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Bridge Scholarships 2025-26

Below are the scholarships available for 2025-26

Bridge-David Bandi Scholarship

This scholarship has been established at with the generous support of Rebecca S. David (TISS Alum) and her spouse.

Eligibility: All Post Graduate courses | ST and SC students in 1st Year only | All Gender

Bridge-Gladis and Rhee Johnson Scholarship

This scholarship has been made possible by the generous contribution of  Dr. Raju Rhee (TISS 2011-13) in the name of his parents, Mr. Rhee Johnson and Late Gladis Johnson. 

Eligibility: Post Graduate courses in Social Entrepreneurship/Social Work/Health System Studies | All Gender | 1st Year Students only

Bridge-Aabshar Scholarship 

This scholarship has been made possible by the generous contribution by an anonymous donor.

Eligibility: Post Graduate courses in social sciences | 1st and 2nd year Muslim students from Kashmir only.

Bridge-Kiran Bajaj Scholarship

This scholarship has been made possible by Chavi Ilwadhi ( Batch of 2022, Children & Family, TISS Mumbai) and Aashish Arora ( Batch of 2014, CODP, TISS Mumbai), in the loving memory of Chavi's late mother.

Eligibility: Post Graduate courses in Social Work | Women from ST/SC/OBC communities in 1st Year only

Bridge-Md. Wasim Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship has been established at with the generous support of a TISS Alumni and his spouse.

Eligibility: Post Graduate courses |  1st and 2nd Year Muslim students only

Bridge-Post Graduate Scholarship in Law and Gender

This scholarship has been established at with the generous support of an anonymous who is an advocate for equitable education. 

Eligibility: Post Graduate in LLM, Women’s Studies, Women-Centred Practice | SC/ST/OBC and Queer students in 1st Year only

Bridge-Ali Reza Zaidi Scholarship 

This scholarship has been made possible by the generous contribution by an anonymous donor.

Eligibility: Post Graduate courses in any Social Sciences subject | Women students from 1st year only

Bridge-ShubhamBa Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship has been initiated in the memory of late Shubham Ba, TISS Alumni (DTSW 2009-11) by his friends and fellow alum Prasant Mohanty, Ramanek Kumar, Ashima Chaudhary, ⁠Mallikarjun K, ⁠Akshay Kashyap.

Eligibility: Post Graduate courses | ST students from central India and 1st and 2nd year only.

Bridge-Thrive Scholarship

This scholarship has been made possible by the generous contribution by an anonymous donor.

Eligibility: Post Graduate courses in Health Systems Studies or Social Work (Public Health) | SC/ST/OBC women from Punjab and 1st year only

Bridge-Veena Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship has been initiated by Christian Chandran (TISS 2002-2004) and Naina Madan

 

Eligibility: Any Post Graduate course | Students from Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh or North Eastern States, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa in 1st and 2nd year only

Bridge–Rural Futures Scholarship

This scholarship has been made possible by the generous contribution by an anonymous donor.

 

Eligibility: Post Graduate courses | ST students hailing from rural regions and in 1st and 2nd year only

Application timeline

01

Online Application

​09/11/2025 - 19/11/2025

02

Applications Screening 

​20/11/2025 - 05/12/2025

03

Interviews

​06/12/2025-20/12/2025

04

Results

​25/12/2025

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