IIM Ahmedabad Scholarship 2026: Details, Eligibility & Amount

IIM Ahmedabad runs 43 documented scholarship routes for PGP and PGP-FABM students. They range from one headline Rs 25,00,000 award to broader, income-linked government schemes reaching far more students. The largest single award, the P H Shah Merit cum Means Scholarship, goes to only 2 women candidates a year.

Most students qualify instead through the institute's own need-based scholarship. It tests family income under Rs 15 lakh.

Every figure on this page traces to Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad's own Scholarship Guidebook for 2024-2026. No third-party estimate appears here. Where a scheme's terms were not confirmed for every programme, this page says so rather than assuming they carry over.

The Guidebook groups its 43 routes into four families. They are Union Government schemes, IIMA-administered awards, private or foundation awards, and state government schemes. The accordion below details the eight routes with confirmed slot counts or recipient numbers.

PGPX carries its own separate scholarship structure. An entry scholarship covers up to 25% of the single-room fee, and a graduation scholarship covers up to 15%. Both reduce the effective fee rather than the headline figure.

Almost every confirmed route here tests income, category, or both.

• Income-linked routes (need-based, PM YASASVI, Top Class, National Scholarship, disability scheme) check your family's annual income against a fixed ceiling. That ceiling ranges from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 15 lakh, depending on the scheme.
• Category-linked routes require the relevant certificate: SC, ST, OBC-NCL or disability, matched to the specific scheme.
• The P H Shah Merit cum Means Scholarship is open only to women candidates and is income-linked. Its income ceiling follows the Special Need-Based Scholarship criteria: family income below Rs 15,00,000.
• The Endowment scholarship is awarded at entry and needs a minimum CGPA to continue past year one.

Four steps run between an admission offer and a scholarship award.

Four documents cover almost every route on this page.

The institute assesses each scheme separately, against its own income ceiling, category rule and slot count. The P H Shah Merit cum Means Scholarship has only 2 slots, against a far larger pool of eligible women candidates. It shortlists on the Special Need-Based Scholarship applications and PGP I CGPA together. That makes it the most competitive route on this page.

The need-based scholarship has the widest real reach among the routes this page could confirm. It reached 72 PGP and 16 PGP-FABM students in the most recent cycle.

Who qualifies for an IIM Ahmedabad scholarship in practice?

Most students who receive one qualify through the income-linked need-based route, not the headline Rs 25 lakh award. Apply there first if your family income sits under Rs 15 lakh. The more competitive routes at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad come after it, not before.

Recipient counts say more than slot counts, so both appear below where the Guidebook gives them.

The P H Shah headline and the need-based scholarship's real reach differ sharply. That gap is the most useful number on this page. At Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad's most recent count, 88 students received the need-based award. Two received the headline one.