JN Tata Endowment Loan Scholarship 2023-24

• Applications for the Loan Scholarship will be open every year from December/January onwards till mid-March on our website www.jntataendowment.org

• Candidates have to create a login ID and password to be able to apply. Please note that you may create only one Login ID using your email ID. This is not a downloadable form. You may directly complete the application form online in one visit or more than one visit but you must remember to save the draft before you exit each time. Candidates are required to validate the application form before final submission after which candidates will not be able to make any changes.

Yes, you may. However, you must update the application status with the Endowment once your admission is secured, by sending an appropriate email to jnte@tatatrusts.org by quoting the reference number (which appears on the top left side of the form)

Candidates will know the status of their application on each phase. The status of the application form communicated appropriately through an email between March and June. 

Following are 4 phases involves in the application screening:- 

Phase 1 – Application Submissions

Phase 2 – Shortlisting for an Online Test

Phase 3 – Shortlisting for Technical Interview

Phase 4 – Interview

Each phases candidates requires to update the information. Candidates moves to next phases will have to update information.

Yes, you can update the application form by sending an appropriate email to jnte@tatatrusts.org by quoting the reference number (which appears on the top left side of the form)

The application process is divided into different phases. Different sets of documents are asked at the different phases:

Phase 1 Application Submissions

• Candidate’s photo (500 * 500 pixels in jpeg format)
• Aadhar card
• Pan card
• Passport (first & last page)
• Transcript/s for each qualification
• Scorecards (GRE/GMAT/TOEFL/IELTS/PTE) 

Working professionals need to upload 3 additional documents (if any):- 

• Work Experience certificate from the previous employer
• Appointment letter from the existing employer and
• Latest One-year ITR/3 months’ pay slips. 

Phase 2 – Shortlisting for an Online Test

No documents required

Phase 3 – Shortlisting for Technical Interview

• Letter of admission
• Guarantor’s photo (500*500 pixels in jpeg format)
• Guarantor’s Aadhar card, Pan card, one-year ITR/pay slip last 3 months

Phase 4 – Interview

• Final year mark sheets and degree certificate
• Certificate of scholarships/ranks/prizes (if any)
• Co-curricular and extra-curricular activities
• Research work/Project work 

The scholarship is offered at a simple interest of 2% per annum. However, Trustees may waive the interest if candidates repaid the loan by the end of seventh year. The repayment schedule is in five equal installments of 20% between the 3rd and 7th year. 

The loan scholarship amount ranges between Rs.1,00,000/- and Rs.10,00,000/-. All applicants do not necessarily qualify for the maximum amount.

Yes, there is a travel grant and a Gift award. The selected scholars may also be recommended for a partial travel assistance - a maximum of Rs.50,000/- and gift award from our allied Trusts as may be decided at the sole discretion of the Trustees of the concerned Trusts. The gift award ranges between Rs.2,00,000/- and Rs.7,50,000/- and depends on the academic performance of the candidates in the course for which they are awarded the JN Tata loan scholarship.

We do not insist on any collateral but applicants must have a guarantor. This is mandatory. The guarantor’s liability is on par with the candidate.

The guarantor should normally be a parent(s)/guardian of the candidate. In the case of a married person, the guarantor can be a spouse or the parents-in-law. In case parent/s/spouse are unable to be a guarantor, a guardian or any relative (i.e. any member of the family such as brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, uncle, and aunt (both maternal and paternal) or any other relative may be the guarantor).  A non-relative may act as a guarantor subject to the Director’s approval and submitting relevant documents. 

No, we do not have any specific format but we do have expectations of a good SoP. The most important point to note is that the Statement of Purpose is NOT a Personal Statement, which means that candidates must make very few biographical references. What has to come through clearly is why you have made a certain academic choice.

The SoP, specifically addressed to the “Trustees of the J N Tata Endowment”, is an academic document in candidates’ own words, between 500 and 800. 

Yes, we need only one LoR which can be written by a Professor of the college or university where the candidate is studying OR the Employer, in case the candidate is / was working. The LoR should be addressed to “The Trustees of the J. N. Tata Endowment”, and submitted online by the recommender; instructions for candidates & recommenders are available with the application form.

No, the online test is based on the lines of the Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA). This is not a subject-specific test and contains some numerical questions too but does not presume anything more than knowledge of arithmetic and does not involve difficult calculations. 

The interviews are held between late April and June.

The candidates are not reimbursed for their travel and accommodation for the scholarship interviews. Candidates also have an option to take the video conference interview via Skype/Microsoft Teams/Zoom. 

The Endowment can be contacted via Email: jnte@tatatrusts.org  Tel: +91-22-6665 7681 / 7198 / 7774 from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm on weekdays (Monday to Friday). We are closed on all bank and public holidays.