Details about Higher Education Scholarship Test for Indian Students HEST 2024
Higher Education Scholarship Test for Indian Students HEST 2024 is offered for Bachelors, Masters, Diploma, MBA degree in the field of All courses except Medicine/ MBBS are eligible. You can apply to this scholarship here. The deadline for the sending your application is 25 Dec 2023. This scholarship is provided by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, India and the value of this scholarship is Partial Funding, Funding upto 3 lac per student . This scholarship is open for: Open to Indian nationals.
- Degree: Bachelors, Masters, Diploma, MBA
- Provided by: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, India
- Deadline: 25 Dec 2023
- Scholarship value: Partial Funding, Funding upto 3 lac per student
Higher Education Scholarship Test (HEST) is the largest scholarship test in India wherein students from top colleges in India compete for winning scholarships for their abroad education. This national-level test is powered by WeMakeScholars, an initiative funded and supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India under the Digital India Campaign.
HEST 2023, conducted last year, received a tremendous response with over 10,000 applications. Hence, the commitee has launched HEST 2024, this year, which will be funding upto 2 Crore, with each scholarship amounting upto 3 lacs. The exact value of each scholarship depends on the quality and quantity of scholarship applications received in that particular season.
HEST Eligibility Criteria:
- The applicant should be an Indian national with a valid Indian passport.
- Applicants should have a minimum score of 55% in 10th and 12th.
- Applicant NEED NOT produce the foreign university admission confirmation at the moment. It can be submitted later while receiving the scholarship cash award.
- Those who will be self-funding their total expenses are NOT eligible for this scholarship program as we believe they are financially stable to fund their studies. Our motto is to support the needy and financially weak students.
HEST Benefits:
This national-level scholarship test organized by WeMakeScholars, an initiative supported by the Ministry of IT has the following benefits:
- An opportunity to participate in India’s Largest Inter College Scholarship Test.
- Winners will receive a Scholarship cash reward of up to 3 lakh Rupees per student.
- Participating students will also be given access to all the full fee waiver scholarships offered by various government bodies, Trusts, and foundations.
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Sneha Krishna
Hi Vinod,
We recommend you please keep a check here Higher Education Scholarship Test for Indian Students HEST 2024 for regular updates regarding the scholarship.
Sayma Sayyad
Sneha Krishna
We understand your situation. But please note that we have received thousands of applications just for this intake & the scholarship is equally important to all these students. Hence it takes a bit of time.
Nevertheless, I'll communicate to the concerned department to reach out to you first whenever the results are out. So, you will be hearing from them within a week or so.
Hope you understand & thanks for your patience.
Sayma Sayyad
Sneha Krishna
Hi Sayma Sayyad,
Wishing you the best of luck! Due to the overwhelming response, the tentative date for the announcement of the results will be communicated soon. We will promptly update you once it is confirmed.