Indian School of Business announces Vidula Jalan scholarship for two students

NEW DELHI: The Indian School of Business (ISB) has announced that it will set up Vidula Jalan scholarship, which will be awarded to two students postgraduate programme (PGP) in management.

The ISB said the scholarship will be awarded to one female and a male student on a need-cum-merit basis. The scholarship will be awarded from the class of 2025. Instituted in memory of Vidula Jalan, an alumna of the ISB PGP in Management Class of 2003, the scholarship is a generous gift by the Anshuman and Vidula Jalan Foundation.

The ISB said this is the largest scholarship endowment to ISB to date and will allow for the award of scholarships in perpetuity. Vidula Jalan was the chairperson of Mangalam cements where she received accolades for a leadership style that always put employees first.

Anshuman Vikram Jalan, trustee of the Anshuman and Vidula Jalan Foundation, said, “Vidula always felt strongly about the immense potential of education to create life-altering impact for individuals and to develop society at large. This scholarship enables us to honour her memory and put this ethos into practice by helping future leaders, who might otherwise be constrained by financial aspects, to avail world-class management education at ISB."

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ISB dean Madan Pillutla said, “We are gratified to receive this support for our scholarship programme. It enhances our ability to bring in deserving individuals who would otherwise not be able to benefit from the education ISB provides and thereby maximise their potential. We look forward to making the most of this generous support to bring diverse talent into our upcoming PGP classes."