TKM Institute of Management Scholarship 2026 Financial Aid, Merit & Category Scholarships

Merit and Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Examination

Selection for the Merit Scholarship is based on a combined assessment giving 70% weightage to performance in the institute's scholarship examination and 30% weightage to the candidate's degree examination marks, while the Merit-cum-Means Scholarship additionally requires submission of financial documents to assess genuine need. Eligibility for either scholarship is restricted to candidates who have already secured admission to the full-time MBA programme at TIM, and appearing for the scholarship exam does not guarantee an award, since final decisions rest with the institute's Scholarship Committee.

Government and Other Scholarships

In addition to the institute's own scholarship examination, eligible SC/ST/OBC and minority-community MBA students can explore central and Kerala state government post-matric and merit-cum-means scholarship schemes routed through the National Scholarship Portal, subject to the notified eligibility and income criteria for each scheme. Students are advised to track application windows on scholarships.gov.in and to keep bank and identity documents updated well ahead of each year's deadlines, and to confirm any institute-specific scholarship terms directly with the TIM admission office via the admission information page.

Registration and Timeline

The Merit and Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Examination is typically conducted online or offline in a two-hour, objective-type format carrying negative marking for wrong answers, with a modest registration fee charged separately from the main MBA application fee. Interested candidates - including prospective NRI applicants - are advised to register within the notified window each year, since late registration is generally not entertained given the tight turnaround between the scholarship exam and the main admission cycle for that year's incoming batch.