4 journalism students from AJK MCRC, JMI get second Obaid Siddiqui Scholarship

NEW DELHI: The Jamia Journalism Alumni Group has awarded four students of AJK Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC), Jamia Millia Islamia, with the second Professor Obaid Siddiqui Memorial Scholarship this year.

Aqib Nazir, Adnan Ali Sheikh, Saher Hiba Khan, and Sandhya Agrawal were selected from 22 applications. The scholarship coordination committee selected the winners after reviewing their applications, reference checks, and interviews.

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Under the scholarship programme, three first-year students and a second-year student of the MA Convergent Journalism course have received Rs 50,000 each. Aasma Qureshi, a MA Mass Communication student, was awarded the scholarship last year. Her entire course fee was covered under the scholarship.

Aqib Nazir, who hails from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, said: “I am deeply grateful for the support I received in making my educational aspirations a reality. This scholarship holds immense significance for me, for it will alleviate my financial burden and enable me to pursue my studies in (MA) Convergent Journalism at Jamia."

The scholarship was constituted by the Jamia Journalism Alumni Group in commemoration of Obaid Siddiqui, a former director of AJK MCRC. Siddiqui, who passed away in 2020, had started the Convergent Journalism programme in 2005. The scholarship is awarded annually to candidates who are in financial need.

Congratulating this year’s awardees, Zehra Kazmi, a member of the scholarship coordination committee, said: "We are excited to welcome the newly admitted students into the MCRC fold. We look forward to seeing them build their skills and follow their interests."

Jamia Journalism Alumni Group is an informal association of former and outgoing students of the Masters in Convergent Journalism (MACJ) programme of the university.