1. Top Entrance Exam Scores: JEE Main/Advanced: Achieving a high test score in JEE Main/Advanced increases your chances for a merit-based scholarship at prestigious institutions like IITs and NITs. High achievers regularly obtain full scholarships.
BITSAT: Best scores in BITSAT can get you full scholarships at BITS Pilani and its branches.
2. Merit-Based Scholarships: Most of the colleges give merit-based scholarships to those students, who have performed well in entrance exams or high school.
Managerial institutions like Shiv Nadar University, SRM University, and Amity University largely offer 100% scholarships depending on the results of the exams and how a student performs in the interview.
3. Government and External Scholarships: Where the government is concerned, scholarships such as Central Sector Scheme of Scholarships and various scholarships from different states can be arranged for the coverage of tuition fees in full.
Some of the private companies and non-governmental organizations like Reliance Foundation, L&T Build India Scholarship, and also the Google Scholarship Program take part in giving financial assistance to the hardworking students in engineering studies.