Cummins Scholarship Program: Nurturing Brilliance

About:

An initiative by Cummins India Foundation (CIF) aimed at supporting academically promising students from underprivileged backgrounds to pursue professional engineering degree or diploma programs.

Benefits:

Covers admission fees, tuition fees, and stationery reimbursement (e.g., ₹1,500 per semester)

Last Date to Apply: 30 Sep 2025

Documents Required:

No specific document list is available in the sources I accessed. Typically, scholarship applications require items like academic transcripts, proof of income, ID, etc. Please consult the official application portal or guidance materials for that information.

Eligibility Criteria:

  1. Must be pursuing a professional engineering degree or diploma at a recognized institute, or have scored at least 60% in senior secondary (Class 12) and be admitted to engineering studies
  2. Currently in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year of engineering degree—or 1st or 2nd year of diploma
  3. Minimum 60% marks in previous academic exams
  4. Age must not exceed 25 years
  5. Family income must be ₹6 lakhs per annum or below (note: some older listings mention ₹3 lakhs, but the current criteria state ₹6 lakhs)
  6. Residency or study locale must be in select regions: Ahmednagar, Indore, Jamshedpur, Phaltan, Pune, and sometimes include Nagpur and aspirational districts in Northeast
  7. No previous scholarship recipients from the applicant’s family are eligible

Selection Process :

While specifics are not outlined in detail, the steps likely follow this flow:

  1. Online registration and form submission on the scholarship portal.
  2. Review and verification of eligibility and documents.
  3. Selection based on merit and other program-specific criteria.
  4. Possibly mentorship assigned to recipients (based on prior selection model practices)
    Past annual reports mention selecting scholars and providing mentors, but details are limited in publicly accessible sources.

Application Link:

https://nurturingbrilliance.org/

Official Website:

https://www.cummins.com/en/in/company/corporate-responsibility/global-impact/projects/higher-education/india-scholarship-program

For any queries:

shalini.g@cummins.com or Hitika.raj@cummins.com