New Delhi. Reliance Foundation will give scholarship to 5000 students from 27 states. About Rs 2 lakh will be given to these students of the first year of graduation during their studies.
The Foundation had announced in December 2022 that they would give 50,000 scholarships over the next 10 years. Along with the scholarship, the selected students will also be linked to the alumni network. Foundation CEO Jagannath Kumar said, “We are hopeful that Reliance Foundation Scholarship will give new wings to the dreams of the youth. The scholarship is selected from among the students studying various subjects in different geographical areas of India. Equal representation has been given to girls and boys.
We congratulate the selected students and are confident that they will make their dreams come true as well as contribute to India’s progress.”Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships are awarded on the basis of merit and economic status of the student. The students selected for this year are from the fields like Engineering/ Technology, Science, Medicine, Commerce, Arts, Business/ Management, Computer, Law, Architecture.
For the session 2022-23, 5,000 students have been selected from around 40,000 applicants studying in over 4,984 educational institutions. 51 percent of the successful students are girls. 99 disabled students have also got scholarship. The selection is done on the basis of criteria, these include ‘qualifying test’, 12th marks and other criteria. Selected students will be informed directly about their selection. Applicants can also check the results on the Foundation’s website.
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