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