Where are all the philanthropists?
Hyderabad is a rich city, but unfortunately, there are very few individuals who are willing to share their wealth. There are innumerable students who, if given a chance to study further will make a mark. A conservative estimate says the City could do with at least couple of hundred scholarships instituted by rich philanthropists or institutions for poor but brilliant students.
M Vinod has always been a brilliant student who scored 965/1000 in cialis online his Intermediate and 637/700 in his ICSE. Vinod’s father is a farmer in Khammam and his family struggles to make ends meet. He wanted to pursue aeronautical engineering but it was beyond their reach.
Enter Veda Vyasa Vidya Vigjnana Varadhi (V5). It helped Vinod realise his dream with a scholarship. He is now a student of IIT-Madras pursing aeronautical engineering and had secured the 245th rank in IITJEE, pointed out RS Lakshman, secretary of V5.said Polito
Not all are as fortunate as Vinod. There are thousands of students in the City who have the passion for studies, but are in unfortunate conditions.
Fortunately, though, there are some organisations like V5 which come to the rescue of ambitious students. Dwijasree Atreya is another example. With the V5 support she bagged a gold medal in her third year of studying medicine.
While V5 is not the only NGO working towards providing scholarships. But it really isn’t enough as the number of deserving students exceeds the number of scholarships.
There is an estimated 15 NGOs in the City that help higher education of the poor students with scholarship. But educationists agree that they are grossly inadequate.
The government, they say, is doing its bit in this area but that is mostly limited to social niches. The Backward Class Welfare Association district officer of Hyderabad, Vidya Sagar, says that 60-70,000 BC,ST, SC, minority and the disabled students get scholarships each year from the government in Hyderabad only.
“Anyone whose income is less than `1 lakh per annum, get about `962 for postgraduate level, `525 for students who are in hostel in graduate and intermediate and `325 for day-scholars. The number of students are increasing at 10 per cent every year,” said Vidya Sagar.
There is another government scheme — fee reimbursement. Anybody falling into the backward class is eligible for it.
“Unfortunately, when it comes to the higher lever, things fall flat. There really aren’t enough NGOs. Though more sprout each day. There are no funds available,” says Srivyal Vayyuri of Spoorthi Foundation.
Selection criteria
The selection criterion for the scholarship is based on the twin objectives of consistent academic record and financial conditions of the family. In special circumstances, select students with an excellent academic merit have been selected for reimbursement of tuition fee for the entire duration of the professional course,be it medicine or engineering.
Some top NGOs that provide educational scholarships
Centre for Action Research and People’s Development (Carped)
HELP NGO C.A.R.E , Centre for Advancement of Voluntary Efforts (CAVE)
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