What is currently published for scholarships
Karunya’s admissions scholarship page is labelled 2026-27, while its broader admissions site is already promoting the 2027 intake. The amounts and thresholds below therefore describe the published 2026-27 schemes, not confirmed 2027-28 awards. The page divides schemes by applicant category and programme, including Indian and NRI/foreign applicants, B.Tech and B.Sc. Agriculture, rank-based awards, MBA, M.Tech and lateral entry. Confirm the next intake’s scholarship grid with the admissions office before budgeting against any of these older amounts.
A scholarship amount is not automatically the amount a student saves on the full bill. Karunya labels several benefits as yearly amounts and says KEE-rank based course allocation depends on preference, rank and seat availability; the scholarship-adjusted fee is shown during or after single-window counselling. Check the final programme fee, scholarship amount and renewal conditions together. Do not subtract an annual award from every charge or assume it covers hostel, mess, examination fees, deposits or later semesters unless the specific award and fee schedule say so.
Class 12 merit awards for B.Tech and B.Sc. Agriculture
For Indian applicants, the 2026-27 table lists academic merit amounts against Class 12 PCM/PCB marks. At 95%, it shows ₹1,30,000 for B.Tech Category I & II, ₹1,25,000 for Category III, and ₹1,20,000 for B.Sc. Agriculture. At 90%, the listed amounts are ₹70,000, ₹65,000 and ₹60,000 respectively; at 85%, they are ₹50,000, ₹45,000 and ₹40,000. These are the page’s scholarship amounts, not tuition totals. The table also contains smaller and targeted awards, so applicants should inspect the complete current grid rather than treating these three merit levels as the only options.
The category distinction changes the comparison. Karunya groups CSE, AI-related CSE streams, Cyber Security, AIDS, ECE, Aerospace, Biomedical, Robotics and Biotechnology under Categories I & II; Civil, Mechanical, EEE, and Food Processing and Engineering are Category III. For B.Tech Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Food Processing Engineering, PCB can be considered when the applicant has not taken Mathematics. For B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture, the note allows PCM or PCB. The percentages are based on the named subjects, so an overall Class 12 percentage is not interchangeable with the required PCM/PCB score.
The same page has separate NRI/Foreign, SAARC and CIWGC columns in US dollars. Those values differ from Indian-national rupee awards and should not be converted into one common amount without checking the applicant’s nationality and fee category. CIWGC means Children of Indian Workers in Gulf Countries.
KEE rank and JEE percentile awards
The 2026-27 B.Tech merit table lists three annual KEE-rank scholarship slabs. For Category I, the amounts are ₹1,54,000, ₹70,000 and ₹30,000; for Category II, ₹1,53,500, ₹83,500 and ₹43,500; for Category III, ₹1,38,500, ₹73,500 and ₹25,000. The page does not give the rank cutoffs for Slabs I, II and III in the displayed table. It says allocation depends on course preference, KEE rank and seat availability. A candidate should therefore ask for the applicable slab and net semester fee during single-window counselling rather than infer a scholarship from a rank alone.
A separate JEE Merit Scholarship lists ₹1,20,000 per year for Indian nationals at an 85 percentile in JEE. The same row lists 1,250 for SAARC applicants. This is explicitly a percentile threshold, not an AIR or rank cutoff. The page does not explain stacking rules between JEE and other awards, so do not add this amount to a KEE or marks-based award without written confirmation.
Awards for inventors, MBA, M.Tech and lateral entry
The 2026-27 Inventors Scholarship lists ₹1,20,000 per year for an HSC-grade invention that won first, second or third prize in a state- or national-level innovation/invention contest. It lists ₹20,000 per year for participation in such a contest. The difference is prize recognition versus participation; applicants should keep the contest certificate and result evidence ready and confirm what the screening team accepts.
For MBA, the displayed annual merit awards are ₹50,000 for a MAT composite score above 700 and ₹30,000 above 600; a separate ₹50,000 award is described as KMAT-rank based. The page does not publish the KMAT rank bands, so the listed amount is not enough to predict an applicant’s final award. M.Tech applicants see annual amounts of ₹90,000 at 9.0 CGPA or 90% in undergraduate studies, ₹80,000 at 8.0 CGPA or 80%, and ₹40,000 at 7.0 CGPA or 70%. The page also lists ₹10,000 for KITS alumni as a one-time scholarship, and a ₹10,000 monthly stipend for candidates with a valid GATE score and undergraduate CGPA above 7. Verify the stipend duration and whether it can combine with other awards; the page does not state either detail in the displayed row.
B.Tech lateral-entry applicants have a separate diploma-score table, with amounts ranging from ₹20,000 to ₹1,20,000 for Indian applicants and separate USD amounts for international categories. These are not the same schedule as first-year B.Tech awards. Use the lateral-entry row corresponding to the diploma score and applicable applicant category.
Founder Scholarship: a separate, limited award
Karunya’s separate Founder Scholarship notice is specifically for 2026-27 and describes a 100% tuition-fee waiver for eligible Indian Christian students with academic merit and financial need. Its listed thresholds are at least 90% in the specified Class 12 subjects for B.Tech and B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture, 90% overall for other undergraduate programmes, or 90% in undergraduate studies for postgraduate management. The notice also requires annual family income below ₹8 lakh and acceptable proof of Christian affiliation. Awards are limited and decided after document verification and interview, so meeting the threshold does not guarantee selection.
The posted 2026 deadline was 29 May, interviews were scheduled for 8-12 June and results for 17 June 2026. Those dates have passed. They should not be reused as a 2027-28 application schedule. The notice says the waiver covers tuition; it does not establish that hostel, mess, examination or other charges are waived.
A practical application check
Before accepting a scholarship estimate, match five items: the exact programme and applicant category; the marks, entrance score or achievement required; whether the amount is annual, one-time or a monthly stipend; renewal and academic conditions; and whether the award can combine with another scheme. The current scholarship page gives the 2026-27 offer and KEE selection caveat, but not every cutoff, renewal rule or combination rule. Ask the university to confirm these details in writing and compare the resulting net fee against the current programme fee schedule.
The university separately lists government scholarship information through its student-affairs page. That page carries a 2025-26 government-scholarship heading, so it is a separate route to investigate rather than proof that a particular government scheme is open for 2027-28. Applicants should check the relevant state or central scheme and the university’s current submission process after admission.
For 2027 applicants, use the amounts above as a dated reference only. Recheck the official scholarship page and current programme fee schedule when Karunya publishes its 2027-28 terms; do not use a prior-year award to reduce a budget until the scholarship is confirmed for the admitted course and fee category.