Apply For Colgate Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship Program 2021

Last Modified: 20 Apr 2024

Colgate Keep India Smiling Foundation Scholarship Program is an initiative taken by a leading global consumer product company Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited. The scheme aims to provide foundational support to financially deprived candidates, who are deserving and meritorious but can’t pursue their dream education due to a lack of resources and funds. This is the time for the students who are enrolled under Class 11, Graduation, Diploma, Engineering, and other Vocational courses to grab this fellowship opportunity and fulfill all their dreams.

Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship Program 2021 provides a chance to the enthusiast students and invites them to fill the online application form for the same till 31st December 2021. Below you can explore the in-depth information of Colgate Scholarship and find out details regarding eligibility, pattern, important dates, and selection criteria.

Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship Program: Quick Overview

Deadline 31 Dec 2021
Class / Course Class 11, Undergraduates, Graduate, Engineering, Diploma
Scholarship Type Need Based Scholarship
Awarded Amount Up to ₹ 30,000 per year
Age Limit 25 Years
Gender All
Religion All
State All
Country India
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The Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited has joined forces with NGO partner, Shikshadaan foundation, and launched the Keep India Smiling Foundation Scholarship Program 2021 for the unprivileged children of the country and support them to enhance their communication skills.

Other Programs Under Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship

  • Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship Programme for Class 11th
  • Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship Programme for 3-year Graduation/Diploma
  • Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship Programme for Vocational Course
  • Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship Programme for Economically Weaker Students
  • Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship Programme for Bachelor of Dental Surgery programme in India

Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship Program 2021: Benefits

Under this fellowship programme, students will be getting the following benefits:

Colgate Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship Program

Eligible For

Scholarship Amount

Class 11th Students

₹ 20,000 annually for 2 years

Graduation/ Diploma

₹ 30,000 annually for 3 years

UG/ Engineering

₹ 30,000 annually for 4 years

Vocational Courses

₹ 20,000 annually for 1 year

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Colgate Scholarship 2021 - Eligibility Criteria

Students who want to enrol themselves for Colgate Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship Program need to fulfil the basic eligibility norm:

Eligibility Conditions for Class 11th:

  • A candidate must have passed the class 10th exam in 2020 and should be enrolled in class 11th.
  • The annual family income of the candidate must be less than 5 lakh.
  • Must have scored 75% marks in class 10th board examination.

Eligibility Conditions for Graduation/Diploma:

  • Must be enrolled under a 3-year graduation/diploma program and completed the 10+2 examination in 2020.
  • The annual family income of the candidate must be less than 5 lakh.
  • Passed +2 Boards with a minimum score of 60% marks.

Eligibility Conditions for UG/Engineering:

  • Must have passed 10+2 board with minimum marks of 60% in the year 2020.
  • Enrolled in any recognized undergraduate engineering programme in India.
  • Annual family income of the candidate must be less than 5 lakhs.

Eligibility Conditions for Vocational Courses:

  • Passed class 12th in 2020 with at least 60% marks.
  • Pursuing any vocational course from any recognized university or college of India.
  • Annual family income of the candidate must be less than 5 lakhs.

Keep India Smiling Foundation Scholarship Program 2021:  Application Process

The application process for Colgate Keep India Smiling Foundation Scholarship Program is easy and simple. The complete application process is mentioned- down below:

Step 1: The interested candidates need to visit the application page of the Keep India Smiling Foundation Scholarship Programme.

Step 2: Now, choose the scholarship that you wish to apply for and click on the “Apply Now” button to open the application form.

Step 3: You will be landed on a new page where you need to fill the College Scholarship application form 2021 by entering all the asked details in the required field and tapping the submit button once it’s completed.

Step 4: Now, take a printout of the filled application form and keep it safe for future needs.

Key Documents For Colgate Keep India Smiling Foundation Scholarship Program:

While submitting an online application form, one should need to attach a copy of these documents:

  • Passport-sized photograph
  • Valid ID proof – Either of Aadhaar Card/Driving License/Voter Id Card/Pan Card
  • 10th Class mark sheet
  • Income Proof – Income certificate/BPL certificate/Food security certificate/Any other certificate of income issued by competent government authority.
  • Latest mark sheet and education certificate
  • Fee Receipt/Admission Letter/College ID card/Bonafide certificate (in case admission for professional course already taken)
  • Entrance examination result (In case seeking to take admission)
  • Disability certificate, in case of any physical disability
  • Scanned copy of highest performance achieved (If applying for Sports Scholarship)
  • Name & Registration no. of NGO/Rotary/Association/ Not for profit (If applying for general financial support category)

Norms of the Scholarship

Please read the below-mentioned terms and conditions carefully before submitting the application form: -

  1. The Scholarship Program is applicable to candidates from economically weaker sections. The documents for the same will be as prescribed by statutory norms and is open to those candidates who have all the requisite documents at the time of making an application.
  2. The data collected through the registration process will not be used for any commercial purposes other than shortlisting candidates for the Scholarship Program.
  3. Meeting the eligibility criteria and applying for the Scholarship Program does not guarantee selection. The process entails various steps for shortlisting and final selection, which may take a few months.
  4. Colgate shall not entertain any correspondence with regards to the non-selection of the candidates.
  5. Relevant supporting documents will be required before / on or after the allocation of the applicable scholarship amount.
  6. Colgate holds the right to perform internal due diligence for verifying the documents uploaded by the candidate.
  7. Colgate reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to the fullest extent permitted by law: (a) to reject or disqualify any application; or (b) subject to any written directions from a regulatory authority, to modify, suspend, terminate or cancel the scholarship, or (c) to change the program based learning; as appropriate.
  8. If at any point of time during the period of scholarship or even later it is found that any of the particulars mentioned in the form is not correct, Colgate will be at liberty to withdraw the scholarship allotted to such candidate.
  9. The candidate hereby acknowledges that Colgate does not commit or intend to employ any of the successful candidates.
  10. No candidate has to pay any registration or application fee for applying to the Scholarship Program.

Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship 2019 Result

As per the latest update, the scholarship conducting authority Buddy4Study has announced the results of the 2019 session of the Keep India Smiling Foundation Scholarship programme. Candidates can check their results only via online mode through the official scholarship application portal. One must keep a note that, to check the announced result candidates need to enter their registered mobile number or email id along with the Date of Birth. For the 2019 session, the results are live at the official scholarship portal. The results for the scheme has been announced in the following manner:

Scholarship Scheme

Shortlisted candidates

Result announced

Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship Programme for 3-Year Graduation/Diploma Courses

65

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Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship Programme for Class 11

219

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Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship Programme for 1-Year Vocational Courses

13

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Keep India Smiling Foundational Scholarship Programme for Sportspersons

06

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1 Comments

Ayush kumar, February 19, 2020

Nice