The Vivek Medical students’ Scholarship (VMS) program of Karuna Trust provides scholarships for deserving students who are meritorious and economically backward. Professional education is becoming increasingly expensive and unaffordable, especially for students from poor socio-economic background. Although there are numerous scholarship options, invariably, many deserving students, outside the reservation categories are left out. To meet these unmet needs, this scholarship program is being sponsored by the alumni of BMC and late Dr. Iychettira Saraswaty Subbiah. The students are selected based on their merit, socio economic condition and other sources of scholarship, either public/private. Students from needy family, irrespective of caste, creed and religion are chosen based on their interest and commitment to serve the poor or commitment to help other students by donating to the same scholarship program once they settle down or start earning. The scholarship applications are open every year during the month of August and is announced on our website