Students from economically vulnerable backgrounds with family income less than Rs 4 lakh are eligible for the monthly grant, as per a report by NorthEast Now.
Students marched from Gandhi Park to Ghantaghar with banners and candles. They alleged police inaction and raised slogans against racism and for justice.
A computer scientist by training, Sengupta worked in Infosys and IBM before pursuing research in computational biology. He’s won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize