EROS Group felicitates 25 girl students with Abhilasha Scholarship
Abhay Anand | November 27, 2018 | 06:25 PM IST
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 27: The flagship scholarship scheme of the EROS Group, Abhilasha Scholarship has this year selected around a hundred girl students. Today 25 girls out of the 100 selected for the scholarship were felicitated at a ceremony held at EROS Corporate Tower.
The scholarship is awarded to meritorious girl students to enable them to continue their education. They were given a cash award of Rs. 5,000 each.
EROS Group received around 2,800 applications from all over India, out of which 100 girl students were selected for the scholarship.
The scholarship is aimed at girl students from government schools, from disadvantaged backgrounds, and who have scored 75% or above in their exams. The scholarship has been established as part of the Group’s continued efforts to provide access to quality education especially, young girl students.
Speaking about this initiative, Avneesh Sood, Director, EROS Group, said “At EROS Group, we understand how important education is, especially for a girl child. We have established the Abhilasha Scholarship to enable meritorious girl students to continue their academic dreams. This is in line with the Government’s ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign. We aim to reinforce this campaign by promoting and working towards girls’ education. It will not only empower them but is also vital for the betterment of society and the nation.”
Kishore Kumar, a parent of one of the girl students, said “We are happy that EROS Group has taken such a great initiative. It was a very happy moment for my wife and me when we received a call that our daughter has been selected for the scholarship. The money will help us and encourage our daughter who has always dreamt of making it big in life. I would like to thank EROS Group for this initiative.”
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Featured News
]- NIPER Hyderabad ‘killing’ MBA Pharma despite industry demand and 100% placements: Students
- National Digital University to be ‘world’s largest online university’: UGC Chairman
- Lok Sabha Election 2024: Over 50 students, teachers arrested over past 5 years
- Diversity and inclusion ‘all on paper’, writes a transgender activist on experience at work
- ‘This is terrible’: West Bengal teachers who fought recruitment scam dismayed by cancellation
- More women joining engineering with scholarships, affirmative action in admission, placements
- BTech in Marathi: How PCCOE Pune is showing the way
- ‘We hope to admit students from outside Kerala’: CET Trivandrum principal
- IIIT Bangalore plans to launch BTech programmes, says director
- COMEDK UGET ‘model exam’ for engineering colleges: Executive Secretary