Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship Programme: realistic eligibility and application

The Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship Programme is one of the most generous foreign-study awards available to a specific Indian audience and one of the most misapplied to by Indians outside that audience. Understanding which is which matters before any application time is invested. The Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship Programme is a long-running scholarship … Read more

JN Tata Endowment loan scholarship: the most useful Indian award most families ignore

The JN Tata Endowment is among the largest providers of foreign-study funding to Indian students, supporting hundreds of scholars per year. It is also one of the most under-applied awards in the Indian scholarship landscape, in part because the structure — a partial loan-scholarship hybrid — does not fit the consultancy industry’s “100% scholarship” marketing … Read more

The honest guide to scholarships for Indian students going abroad

Most Indian families spend six months chasing scholarships that will not materially change their cost of foreign education. A small number of awards genuinely move the math. This is the editorial reference on which is which, and what to do instead of the usual scholarship hunt. The Indian conversation about foreign-university scholarships is shaped almost … Read more