Around 75 scholarships worth Rs 72 lakh were distributed on the spot to the needy students in Scholarship Mela organized by Aryans Group of Colleges, Chandigarh today at Hotel Shivalik View, Sec 17, Chandigarh.
Giving this information to press, Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group said that Scholarship was based on Merit cum Means basis for MBA, PGDM, BBA, BCA and B.Tech (Civil, Mechanical, CSE, EEE & ECE) courses. He added that those students who could not afford to pay the tuition fees availed the benefit of the scholarship. The scholarship amount was between Rs.10000 to Rs.300000 per student.
Inaugurating the Aryans Scholarship Mela, the Chief guest Sh. Naval Gupta, Zonal Manager, Bank of India ,Chandigarh said that the bank would not provide only education loan to the students, but they would also try to provide some financial support to the students under financial assistance scheme of the bank.
It is to be mentioned that hundreds of students including sons & daughters of Rickshaw pullers, fruit vendors, vegetable sellers etc. came with their parents for the interviews. Those students who could not come, may contact on 84270-22288 for the scholarship.
It is also to be mentioned that leading Nationalized Banks including Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) and Bank of India (BOI) were also present during the Scholarship Mela to provide the education loan support to the students.
Dr.Kataria further said that Aryans Group is inspired by Dr.Kiran Bedi, India’s first and highest ranked woman IPS officer and at the UN and her Navjyoti India Foundation and is inspiring all the students of India to pursue higher Education. He added that students would be funded for Education with the help of Corporates, NGOs and other organizations so that they can pursue technical education which is out of reach of common man.
