Colgate Keep India Smiling Scholarship 2026-27: BDS listing shows 1 November date, call not confirmed
Colgate-Palmolive (India)'s Keep India Smiling programme offers a one-time ₹75,000 scholarship for BDS (dental) students through its application partner Buddy4Study. The 2026-27 BDS listing on Buddy4Study displays an Apply Now button and a stated deadline of 1 November 2026, but the programme banner still says Launching Soon, the Apply Now button did not open an application form for a logged-out visitor when we tested it on 25 October 2026, and Colgate's own website does not yet announce the 2026-27 BDS call. Treat 1 November as the listing's stated date, not a confirmed open call. The MDS (postgraduate dental) window for this cycle closed on 19 October 2026.
At a glance
- Amount: ₹75,000, paid as one amount
- Who: students enrolled in any year of BDS at a recognised government or private college or institute
- Marks: at least 65% in Class 12; 2nd, 3rd and 4th-year BDS students also need at least 60% in the last semester
- Income: annual family income below ₹8 lakh
- Stated date on the listing: 1 November 2026 (not yet confirmed on Colgate's own site)
- Where: the scholarship listing on buddy4study.com, linked from Colgate's official Keep India Smiling Foundation Scholarship page
Eligibility
- Currently enrolled in any year of the BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) course
- Cleared the Class 12 board examination with at least 65%
- 2nd, 3rd and 4th-year BDS students: at least 60% in the last semester
- Enrolled in a recognised government or private college or institute
- Annual family income below ₹8 lakh
- Indian nationals only
- Children of employees of Buddy4Study and Colgate India are not eligible
Preference will be given to applicants from Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Students from other states can still apply; the listing says preference, not a restriction.
How to apply when the form opens
Checked on the live Buddy4Study listing on 25 October 2026. The Apply Now button did not open a form for a logged-out visitor, so these steps describe the route the listing presents, not a completed test.
- Open Colgate's official Keep India Smiling Foundation Scholarship page at colgate.com and follow its application link to the Buddy4Study listing, or open the listing directly: Colgate Keep India Smiling Scholarship on Buddy4Study.
- On the listing, open View Details for Colgate Keep India Smiling Scholarship for BDS Students 2026-27 (the MDS listing for this cycle closed on 19 October 2026). The BDS detail view shows Apply Now and the deadline 01-Nov-2026.
- Register or log in on Buddy4Study, then choose Apply Now in the BDS detail view and fill the application form. In our logged-out test on 25 October 2026 the button did not open a form; registration requires a mobile number, which we did not provide.
- Upload the documents the form asks for (full list below) and review every detail before final submission.
- If the form is open for you, submit before the listing's stated date of 1 November 2026. If it is not, use the Show Interest form on the same page so Buddy4Study notifies you when the call opens.
Documents the application asks for
- Photo identity proof (Aadhaar card)
- Passport-size photograph
- Income proof (Form 16A, income certificate issued by a government authority, BPL certificate or salary slips)
- Proof of admission (college ID card or bonafide certificate)
- Current academic year fee receipt
- Bank account details (cancelled cheque or passbook copy)
- Marksheets or grade cards of the preceding class
- Disability certificate, if applicable
We read the public listing and its BDS detail view on 25 October 2026, including the eligibility, benefits and documents sections, and tested the Apply Now button while logged out (it did not open a form). We did not create an account, so any declaration steps inside the form itself were not seen. Colgate's own pages checked the same day announce no 2026-27 BDS call.
Video guides
We searched YouTube on 25 October 2026 for a step-by-step application video for this scholarship in English and in Malayalam. We could not verify one that matches the BDS 2026-27 listing and the current cycle, so we are not linking any rather than risk outdated or unrelated instructions.
Stay safe
- There is no fee to apply. Buddy4Study itself runs a scholarship-fraud alert on the listing page: never pay anyone who promises selection.
- Apply only through the Buddy4Study listing linked from Colgate's official page. Lookalike pages and agents are common around popular scholarships.
- The scholarship is one-time and selection-based; treat "guaranteed scholarship" claims as fraud.
Frequently asked questions
Can a 3rd-year BDS student apply? Yes. The scholarship is open to students in any year of BDS; 2nd, 3rd and 4th-year students need at least 60% in the last semester.
Is the MDS scholarship open? No. The MDS window for the 2026-27 cycle closed on 19 October 2026.
Is this only for five states? No. It is open across India; applicants from Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh get preference.
Is the BDS call confirmed open? Not as of 25 October 2026. The listing shows Apply Now and 1 November 2026, but the banner says Launching Soon and Colgate's own site has not announced the call.
Is this a government scholarship? No. It is a corporate scholarship from Colgate-Palmolive (India), with Shikshadaan Foundation as NGO partner and Buddy4Study as the application partner.
Sources: Colgate Keep India Smiling Foundation Scholarship (official page), Keep India Smiling Scholarship listing (Buddy4Study, official application partner). Checked 25 October 2026, including a logged-out Apply Now test. This is an AiCoN explainer, not a Colgate publication.