Overview
Current 2026–27 Top Class Education scholarship for eligible students with benchmark disabilities pursuing graduate or postgraduate study at notified Institutes of Excellence.
Complete scholarship details
The scheme reimburses eligible admission and tuition fees up to INR 190,000 per year and miscellaneous institutional fees up to INR 10,000 per year. It also provides a one-time first-year computer/laptop grant of INR 45,000, a one-time assistive-device grant of INR 30,000 where eligible, maintenance of INR 3,000 per month for hostellers or INR 1,500 for day scholars, a special disability-related allowance of INR 2,000 per month, and INR 5,000 per year for books.
Eligibility requirements
Applicants must be Indian nationals with benchmark disability of at least 40% and a valid disability certificate/UDID as required by the scheme. For the Top Class component they must pursue an eligible graduate or postgraduate degree/diploma at a DEPwD-notified Institute of Excellence. Annual parental income must not exceed INR 800,000. Distance-learning, part-time and weekend study are not eligible for this component.
Tips for this scholarship
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Verified as open on NSP AY 2026–27 with a 31 October 2026 student deadline. Eligibility and financial-assistance components were checked against the official DEPwD scholarship guideline linked by NSP.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities / National Scholarship Portal ↗