Jain community scholarships

JITO Administrative Training Foundation (JATF)

PACE — Public Administration and Civil Services Enhancement

Residential coaching and mentoring for the UPSC civil services examination — the flagship JATF programme, and coaching rather than a cash scholarship. If you clear the entrance test you get a room, a course and a mentor; you do not get a cheque.

What we could not get, and you will have to ask for: the eligibility rules, the fees or whether there are any, and the CET dates. None of it is published on jatf.in — the registration flow is behind a login, and the homepage buttons that would take you into it do not currently lead anywhere. Telephone 8655998688 or write to info@jatf.in for the current cycle. We would rather tell you to make one call than print a figure we could not read on their own page.

JITO Administrative Training Foundation (JATF)

JATF IIT

Coaching and mentoring for JEE Main and Advanced, aimed at selection into the IITs and NITs. Kota is one of the six centres, which tells you what kind of programme this is.

What we could not get, and you will have to ask for: the eligibility rules, the fees or whether there are any, and the CET dates. None of it is published on jatf.in — the registration flow is behind a login, and the homepage buttons that would take you into it do not currently lead anywhere. Telephone 8655998688 or write to info@jatf.in for the current cycle. We would rather tell you to make one call than print a figure we could not read on their own page.

JITO Administrative Training Foundation (JATF)

Judiciary Services

Coaching and mentoring for the civil judge and magistrate examinations — the least visible of the four programmes and the one worth knowing about, because very few community bodies anywhere support judicial-services preparation at all.

What we could not get, and you will have to ask for: the eligibility rules, the fees or whether there are any, and the CET dates. None of it is published on jatf.in — the registration flow is behind a login, and the homepage buttons that would take you into it do not currently lead anywhere. Telephone 8655998688 or write to info@jatf.in for the current cycle. We would rather tell you to make one call than print a figure we could not read on their own page.

JITO Administrative Training Foundation (JATF)

Esvadhyay

An e-learning platform for UPSC civil services preparation, and the only one of the four JATF programmes that does not ask you to move to another city. For a student who cannot leave home — a family business to help with, a parent to care for — that difference is the whole programme.

What we could not get, and you will have to ask for: the eligibility rules, the fees or whether there are any, and the CET dates. None of it is published on jatf.in — the registration flow is behind a login, and the homepage buttons that would take you into it do not currently lead anywhere. Telephone 8655998688 or write to info@jatf.in for the current cycle. We would rather tell you to make one call than print a figure we could not read on their own page.

JITO Administrative Training Foundation

JITO Education Loan Programme (JELP)

Not a loan — an interest subsidy on interest you have already paid on an education loan taken from a bank or a recognised NBFC.

Two separate deadlines, and missing the first one means no subsidy at all: you must REGISTER under JELP within three months of your loan being sanctioned, and then CLAIM every financial year in a window that runs from April. Get the exact dates and the subsidy rate from JATF — their application site is a JavaScript app that we could not read, so we are not printing percentages we could not confirm on the page itself.

Shri Mahavira Jaina Vidyalaya (SMJV)

Financial Aid — interest-free loan scholarships

Interest-free loan scholarships under three named schemes: Higher Financial Aid, Foreign Financial Aid for study abroad, and a Loan Scholarship for girls pursuing Chartered Accountancy. Founded 1915.

The application portal runs on a bare IP address over plain HTTP, not HTTPS. That is the trust's own portal and it is the real one, but treat it as you would any unencrypted page — and note that jainwaves.com will never ask you for those credentials.

Terapanth Professional Forum (TPF)

Acharya Mahapragya Shiksha Sahyog Yojna · Udaan · Medhavi Samman

Education finance support (Shiksha Sahyog), scholarships (Udaan), merit felicitation (Medhavi Samman), and Paramarsh — free second-opinion advice from doctors, chartered accountants and lawyers in the forum.

The forum's own claim is 7,800+ Shiksha Sahyog grants and 10,000+ students helped. Its eligibility text sits in JavaScript tabs we could not read, so we are linking the page rather than paraphrasing criteria we could not see. No deadline is published — it appears to be rolling.

Shree Akhil Bharatvarshiya Sadhumargi Jain Sangh

Pujya Acharya Shri Shrilal Uchcha Shiksha Yojna

Interest-free education loan of up to ₹10 lakh for under-graduate and post-graduate study in India or abroad. Covers course fees, hostel and boarding, library and laboratory, examination fees, and — with committee approval — personal coaching fees.

The scheme is live and the sangh's website is back: sadhumargi.com now carries the scheme's own page, the application form as a PDF, and a notice of an MOU signed with SBI for it. The page describes interest-free support released after admission is secured, run by a standing management committee. What it does NOT restate are the numbers — the ₹10 lakh ceiling, the 60% across Class X and XII, and the age band of 15 to 30 all come from the printed 2016 form. Telephone before you plan around any of those three.

Jain Vishva Bharati Institute (JVBI), Ladnun

A deemed university that offers merit-cum-need scholarships and fee exemption to its own enrolled students, and helps SC, ST and OBC students access state welfare scholarships.

The only official document we could find is the 2020-21 prospectus, which is five years old. We are quoting no amounts. Confirm current terms at admission.

Shri Bharatvarshiya Digambar Jain Mahasabha

The oldest lay-Jain organisation in India, founded 1894 at Mathura. A "Shrut Samvardhini" scholarship is attributed to it.

The organisation is unambiguously active — its site carries November 2025 election notices. The scholarship, however, appears only on third-party aggregator sites; we could not reach any scholarship page on the Mahasabha's own site. We are therefore publishing no terms, amounts or deadlines. Contact the Mahasabha directly.

The Jain Education Society

Hostel accommodation and an interest-free freeship loan — half or full freeship, repayable on an undertaking. Founded 1943.

One timing rule matters more than anything else here: existing students must reapply every year by 31 May. There is no automatic renewal. Payments are by cheque or NEFT only — never cash.

Jain Jagruti Centre Central Board Charitable Trust (JJC)

Interest-free refundable education assistance for study in India and the USA, plus the Matushree Manjulaben Bhailal Shah Girls Hostel at Borivali West.

Shree Kutchhi Visha Oswal Sthanakwasi Jain Mahajan

Education loan and scholarship, plus guidance on Jain-minority college admissions. The Mahajan has run schools since 1917.

Use the homepage, not the scholarship page — that page was showing 2019 deadlines and third-party schemes when we checked.

Shri Kutchi Visa Oswal Seva Samaj

An Education Support portal covering scholarships, loans and guidance, plus a computer loan, a book bank, foreign-education guidance and an education award.

Their education-support portal is a JavaScript application that returns nothing to an automated read, so the scheme terms could not be checked. Open it in a browser, or phone the office.

KDO Education (Kutchi Dasha Oswal trusts)

A boys' hostel running since 1903 that provides lodging, boarding, clothing, books and fees free for KDO students from Std 5 through college; a girls' hostel at Ghatkopar East; and the Kelavani Utkarsh Trust, which supports school fees from nursery to Std 10.

Shree Mumbai Jain Yuvak Sangh

An education fund running since 1989 — more than 4,000 students supported, currently five to ten students a month — plus a post-graduate scholarship endowment. Awards are also made during Paryushan.

Eligibility criteria are not published anywhere on the site, so we are not stating any. Ask at the office.

Jain Education and Empowerment Trust (JEET)

School fees to Class XII, an interest-free loan after Class XII with a three-year moratorium, help with gurukul and boarding admission, negotiated fee discounts at Jain-managed colleges, and guidance on minority-quota admissions.

The trust is clearly active, but it publishes no application form, no amounts and no deadlines. Contact them directly rather than working from anything you read elsewhere.

Jain Social Group EduCon

Part-funding of college fees, hostel, coaching, entrance fees and books, plus mentoring and student networking. Launched in 2012 by JSG Pimpri Chinchwad and registered as a public charitable trust in 2015.

Jains India Trust

Need-based scholarship covering tuition, admission, books and uniform. The trust's own published record is ₹14.42 crore to 11,700 students up to October 2023.

Phone before relying on the website. The only form published is for AY 2024-25 with a last date of 31 October 2024, and the footer reads "last updated 26/02/2024". No 2025-26 or 2026-27 form is up.

K. C. Mahindra Education Trust

Mahindra All India Talent Scholarship (MAITS)

For students entering a job-oriented diploma course at a recognised government or other polytechnic in India.

K. C. Mahindra Education Trust

K. C. Mahindra Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies

An interest-free loan scholarship for post-graduate study, now covering both study abroad and selected premier institutions in India. At least 50 students a year.

The 2026 cycle has closed — applications ended on 30 April 2026. A new cycle usually opens in the February to April window, but the trust has not published a 2027 date, so we are not printing one.

Shri Kushal Guru Jain Charitable Trust

A scholarship supporting education for underprivileged students, alongside medical support. Founded 2001.

The organisation is active, but the specific scholarship terms circulating elsewhere come from aggregator sites and the trust's own detail page did not load. Ask the trust directly.