What NIFT’s financial assistance covers
NIFT’s SARTHAK scheme can reduce tuition for eligible regular undergraduate and postgraduate students. It is conditional support, not an award every eligible student automatically receives. The policy excludes students admitted through the NRI or NRI-sponsored category, and the campus decides applications after checking income, academic and document requirements. Its published percentages apply to tuition, so do not subtract the full percentage from hostel, mess, travel or other charges when building a budget.
The SARTHAK policy sets different income bands for undergraduate and postgraduate study:
The table is a policy schedule, not an estimate of your net semester bill. For example, a 50% tuition subsidy does not mean that half of all education and living costs are covered. Confirm the applicable tuition line in the current fee circular, then ask the campus whether the assistance decision will be applied before payment or adjusted later. The scheme does not promise a fixed rupee award independent of the programme’s tuition.
Eligibility changes after the first year
All eligible first-year students may apply irrespective of entrance rank or marks. Continuing UG applicants in years two through four and PG applicants in year two generally need an average SGPA of at least 6.00 across the previous two consecutive semesters, with no carry-forward in the subjects specified by the policy. The policy notes that approved medical or extenuating carry-forward cases can be considered. Prior dues must be cleared, and failure or a disciplinary violation can affect eligibility. These checks make the assistance a year-by-year application rather than a guaranteed award for the whole degree.
The policy also restricts concurrent education assistance. If a student receives SARTHAK and later receives another financial assistance or reimbursement for education from a government, trust, private or other source, the policy requires the SARTHAK amount to be returned. Reserved-category applicants are directed to apply through the National or State Scholarship Portal and provide proof of applying; do not assume that portal support can be combined with SARTHAK. Ask the campus Student Development Activity Coordinator (SDAC) before accepting overlapping support.
Application and documents
The policy says applicants with parental or total family income up to ₹8 lakh per annum, as declared at admission, can access the application through NIFT’s Campus Management System (CMS). The online form uses student profile information and requires mandatory financial documents and an undertaking. Applicants should check that all required fields are complete before final submission, because an incomplete upload is not considered complete.
The listed evidence includes a prescribed Income and Asset Certificate from an authorised revenue or magistrate-level official, income-tax returns for the last three years, residence proof, parent or guardian and student PAN copies, school-leaving certificates, a tuition receipt if the semester fee has already been paid, a parent undertaking and stamped bank statements for the previous 12 months. Keep the original papers: the policy requires physical verification at campus and warns that missing originals can disqualify an application. If family income has changed since admission, the policy describes contacting the campus committee with proof so the student profile can be corrected before applying.
A practical sequence is: check the current campus notice; confirm your income category and course-level percentage; collect the prescribed certificate and supporting records; complete the CMS form; retain the submitted form and acknowledgements; then attend the campus document check with originals. Contact the campus SDAC promptly if the form or profile is inaccurate. The campus scrutiny committee reviews completeness, and the final recipient list is to be posted by the campus and reflected in CMS. Applicants may appeal through the campus process after the result; the policy places that decision at campus level.
Dates to use for the 2027 intake
The latest schedule located on NIFT’s Student Affairs page is for academic year 2026–27, not the 2027–28 intake. Its 2026–27 notice for second-, third- and fourth-year students opened applications on 20 April and set 17 July as the last date. It set 8 September 2026 as the final recipient-list date. Some scrutiny and appeal dates could vary by campus with notice through CMS and campus coordinators, while the opening and final-list dates could not be changed under that circular. These deadlines have passed.
The Student Affairs page also lists a SARTHAK notice for first-year students for 2026–27, but the linked notice does not establish dates for the 2027–28 application. No 2027–28 SARTHAK deadline or Patna recipient allocation is confirmed in the official sources reviewed for this page. A prospective student should check the NIFT Student Affairs page and the Patna campus/CMS notices again after the 2027 admission cycle opens; do not plan around a previous year’s application window or assume late applications are accepted.