Kotak Kanya Scholarship

The Kotak Kanya Scholarship 2026-27 by the Kotak Education Foundation supports meritorious girl students pursuing professional graduation courses, covering tuition, hostel and other academic expenses along with mentoring support.

Selection Process: Scholarship selection is based on fulfilment of eligibility criteria at the discretion of Kotak Education Foundation — academic merit, family income, and enrolment in an eligible first-year professional course — and is renewed annually subject to maintaining a good CGPA (typically ≥6.0) with no backlogs and regular attendance.

Applicants must: Be girl students who scored at least 75% (or equivalent CGPA) in Class 12 board exams; Have secured admission to the first year (2026-27) of a professional graduation programme (Engineering, MBBS, Integrated LLB, Integrated BS-MS/BS-Research at IISER/IISc, Design, Architecture, etc.) at an NIRF/NAAC-accredited institute; Have annual family income not exceeding ₹6,00,000. Children of employees of Kotak Mahindra Group, Kotak Education Foundation, or Buddy4Study are not eligible.