Patna: The North-South Foundation, a voluntary organization, has awarded scholarship to as many as nine poor, but meritorious students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna, Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, and Patna Science College. The scholarships were awarded on Friday i.e. on February 18, 2011 at a function held at the physics lecture theatre of the college.
Names of the students who received scholarships are Pranava Kumar and Gyan Shankar Singh of the NIT Patna, Kumar Kishore of ISM, Dhanbad and Abhishek Kumar, Narendra Kumar Babloo, Kush Kumar Yadav, Kazmi Fatma, Vinay Kumar Sonu and Navin Kumar of the college.
As per sources, while welcoming the guests, Foundation (Patna chapter) coordinator Kishore Chandra Mishra said that so far 4,500 students of 17 states have been awarded these scholarships. He also added that the Foundation is trying to accommodate more and more students under this scheme so that poor students may not be deprived of higher education opportunities. Besides, K N Pandey proposed the vote of thanks.
Furthermore, the college Principal Kashi Nath while giving away the scholarships to the selected students appreciated the venture of the organization in helping the poor students desirous of continuing their higher studies. He, however, appealed to the organization not to discriminate between the students of technical and basic science courses. He also added that students of basic science should also be given the same amount of scholarship as given to those of technical courses.
