32 students from NE selected from Reliance Foundation UG Scholarships 2023-24

The 32 students from the Northeast have been selected from a country-wide application pool of at least five thousand students.

32 students from Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram have been selected for the Reliance Foundation UG Scholarships 2023-24, one of the nations largest, inclusive and diverse higher education scholarships.

The break up is as follows-
Tripura-12, Manipur-10, Meghalaya-5, Arunachal Pradesh-3 and Mizoram-2.

They have have been selected from a country-wide application pool of at least five thousand students.

Students from all streams of study are selected on merit-cum-means basis.

The Selected first-year UG students will receive grants of up to Rs. 2 lakh over the course of their study. This will also give the students an opputurnity become part of a strong capacity building programme and a vibrant alumni network.

Across 35 states and UTs of India, 58,000 students studying at more than 5,500 educational institutions had applied for the scholarships. The final 5000 have been selected through a systematic merit-cum-means process. In addition to their performance in the aptitude test and their Grade 12 marks, 75% of the selected students have an annual household income of less than 2.5 lakh rupees.

Till date, 23,136 student scholarships have been awarded, out of which 48% are girls and 3,001 are students with disabilities.

This year’s cohort includes students from all subject streams including Commerce, Arts, Business/Management, Computer Applications, Science, Medicine, Law, Education, Hospitality, Architecture, Engineering/Technology and other undergraduate degrees.

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