The Boeing Scholarship Program is inviting applications from undergraduate students at IIT Kharagpur for 10 scholarships worth Rs. 10,000 per month. To be eligible, students must have completed at least two aerospace engineering courses and have a minimum CGPA of 8.0. Applicants must submit a bio-data form, write a 1000-word essay on unmanned aerial vehicles, and provide a statement of purpose outlining research activities with an area expert during the scholarship period. Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed on April 7th, and preference will be given to women and economically disadvantaged students with equivalent merit.

2. Boeing Scholarship Program
Applications are invited from full-time undergraduate students of IIT Kharagpur for the Boeing Scholarships.
Boeing Scholarship Program offers ten scholarships for B.Tech students (@Rs.10,000/ month). All students who
have completed at least two courses offered by Aerospace Engineering Department and have secured a minimum
CGPA of 8.0 are eligible to apply. All scholarship applicants would have to mandatorily undertake the Boeing
Project (for details see the ‘Boeing Student Project Program’).
Applicants should submit the following*:
a) Bio-Data in the given format,
b) An essay on “The present and future of unmanned aerial vehicles” limited to 1000 words. The applicants
would have to sit and write the essay at the First Floor Seminar Room, Department of Aerospace
Engineering, on 31st
March 2016, 6.00PM. Maximum time allowed for completing the essay is one hour.
c) Statement of purpose (SOP) to outline the following activity during scholarship tenure: The scholarship
recipient will have to interact with an area expert during the scholarship tenure. A topic of mutual
research interest would have to be identified and the scholar would work on it during the scholarship
period. A closure report would have to be submitted at the end of the period. This interaction should be
separate from internship.
Hard copy of the application, comprising of Bio-Data, supporting documents and SOP are to be submitted to Dr.
Somnath Ghosh, Department of Aerospace Engineering, along with a soft copy to boeing@aero.iitkgp.ernet.in on
or before 31st
March 2016.
Based on their applications, candidates would be shortlisted and would be called for a final selection interview on
7th
April 2016. In case of equivalent merit women and economically challenged students would be encouraged.
Format for Bio-Data
Name : Roll No. :
Date of birth : Department:
Course of Study and Semester :
Hall address: Permanent address:
School Level Academic Record :
CGPA**:
Other institute activities :
Annual family income and family size: ***
Aerospace Courses Undergone
For further details visit http://www.ae.iitkgp.ernet.in/boeing/index.htm
* Boeing scholarship applicants would have to satisfy the following requirements:
2nd
year student: Should submit a Bio-Data, SOP and appear for essay writing on the topic mentioned
above. Would have to join one of the two Boeing Student Project groups comprising of 3rd
and 4th
year
students.
3rd
year student: Should belong to a group of 4 students from 3rd
year who would be submitting a Boeing
Student Project Proposal. Should submit a Bio-Data, SOP and appear for essay writing on the topic
mentioned above.
4th
year student: Should belong to a group of 4 students from 4th
year who would be submitting a Boeing
Student Project Proposal. Should submit a Bio-Data, SOP and appear for essay writing on the topic
mentioned above.
** Copy of Grade Sheet to be attached
*** Proof to be attached