A scholarship provides financial aid (fees, allowances etc.) that enable a student to study. A Fellowship is a comprehensive program where all learners work towards a shared goal. The KARM Fellowship’s goal is to empower women to pursue successful and meaningful careers. To that end it requires dedicated effort and time commitment from students apart from regular college work. Please read the website carefully to understand what all the KARM Fellowship provides.

The KARM Fellowship covers academic and exam fees for any degree course at Delhi University as well as an allowance for books and local transport. Outstation students are provided a rent allowance. Laptops and Dongles are also provided to all Fellows.

• Only courses that align with the preference mentioned in the form or during the interview will be supported. The KARM Fellowship reserves the right to rescind the offer should you be allocated and accept an unrelated course in later lists.
• Support for any self-financed or applied courses is at the discretion of KARM. Please check whether you have any self-financed or applied course in your preference list and reach out to KARM to check whether we support it.
• We do not support evening college, open college , correspondence courses and such, under any circumstance.
• We do not support any four-year courses, apart from B.El.Ed
• The KARM Fellowship is launched with a three day residential orientation program. Please apply only if you are in a position to commit to this.

The KARM Fellowship is open to all girl students studying in class XII, who wish to pursue their higher education from Delhi University, and coming from families where the combined income of all earning members is less than 5 lakh rupees per year.

While we accept income certificates at the application stage, KARM may require you to provide additional details and documents such as Income Tax returns, Pay Slips, Bank Account Statements for further verification.

While there are no academic or extra-curricular criteria in order to apply, KARM is a highly competitive process and we advise you to include any relevant details that you think will make your application stand out. We read each application individually and assess them holistically.

The KARM Fellowship supports only those students who choose to pursue a degree course from Delhi University. Public universities outside Delhi, private universities within/outside Delhi are not supported. The course must also be a degree course (B.A. B.Com. B.Sc. etc.). Applied courses (B.Ed, B.Tech, LL.B. etc.) are not supported.

No. Only full-time degree courses from Delhi University are supported.

We strongly encourage everyone to submit their applications online and in English. The KARM Fellowship requires applicants to have basic computer literacy, English communication skills and a can-do attitude.

Once selected as a KARM Fellow you are expected to abide by the KARM Fellowship’s code of conduct that lays down in detail the professional, academic and ethical standards expected.

You will also have to ensure that you devote the required time and efforts towards KARM facilitated learning which may be in the form of workshops, evening classes, internships, volunteering, mentoring meetings etc.

KARM Fellows must also maintain above 60% marks in their college course.

The KARM curriculum is holistic and requires single-minded commitment and sustained hard work. A minimum of 10-hours of self-work per month will need to be set aside, in addition to time for (on-line and physical) classes and workshops, mentoring exercises, social work and internships (which will vary month-to-month and semester to semester).

No. It is not possible for KARM Fellows to pursue UPSC/NEET/CA etc coaching along with the Fellowship. The Fellowship requires sustained effort and commitment to get the best out of it.