC FIRST Bank and shall have no right to claim any amounts or initiate any proceedings against IDFC FIRST Bank in respect thereof.