A large number of scholarships are offered by several pilot training institutes to the students on the basis of merit. Scholarships offered by a few institutes have been given below:

Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi, Rae Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) offers the following scholarships:

• Rajiv Gandhi Foundation: A scholarship of rupees 3 Lakhs is offered to 2 women pilots based on their merit cum means for every batch.
• Air India scholarships: A scholarship of rupees 4 Lakhs is offered to 2 students on a merit-cum-means basis for every batch.
• Indian Airlines scholarships: A scholarship of rupees 4 Lakhs each is offered to 2 students on a merit-cum-means basis for every batch.
• JRD Tata Memorial scholarships: A scholarship of atleast rupees 1 Lakhs each is offered to 4 students on a merit-cum-means basis for every batch. Scholarships of up to 10 lakhs a year is offered to the pilot training trainees by the JRD Tata Trust.
• Scholarships for SC/ST candidates: A large number of different scholarships are made available to the SC/ ST candidates. A scholarship of rupees 2 Lakhs on training fee is offered. Another 2 lakhs by IGRUE is offered to selected candidates and a few other state government scholarships, etc are offered to the SC/ ST candidates.

The Madras Flying Club, Chennai, Tamil Nadu offers a large number of scholarships as well:

• Scholarships for SC/ST candidates: For the SC/ST candidates who have completed their SSC/ 10 + 2 and who wish to take up a pilot training course a large number of government scholarships are made available to them.

Incase if you need to find out about more scholarships which are offered at various institutes and training schools you may visit the following websites.

• http://www.scholarshipsinindia.com/civil.html
• http://tribal.nic.in/cpladvt.pdf

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