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Kotak Education Foundation Unveils Kotak Junior Scholarship “Future Ka Golden Ticket” – 1,000 Scholarships for Class 10+ Students in Mumbai
By Kotak Education Foundation
May 14, 2025
What if we told you, your ticket to a brighter, bolder future is just one application away? This is your opportunity. Your moment. Your Future ka Ticket.
Say hello to the Kotak Junior Scholarship – your “Future ka Ticket” – by Kotak Education Foundation (KEF), the CSR implementing agency of the Kotak Mahindra Group. Designed to empower 1,000 high-achieving students from economically disadvantaged communities across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). This scholarship goes beyond financial aid to offer meaningful academic and personal development support—helping young talent rise, thrive, and build a brighter future.
The scholarship provides financial assistance of ₹73,500 over a period of 21 months, covering both Class 11 and Class 12. In addition to monetary support, the programme offers holistic development through a robust support system designed to empower the next generation. With this scholarship, Kotak Education Foundation is not only funding education but also fostering the next generation of professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders.
Over the past 18+ years, KEF’s scholarship wing has positively impacted the lives of more than 6,000 scholars, with over 1,800 having successfully graduated as accomplished alumni.
“At KEF, we believe every student deserves the chance to dream big and achieve even bigger. ‘Future Ka Ticket’ is more than a scholarship—it’s a commitment to walking beside young changemakers on their journey,” says Ms. Arati Kaulgud, Executive Committee Member and Scholarship Program Head at Kotak Education Foundation.
The Kotak Junior Scholarship programme supports students from SSC, CBSE, and ICSE boards and includes:
- ₹3,500 per month during Class 11 and 12 (₹73,500 total over 21 months)
- One-on-one mentorship and academic assistance
- Career guidance and exposure visits for holistic development
- Entrance exam preparation support
- Exposure visits
- Regular home visits
Eligibility Criteria:
- Scored more than 85% in SSC/CBSE/ICSE Class 10 board examinations
- Secured admission into Class 11 at a college within Mumbai
- Annual family income of less than ₹3,20,000
- Resident of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR)
Kotak Karma is the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) identity of the Kotak Mahindra Group, reflecting its commitment to sustainable and inclusive community development.
Kotak Education Foundation
It has been a rewarding sixteen years since we embarked on our mission to equip economically disadvantaged children and youth with education and foundational skills, galvanizing them towards a better future. Our ‘Inch Wide Mile Deep’ approach, home-grown projects focused on quality education for the low-income segment have been instrumental in shaping the success of our projects across India. KEF’s approach is primarily three-pronged –
- holistic interventions with children and educators in school,
- equitable scholarships for higher studies, and
- vocational education and skills training for livelihood.
Strengthening school leadership and teacher capacity building, creating a digital ecosystem and learning environment in schools, equipping middle school students with confidence and skills of communicative English, upskilling teachers to provide Foundational Literacy & Numeracy skills, and supporting districts in building and running Model Schools – these are key interventions run by KEF in Maharashtra and partially in Gujarat. KEF launched Kotak Kanya Scholarship in 2021 to offer financial and academic support to meritorious girl students for the pursuit of higher education from all across India. Kotak Junior Scholarship supports meritorious students from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region for pursuing 11th and 12th Standard. KEF’s Unnati project upskills unemployed youth from economically weaker sections of society and coaches them in the basics of IT and spoken English, life skills and personality development. It ensures placements for all eligible participants so they can stride with confidence into any professional sphere.
KEF is now at the cusp of change as it prepares for the next chapter in its journey toward empowering the youth with quality education and livelihood. Armed with its vast experience and expertise, the organization now aims to scale its depth as well as the breadth of its reach. KEF’s philosophy is evolving from a ‘school as a unit’ to working toward district/state level education transformation. As KEF expands its ambit, it will help drive systemic reform and state education transformation to create long-term Impact at Scale.
Kotak Education Foundation is the primary implementing agency for the CSR initiatives of Kotak Mahindra Group in Education. Kotak Karma is the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) identity of Kotak Mahindra Group Companies.
For more information, please visit the Company’s website at www.kotakeducation.org
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