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IMI Bhubaneswar scholarships for the 2027-29 PGDM: what is confirmed

For applicants budgeting for the July 2027 intake, the current IMI Bhubaneswar admissions portal describes an AICTE Tuition Fee Waiver (TFW) scheme for students whose parents’ annual income is below ₹8 lakh. It says the waiver is available for up to 5% of seats. The portal gives a current PGDM application deadline of 19 December 2026, but that is an admissions deadline, not a stated scholarship filing deadline. The institute has not published a complete scholarship schedule for the 2027-29 batch in the sources checked, so treat the older batch-specific rules below as guidance to verify, not a confirmed 2027 award.

The most recent detailed official brochure located for the waiver is for the 2025-27 PGDM batch. It says eligible students apply after admission, submit an income-tax return, PAN details and a certificate from a competent government-appointed authority, and meet a deadline communicated by the institute. It states that late requests will not be processed and that applications are collected and processed together. The brochure caps the EWS scholarship at 5% of total institute intake. These process details are specific to the 2025-27 batch; ask IMI to confirm that the same documents and process apply to 2027-29. Current admissions portal · 2025-27 PGDM brochure.

Tuition Fee Waiver: eligibility, benefit and application steps

Check	What the latest official sources say	What to do for 2027-29
Income test	Parents’ annual income below ₹8 lakh is the threshold stated in the current portal FAQ.	Confirm which income period and whose income must be counted.
Benefit	The scheme is described as a tuition fee waiver. The portal says the scheme covers up to 5% of seats; it does not publish a guaranteed rupee amount for 2027-29.	Do not subtract a waiver from your budget until the institute confirms your award and the covered tuition amount in writing.
Timing	The 2025-27 brochure asks admitted students to apply after admission, before a deadline the institute will communicate.	Ask admissions when the 2027-29 application opens and record its due date separately from the 19 December 2026 PGDM application deadline.
Documents	The 2025-27 brochure lists income-tax returns, PAN number and a certificate issued by the competent authority appointed by the appropriate government.	Ask admissions which financial year’s returns and which authority’s certificate are accepted.
Selection and limit	The brochure says requests received after the deadline will not be processed, applications are processed together, and EWS awards are capped at up to 5% of total intake.	Eligibility is not an award guarantee. Keep a plan for the full payable amount until the committee confirms the result.

The current portal’s FAQ describes the waiver as covering tuition, with other fees payable. That distinction matters: even if a tuition waiver is approved, do not assume that hostel, mess, learning materials, student activity or other charges are waived. The 2025-27 brochure lists several fee heads separately, but its amounts belong to that older batch and should not be used as a 2027-29 bill. Request a current itemised fee statement and a written explanation of which lines a TFW award would remove. Read the portal’s TFW FAQ.

A practical application sequence is:

Submit the PGDM application through the official portal by its stated 19 December 2026 deadline, if applying to the 2027 intake.
If admitted, email [email protected] to ask whether the 2027-29 TFW window is open, the exact filing date, the accepted income year and certificate format, and whether any separate institute form is required. The 2025-27 brochure directs admitted applicants to the admissions office.
Prepare the specified income-tax returns, PAN details and competent-authority certificate, then submit them through the method and by the date IMI confirms. Keep the submission acknowledgement.
Before paying an amount based on expected aid, obtain the written award decision and revised fee schedule. The portal’s intake deadline and the waiver deadline are different processes.

Earlier pre-admission awards: historical terms, not a 2027 promise

IMI’s 2024 PGDM admission bulletin described pre-admission scholarships for the 2024-26 cycle: up to ₹1 lakh for applicants with a first-class academic record and at least 80 percentile in CAT, XAT or CMAT, or at least 80% in GMAT; a further 20% merit scholarship for a woman applicant meeting those conditions; ₹50,000 for wards of defence personnel; and ₹1 lakh for wards of martyrs. It said an applicant could take only one listed pre-admission award, the amount would be split equally between the end of year one and year two, and a tuition-fee waiver could not be combined with a pre-admission scholarship. The scholarship committee’s decision was final. 2024-26 admission bulletin.

Those amounts and score conditions are dated to that bulletin. The 2025-27 brochure’s scholarship section describes the EWS tuition-fee waiver and does not restate those pre-admission awards; the current 2027 admissions portal does not publish their eligibility or amounts. Do not assume the old merit or category awards remain open, or that the old 80-percentile threshold applies to the current intake. Ask admissions for a dated 2027-29 award notice before relying on any of them.

The same 2024 bulletin also described post-admission merit awards for outstanding cumulative academic performance and a summer-internship scholarship, without giving a fixed amount or complete eligibility and application timetable in that section. These are possible awards to ask about after joining, not a confirmed discount in the 2027-29 cost estimate.

Questions to settle before you accept an offer

Ask IMI to answer four points in writing: whether the TFW is being offered to the 2027-29 PGDM batch; the precise family-income calculation and accepted certificate; the application deadline and decision date; and the tuition components excluded from the waiver. Also ask whether any pre-admission merit, women, defence or martyr-family award has been reissued for this cycle. Until those terms are published, a safe affordability comparison uses the full current fee and treats any scholarship as unconfirmed.

Common questions

Is the 19 December 2026 PGDM application date the TFW deadline? No. The admissions portal states that date for the programme application. The 2025-27 brochure says the waiver deadline is communicated by the institute after admission; it does not supply a 2027-29 waiver date.

Does income below ₹8 lakh guarantee the waiver? No. It is the eligibility threshold stated in the current portal FAQ, while the same portal limits the scheme to up to 5% of seats. The institute must confirm eligibility documents and award selection for the relevant batch.

Can I combine the TFW with a merit scholarship? The 2024-26 bulletin explicitly said a candidate could take either a tuition waiver or a pre-admission scholarship. The current sources do not confirm whether that restriction or the pre-admission award itself continues for 2027-29, so get the current rule in writing.

Where should I apply or ask about documents? Use the official IMI Bhubaneswar admissions portal for the PGDM application and write to [email protected] for the current waiver form, due date and documentation instructions.

IMI Bhubaneswar scholarships for the 2027-29 PGDM: what is confirmed

Tuition Fee Waiver: eligibility, benefit and application steps

Check	What the latest official sources say	What to do for 2027-29
Income test	Parents’ annual income below ₹8 lakh is the threshold stated in the current portal FAQ.	Confirm which income period and whose income must be counted.
Benefit	The scheme is described as a tuition fee waiver. The portal says the scheme covers up to 5% of seats; it does not publish a guaranteed rupee amount for 2027-29.	Do not subtract a waiver from your budget until the institute confirms your award and the covered tuition amount in writing.
Timing	The 2025-27 brochure asks admitted students to apply after admission, before a deadline the institute will communicate.	Ask admissions when the 2027-29 application opens and record its due date separately from the 19 December 2026 PGDM application deadline.
Documents	The 2025-27 brochure lists income-tax returns, PAN number and a certificate issued by the competent authority appointed by the appropriate government.	Ask admissions which financial year’s returns and which authority’s certificate are accepted.
Selection and limit	The brochure says requests received after the deadline will not be processed, applications are processed together, and EWS awards are capped at up to 5% of total intake.	Eligibility is not an award guarantee. Keep a plan for the full payable amount until the committee confirms the result.

A practical application sequence is:

Submit the PGDM application through the official portal by its stated 19 December 2026 deadline, if applying to the 2027 intake.
If admitted, email [email protected] to ask whether the 2027-29 TFW window is open, the exact filing date, the accepted income year and certificate format, and whether any separate institute form is required. The 2025-27 brochure directs admitted applicants to the admissions office.
Prepare the specified income-tax returns, PAN details and competent-authority certificate, then submit them through the method and by the date IMI confirms. Keep the submission acknowledgement.
Before paying an amount based on expected aid, obtain the written award decision and revised fee schedule. The portal’s intake deadline and the waiver deadline are different processes.