₹2 Lakh a Year for Girls at IIT Bombay: WINGS Scholarship Closes Nov 30

The WINGS Scholarship at IIT Bombay pays Rs 2 lakh a year towards tuition fees for women students. The last date to apply is November 30, 2026. If you are a girl planning to study science or engineering at IIT Bombay from the 2027-28 session, this is one of the biggest scholarships open right now.

WINGS stands for Women INspiring Growth in STEM. IIT Bombay alumnus Bharat Desai and his wife Neerja Sethi started the programme. Their aim is simple: money should not stop talented girls from studying science, technology, engineering and maths at one of India’s best institutes. The programme runs with the IIT Bombay Heritage Fund, and it gives special encouragement to girls from rural areas and poor families.

What the WINGS scholarship gives you

Selected students get Rs 2,00,000 a year. The money covers the full tuition fee for an undergraduate STEM course at IIT Bombay. It is not a monthly stipend and it is not pocket money. The amount goes towards your tuition fees each year.

Keep the scholarship for the full course and the total adds up to Rs 8 lakh over four years. That depends on one condition: you must keep a CPI of 6.0 or above. CPI is the Cumulative Performance Index, the score IIT Bombay uses to track academic performance. Fall below 6.0 and the support stops.

Keep in mind that the scholarship pays tuition fees only. Hostel charges, mess bills and other costs are not covered, so plan for those separately.

Who can apply for the WINGS scholarship

The rules are short. You must be a female student planning to join an undergraduate STEM course at IIT Bombay in the 2027-28 session. That covers B.Tech, B.S. and dual-degree programmes.

You must not be taking any other government tuition grant or scholarship at the same time. If you already have one, you will have to choose between the two.

Your final eligibility depends on one more step: you must actually get admission to IIT Bombay. The scholarship is confirmed only after your admission is in hand. But you do not have to wait for the admission letter to start the process. Students who have not yet received their offer can still register their interest now, so they are in the system when admissions are confirmed.

The two rules that decide renewal

Two conditions run through the whole scholarship. The first is the CPI rule. You need a CPI of 6.0 or above to keep the money flowing each year. The second is the no-other-grant rule. Taking another government tuition grant during the course can end your WINGS support. Read both rules before you apply, because they stay with you for the full course.

The scholarship covers 100% of tuition fees: Rs 2 lakh a year, for the full course, as long as the student keeps a CPI of 6.0 or above.

How to apply before November 30

Applications are online only, through the Buddy4Study portal. There is no offline form and no paper application. Follow these steps:

• Open the WINGS scholarship page on Buddy4Study and click the apply or show interest button.
• Log in with your Buddy4Study account, or create a free one with your email ID and mobile number.
• Fill the form with your personal details, academic details and IIT Bombay programme details. Confirm that you are not taking any other government tuition grant.
• Complete the eKYC step and upload the documents the form asks for, such as your fee receipt or fee structure, marksheets and bank account details.
• Check every detail once more and submit the form before November 30, 2026. Save a copy of the submission confirmation.

Do not leave it for the last day. Portals slow down when thousands of students apply at once, and a missed deadline means waiting a full year.

Why this scholarship matters

Girls still form a small share of students in engineering classrooms across India. A full-tuition scholarship changes the maths for a family weighing the cost of an IIT seat. Rs 2 lakh a year is the entire tuition fee, so the family does not have to find that money every year.

The timing helps too. The application window stays open till November 30, which gives JEE aspirants time to apply while they prepare for the entrance exam. If IIT Bombay is on your list for 2027-28, put this form in before the deadline.

Students looking for other options can also check the SDEF India Scholarship, which offers up to Rs 50,000 a year to first-year BTech and MBBS students and also closes on November 30. Girls joining technical courses can look at the AICTE Pragati Scholarship too. The full list of scholarships on this site has more schemes with open deadlines.