SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INDIAN GIRLS & WOMEN

Scholarships for girls in India are meant to encourage better education and career opportunities for females who are yet to match their male counterparts on different socio-economic parameters. Still, if given an opportunity, woman don’t lag behind men either in the professional arena or academics. Here comes the role of women-specific scholarships that encourages them to counter their financial constraints and pursue academic and career opportunities. Of late, many government and private organisations in different fields like science and research, management, aviation, hospitality and defence have been offering women scholarships and grants towards encouraging the better half of the population to take academic opportunities. Some of these programmes of scholarship for girls include L’Oréal India For Young Women in Science Scholarship, Santoor Women’s Scholarship and Fair and Lovely Foundation Scholarship.

The list of the available scholarship for girls is not confined to the only few mentioned above. There are several other scholarships that are exclusively for girls. Find below the list of those scholarships for girls. Also, we strongly suggest that you share this information with as many women as you can and help them build a brighter future.

List of scholarships for girls

S.No.	Scholarship Name	Awards
1.	Women Techmakers Scholars Program	Tuition and education-related expenses
2.	Santoor Women’s Scholarship	INR 24,000 per annum
3.	Lady Meherbai D Tata Education Scholarship	Financial assistance
4.	Adobe Research Women-in-Technology Scholarship	USD 10,000 A one-year Creative Cloud subscription membership An Adobe research mentor An opportunity to interview for an internship at Adobe
5.	Tata Housing Scholarships for Meritorious Girl Students	Financial assistance of up to INR 60,000
6.	Pragati Scholarship	INR 30,000 or actual tuition fee amount
7.	Fair and Lovely Scholarship	INR 25,000 to INR 50,000
8.	Prabha Dutt Fellowship	A reward of INR 1,00,000
9.	CBSE UDAAN	Free online/offline resources through virtual contact classes on weekend Study materials, tutorials, videos, feedback Mentoring opportunities Remedial steps to correct learning
10.	Begum Hazrat Mahal National Scholarship	Up to INR 12,000
11.	L’Oréal India For Young Women in Science Scholarship	Up to INR 2.5 Lakh till the time of graduation
12.	Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child	INR 3,100 per month for 2 years
13.	Clinic Plus Scholarship	INR 20,000
14.	Internshala Scholarship	INR 25,000
15.	Scholarship for Single Girl Child	INR 500 per month for two academic years
16.	DST Women Scientist Fellowship (WOS-B)	Up to INR 40,000 per month
17.	DST Women Scientist Fellowship (WOS-A)	INR 55,000 per month as fellowship amount
18.	Abhilasha Scholarship	A one-time amount of INR 5000
19.	SOF Girl Child Scholarship Scheme	INR 5000 annually
20.	UGAM – Legrand Scholarship Program	INR 60,000 per annum or 60% of the tuition fee (whichever is less)
21.	Dr. Reddy’s Foundation Sashakt Scholarship	INR 2.4 Lakh for 3 years
22.	Smt. Geeta Lochan Girl Child Scholarship Programme	INR 40,000 per annum
23.	Savitribai Phule Scholarship	Financial assistance of INR 100 per month for a period of 10 months
24.	Muslim Nadar Girls Scholarship	Financial assistance of INR 125 per annum
25.	BNSTS Scholarship – Bigyani Kanya Medha Britti	INR 3000 per month for UG students till they complete MBBS/B.Tech./B.E. degree Candidates become automatically entitled to INR 80,000 worth DST-INSPIRE scholarship till M.A. Annual book grant of INR 2000