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Wipro announces 3rd edition of Santoor scholarship prog for girl students in 3 states

UNI, Hyderabad | Published : 7th August 2018

Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting has announced the third edition of Santoor Women's Scholarship program for girl students from economically disadvantaged families to support them financially to pursue higher education.

The scholarship rolled out in collaboration with Wipro Care is offered exclusively to the students of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka.

Talking to newsmen here on Tuesday, Wipro Consumer Care Business-India Sr General Manager-Marketing S Prasanna Rao said that the Santoor Scholarship was launched in 2016 as an annual programme to support underprivileged women to complete the Graduation including Degree, Medical and Dental.

"Each year a total of 900 students from the three states were offered the scholarship for all the three years of their study. The financial assistance of Rs 24,000 per annum will be extended to each student", Mr Rao said.

He said that the Scholarship amount would be utilized for tuition fees and other expenses related to education. In the last two years, 1800 women from the three states have benefitted from the Scholarship, the Wipro Sr General Manager added.

While explaining about the selection procedure, Mr Rao said that the student must have passed her grade 10 and 12 from a government school/college and got enrolled in a recognized degree program of minimum 3 years.

About 60 per cent of the scholarships were earmarked to encourage students to study humanities, liberal arts and sciences, he said and added that the rest could be availed by students pursuing professional courses.

"Applicants from backward districts are given preference during the selection process and hence fifty per cent of the scholarships are reserved for such students," Mr Rao said.

Applications for this year is available with all the government junior college principals across the State. Students can also apply online on www.santoorscholarships.com. The last date to submit the duly filled in application form is September 15, he said.

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