Scholarship application checklist

Before you start

• □Aadhaar card, with your mobile number linked — most portals send an OTP
• □Previous year's marksheet
• □Income certificate issued within the period the scheme accepts
• □Caste or category certificate, if you are applying under one
• □Bank passbook first page, in your own name
• □Institute admission letter or current fee receipt

The bank details deserve extra care

Scholarship money is paid straight into the account you enter. If the account is in a parent's name, is dormant, or has an IFSC that changed after a bank merger, the transfer fails and the application often has to be redone in the next cycle.

Check the IFSC printed on your passbook against your bank's current code before entering it.

Renewal is not the same as a fresh application

If you received the scholarship last year, you usually need to renew rather than apply fresh — applying fresh can create a duplicate record that blocks both. Check which one the portal is asking for.