HDFC Bank Educational Crisis Scholarship Support (ECSS)

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HDFC Bank Educational Crisis Scholarship Support (ECSS)

Areas of Study :
All Subjects
Level :
School/ UG/ PG
Scholarship Funded by :
HDFC Bank
Provided to :
Students on all India basis

HDFC Bank is offering Educational Crisis Scholarship Support (ECSS) programme for Indian students. Educational Crisis Scholarship Support programme is envisaged to provide interim support for children facing a personal/economic exigency. ECSS aims to cover students from recognized Private or Government aided schools between standards 6 and 12 and students studying in undergraduate and post-graduate courses (full-time/part-time degree/diploma/ courses) who are unable to continue bearing the cost of education and are at risk of dropping out of school/college/university. This situation would be defined as bereavement/ death/ terminal illness/ permanent disability and loss of job of the breadwinner due to accident or any such extreme circumstances that have put a strain on the family resources.

The Scholarship is renewable for a maximum of two years only. The students is required to re-apply and requalify each year. The scholarship is non-transferable. In such cases the scholarship will be cancelled and the student will have to re-apply.

Scholarship Amount

The Scholarship will cover the total annual School Fee upto a maximum of Rs.10,000/- and College/ University Fee upto a maximum of Rs.25,000/- of the selected candidates. The scholarship is awarded to study all the subjects.

Eligibility

Schools students from Government aided or Private school in classes 6 to 12
College students pursuing Under-graduate/Post-graduate Fulltime/Part-time Degree/ Diploma courses in colleges or universities recognized under UGC/AICTE/State/Central Government rules and guidelines
Students having an annual family income of not more than Rs.3,00,000/- (Rupees three lakhs only)
Students undergoing a crisis situation such as a:
- Sudden occurrence of an incident that has created a situation where the student/family requires support
- Sudden job loss
- Sudden death/separation of parents
- Accident/death of siblings
- Sudden onset of a critical or life threatening illness

How to Apply

Application form will be available and application details are available on www.hdfcbank.com/scholarship

Students can apply either online or submit physical copy application forms. Physical copies can be submitted at any HDFC Bank branch.

Online Application guidelines :

Ensure that the form is complete along with the necessary attachments. Incomplete forms will be rejected.
Students submitting online application are NOT required sending hard copy of same.
Economic difficulties in itself will not qualify as a crisis unless the same is due to the occurrence of a sudden incident such as loss of job/death/separation of parents or any such unfortunate situation.
A 'CRISIS' situation is defined as a sudden occurrence of an incident that has created a situation where the student/family requires support.
The incident leading to a crisis should be within the preceding two years.
Please clearly mention details of the situation in the relevant sections to enable better understanding of the need.
Ensure that the contact numbers of both the student and the educational institute are valid as a verification call will be made to these numbers.
Inability to respond to the verification call may lead to rejection of the application.
Ensure that the name of the institute’s account (in which the cheque needs to be drawn) is mentioned correctly. Fresh cheques will not be issued if names are found incorrect

Selection

Received applications will be assessed on the basis of the criteria defined by HDFC Bank’s management.

Students will be selected basis the score that they receive on the selection parameters. While every effort will be made to ensure a fair screening, the management reserves the right to decide the final recipients.

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bank scholarship , school level scholarship

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