Bharti Airtel Scholarship 2026-27

Launched in 2024, the Bharti Airtel Scholarship is an initiative by the Bharti Airtel Foundation dedicated to supporting deserving students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, with a particular emphasis on girl students, in becoming future technology leaders. This merit-cum-means-based scholarship is designed for students seeking admission in the first year of undergraduate engineering and 5-year integrated technology courses at the top 50 NIRF-ranked Engineering universities/institutes based on the latest NIRF rankings. Recipients of the scholarship will be named as Bharti Scholars. This fully funded program aims to eliminate financial barriers to quality education by covering 100% of the annual fee, including hostel and mess fees. In addition, all Bharti Scholars will receive a laptop in their first year to assist in their academic journey. For the 2025-26 academic year, the Bharti Airtel Scholarship was awarded to 500 scholars, with 26.8% (134) of them being girl students. About Bharti Airtel Foundation Bharti Airtel Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, is an institution committed to strengthening India’s education ecosystem at scale. Over the past two decades, it has built an integrated model spanning high-quality rural schools, systemic transformation of government schools, national teacher development infrastructure, and fully funded access to premier higher education. The Satya Bharti School Program is currently delivering free quality education to ~34,000 students across 147 rural schools in four states. Its impact extends to 4.5 lakh+ students in 1200 government schools through the Quality Support Program (QSP) across 13 states/UTs. Since its inception, Bharti Airtel Foundation has positively impacted over 3.7 million+ children and, overall, 7 million+ individuals through its various programs. TheTeacherApp—launched by the Hon’ble Union Minister of Education—is a free-for-life platform for continuous teacher development, built on two decades of field experience and aligned with NEP priorities. With 2.04 lakh+ registered users, curated resources, a collaborative Teachers’ Lounge, and AI-enabled adaptive tools, it is emerging as a national-level digital platform in partnership with NITI Aayog and state governments. The Bharti Airtel Scholarship—India’s first fully funded initiative of its kind for students to pursue technology-based engineering courses in the top 50 NIRF Engineering institutes, including IITs —covers 100% annual, hostel, and mess fees, along with laptops. We currently support 1,400+ scholars (42% girls) through various scholarships and have higher education programs in partnership with premier national-level institutions.