IndiaTomorrow.net,
Aligarh, August 16: On the eve of Independence Day, an NGO distributed scholarships worth over Rs two lakh among meritorious and needy students in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). “Scholarships worth Rs.210,000 were distributed among 36 students from school to professional courses like engineering,” said India Wisdom Foundation (IWF). The function was organized at the Ismat Literacy Centre here on Sunday.
Dr Shahid Jameel, one of the founding members of IWF, said: “The idea is to motivate students from financially poor background. We want to tell them that financial considerations should not come on their way if they want to study.”
The IWF, registered in 2011 in New Delhi under the Societies Act) was set up in 2009 for the purpose of assisting the weaker sections of Indian society in the fields of education and health.
IWF has been working mainly on three projects – scholarship, girls education and health.
The Aligarh Project is its scholarship program to support the education of meritorious students, who are unable to afford it. Every year 30-35 students are supported through this program with a spending of about Rs. 2.5 to 3 lakhs.
