Which courses are covered under the INSPIRE Scholarship?

Only a State Bank of India savings account works. It must be in the scholar's name alone. It must be linked with Aadhaar. Joint, zero balance and Jan Dhan accounts are rejected.

You must pass all subjects in the first attempt. You also need 60% marks or a 7.0 CGPA on a 10-point scale. B.Sc. (Hons.) students need this in their main subjects.

No. Engineering and Medicine are on the exclusion list. Computer Science, Information Technology, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Instrumentation are also out. Distance education courses do not qualify.

Students aged 17 to 22 can apply. They must be in the top 1 percent of their board in 12th Class. A top 10,000 rank in JEE or NEET also works. NTSE, JBNSTS and Olympiad awardees qualify too.

Scholars get INR 60,000 a year as scholarship. It is paid at INR 5,000 per month. A mentorship grant of INR 20,000 a year is added. The total is INR 80,000.