HDFC Educational Crisis Scholarship Support ECSS 2015

What is HDFC Educational Crisis Scholarship Support ECSS 2015?

HDFC Bank believes that the benefits of economic growth need to flow to all sections of society. Although not a panacea, education would be one of the main interventions that would lead to the overall economic and social development of the society. With the aim of empowering individuals who are economically and socially disadvantaged, the bank has initiated various projects in the field of education and livelihood training. 'Educational Crisis Scholarship Support' (ECSS) programme is envisaged to provide interim support for children facing a personal/economic exigency.

Economic hardship or a crisis in the family sometimes has a direct impact on the education of children, often resulting in the child dropping out of school/college/university. ECSS has been conceptualized to provide assistance to these students, to tide over a difficult situation/Personal/Family Crisis without adverse impact on their education.

Who can apply for this scholarship ?

ECSS aims to cover students from recognized Private or Government aided schools between standards 6 and 12 and students studying in undergraduate and post-graduate courses (full-time/part-time degree/diploma/ courses) who due to personal/family crises are unable to continue bearing the cost of education and are at risk of dropping out of school/college/university. This situation would be defined as bereavement/death/ terminal illness/permanent disability and loss of job of the breadwinner due to accident or any such extreme circumstances that have put a strain on the family resources. The Scholarship will cover the total annual School Fee upto a maximum of Rs.10,000/- and College/University Fee upto a maximum of Rs.25,000/- of the selected candidates.

How can you apply ?

Students can apply either online or submit physical copy application forms. Physical copies can be submitted at any HDFC Bank branch.

Applications open from 1st May, 2015 to 5th July, 2015. Filled in application forms should be submitted latest by 5th July, 2015.

FAQs

Application guidelines

Ensure that the form is complete along with the necessary attachments. Incomplete forms will be rejected
Students submitting online application are NOT required sending hard copy of same
Economic difficulties in itself will not qualify as a crisis unless the same is due to the occurrence of a sudden incident such as loss of job/death/separation of parents or any such unfortunate situation
A 'CRISIS' situation is defined as a sudden occurrence of an incident that has created a situation where the student/family requires support
The incident leading to a crisis should be within the preceding two years
Please clearly mention details of the situation in the relevant sections to enable better understanding of the need
Ensure that the contact numbers of both the student and the educational institute are valid as a verification call will be made to these numbers
Inability to respond to the verification call may lead to rejection of the application
Please read the FAQs for details on eligibility criteria and application process
Ensure that the name of the institute’s account (in which the cheque needs to be drawn) is mentioned correctly. Fresh cheques will not be issued if names are found incorrect
Online submission click : http://hdfc.p3solutions.technology

For physical copy submission download ECSS_2015_ApplicationForm