Scholarships

Merit Scholarship for Semester / Annual Toppers

Applicability and Commencement: This scholarship is applicable to:

• A student can avail only one SIU scholarship per semester.

Awarded to:

• i. Four semester toppers in the order of merit of every batch of every degree programme under SIU.
• ii. Four toppers which follow annual pattern.

Nature of the scholarship:

First four toppers in the order of merit of every batch of every programme in every semester/ annually will be awarded the Merit Scholarship.

The Scholarship recipients are granted concession in Academic Fees of the semester, applicable to all full time Post Graduate and Under Graduate degree programmes of all the Constituents of SIU, as below:

• 1st topper gets 20%
• 2nd topper gets 15%
• 3rd topper gets 10%
• 4th topper gets 5%

The scholarship amount will not be paid directly to the students. It will be transferred by the University directly to the Constituent, for the adjustment in academic fee of the following semester.

In case the student is a topper in the last semester of the programme, the scholarship amount will be transferred to the student’s bank account as per available records.

Golden Jubilee Scholarships for Foreign National Students

Symbiosis has announced the Golden Jubilee Scholarship in celebration of 50 glorious years of offering quality education to international students

Special Scholarship for Foreign Nationals only as below

The scholarship amount covers only academic fees:

• All Undergraduate Programs (Except MBBS) - USD $ 1300 per year
• All MBA Programs - USD $ 2600 per year
• All Other Post Graduate programs: USD $ 1950 Per year

Fees payable by FN students:

• One time Application fees USD $ 65
• English Test Fees (if Applicable) USD $ 50
• One-time Administrative fees USD $ 275
• Annual Hostel Fees USD $650 per year (if applicable) + USD $250 deposit
• Annual Meal Plan USD $ 560 per year (if applicable)

EXCEPTIONS:

This policy does not cover the following categories:

• Indian, NRI, OCI and PIO students
• International Students on short term programs
• Doctoral programs
• Part time programs

Late Jayatee Deshmukh Scholarship

Applicability:

i) This scholarship is provided exclusively to one female candidate who tops University Entrance Test viz, SNAP and one female candidate who tops amongst the SET/SLAT/SITEEE/SEED respectively and is admitted to one of Full-time programmes at the respective Constituent of SIU.

ii) The student will not be eligible for the award of this scholarship, in case a disciplinary action has been initiated / conducted against her during the first six (6) months. In such cases, the next female student in the merit list, will be awarded the scholarship who has secured admission to any full-time Postgraduate/Undergraduate degree programme of Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

Number of Scholarships = Two (2)

Amount of Scholarship for a Post Graduate Candidate = One-time payment of Rs.75,000/-
Amount of Scholarship for an Undergraduate Candidate = One-time payment of Rs. 25,000/-

Eligibility and amount of scholarship:

a) For Post Graduate Candidate:

i) The scholarship will be given to a girl student securing the highest marks in SNAP test and admitted to any full time Post Graduate (PG) programme.

ii) The one-time scholarship amount of Rs.75,000/- would be paid to the Constituent where the student gets admission and the amount would be adjusted against the second instalment of fee.

iii) In case a student is eligible for more than one scholarship / free ship by Symbiosis Society Foundation, she shall be awarded only one scholarship / free ship as per her preference.

iv) In case the topper does not avail this scholarship, it will be given to the next eligible candidate.

b) For an Undergraduate Candidate:

i) The scholarship will be given to a girl student securing the highest percentage from amongst SET/ SLAT/SITEEE /SEED and admitted to any full time undergraduate programme.

ii) The one-time scholarship amount of Rs. 25,000/- will be paid to the Constituent where the student gets admission and the amount will be adjusted against the second instalment of fees.

iii) In case a student is eligible for more than one scholarship / free ship by Symbiosis Society Foundation, she shall be awarded only one scholarship / free ship as per her preference.

iv) In case the topper does not avail this scholarship, it will be given to the next eligible candidate.

Procedure for selection of topper

The Department of Student Welfare will collect data of the SNAP, SET/SLAT/SITEEE/SEED female toppers every year from the Symbiosis Test Secretariat.

The data will be verified by the Eligibility Section and Finance Department of the University and will be sent to the Constituent for confirming the status of admission and certifying that the student does not have any disciplinary case against themselves.

Selection:

For a Post Graduate Candidate and Undergraduate Candidate:

i) Department of Student Welfare will nominate five (5) females scoring highest in SNAP (PG) and amongst SET/SLAT/SITEEE & SEED (UG) based on the list received from the Symbiosis Test Secretariat and seek approval for the top scorer from the University

ii) Constituents shall verify and confirm that the eligible candidate has not been selected for any other scholarship and also does not have any disciplinary misconduct.

iii) Constituents will be informed about the final nominees.

iv) The timelines for the entire process of selection are as under:

Tie breaker:

a) For a Post Graduate Candidate:

i) If two or more girl students top the SNAP with equal scores, then the student with the higher score in GEPIWAT will be considered for the scholarship.

ii) If there is tie at the GEPIWAT level also, then the score of their UG programme will be considered for the award of this scholarship.

b) For an Undergraduate Candidate:

If two or more girls top from amongst SET/SLAT/SITEEE/SEED with equal scores, then the weighted average of their Std. X and Std. XII class grades will be considered for a tie breaker and the highest scorer will be the final nominee.

Disbursement of scholarship:

The Scholarship amount will be paid to the Constituent and they in turn, will adjust the amount in the second instalment of fees, to be paid by the student.

Scholarship cessation / withdrawal:

Scholarship will be withdrawn under following circumstances:

i) if the student awarded Jayatee Deshmukh Scholarship cancels her admission before completion of programme;

ii) if a recipient of the scholarship is found guilty of gross misconduct and the name of the recipient is reported by the Constituent to the Department of Student Welfare, then the Department of Student Welfare may choose to follow the process for revoking the scholarship based on the misconduct.

iii) If the selected student opts to withdraw her name from the nomination list or before remittance of the scholarship, then the next eligible girl student gets that scholarship.

*In case the student cancels her admission (except under compassionate grounds) then she is liable to repay the disbursed scholarship amount. In case she does not repay, the University shall have the right to recover the said disbursed amount from the security deposit, hostel fees, mess fees etc.

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