PRESS RELEASE
Srinagar, 1st May 2026: Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), India’s leading test preparatory services provider, has signed multiple Memorandum of understanding (MoUs) with key Indian Army and paramilitary forces including the Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) to enhance educational access and welfare support for personnel and their families across the country.
These collaborations are designed to extend structured scholarships, academic mentoring, career guidance, and nationwide coaching access to serving personnel, veterans, gallantry awardees, disabled members of the forces, and families of martyrs.
The purpose of these MoUs (memorandum of understanding) is to remove financial barriers and enhance the academic preparation of students interested in pursuing competitive career paths (such as engineering and medical entrance examinations) by providing academic resources at no cost to those pursuing such careers at a competitive level.
According to Mr. Chandra Sekhar Garisa Reddy, Managing Director & CEO, Aakash Educational Services Limited, “Anyone who has committed themselves to serving their country should have every available opportunity for their family to grow and develop in a way that they can succeed. Through these partnerships, we hope to expand access to quality academic resources and support our defence families in achieving educational success. This is another step in creating an opportunity for us to give back to our military community.”
Scholarship Support Across Forces
Indian Army Personnel and Families
Registration Fee only is payable, 100% waiver on all other fee components for the wards of personnel who died while in harness.
100% tuition fee waiver for the wards of personnel with more than 20% disability and gallantry awardees.
20% tuition fee waiver for the wards of serving and retired personnel, applicable after other scholarships are deducted.
BSF Personnel and Families
Only registration/admission fees payable (100% waiver on tuition and other academic charges) for wards of personnel who lost their lives in service
90% tuition fee waiver for wards of gallantry awardees or personnel with more than 20% disability, subject to required certification
50% waiver on tuition fee for personnel having less than 20% disability
20% tuition fee waiver for wards of serving and retired personnel, applicable on tuition fees after other eligible scholarships
CRPF Personnel and Families
Only registration/admission fees payable (100% waiver on tuition and all other academic charges) for wards of personnel who lost their lives while on duty
100% tuition fee waiver for personnel with major disability, subject to submission of valid service/disability certification
22% waiver on tuition fee for in-service personnel, gallantry awardees, and retired personnel
The 22% tuition fee waiver is applicable after adjusting any other eligible scholarships offered by Aakash Educational Services Limited, and is over and above existing scholarship schemes
ITBP Personnel and Families
100% waiver on all course fees (registration and admission fees payable) for wards/families of martyrs, death in harness, boarded-out cases, disabled wards, and orphans
90% waiver on tuition fees for wards of gallantry award recipients or personnel with more than 20% disability, subject to certification
20% scholarship on tuition fees for wards of serving and retired personnel, applicable after other eligible scholarships in addition to the scholarship achieved by the student
These scholarships will operate alongside AESL’s existing merit-based scholarship programs and are applicable across its PAN India network of centres.
Additional Support Initiatives
Across all MoUs, AESL will also provide:
Academic mentoring and career counselling (both virtual and offline)
National-level scholarship and talent identification exams, including ANTHE
Access to AESL centres and defence school facilities for assessments
Long-term engagement programs to ensure continuity in academic support
These initiatives are structured as multi-year programs (ranging from three to five years depending on the MoU) to ensure sustained impact.
