Scholarship Program

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Launched in 2012, the VIDYA scholarship program supports the education of economically disadvantaged youth beyond class X and molds them for future employability. In the past 7 years, 200 students have been provided free support for pursuing PUC, ITI, and vocational training courses and graduate courses in arts, commerce, and engineering. For most children from economically marginalized communities, the progression from school to college education is fraught with challenges.

Emerging from the mediocre, uninspiring academic environments of their schools, with little encouragement from family to acquire a college degree and few role models to look up to, students often lack the motivation to pursue higher education. Those who are motivated are often forced to sacrifice their aspirations due to financial difficulties – unaffordable college fees and the dire need to work to support their families are often insurmountable challenges. VIDYA provides support to this segment of disadvantaged youth by offering full/part scholarships for PUC, ITI courses, graduate degrees in commerce, science, arts and engineering.

In addition to financial support, VIDYA offers academic mentorship & the much-needed English language coaching to ease the struggles of students switching from vernacular to English medium of education in college. In order to prepare them for employability, VIDYA also offers life skills training and career guidance.

Scholarship Students have received admissions into 18 different educational institutions for various courses. Some of them are studying in leading institutions like Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering (All India Rank #39 in 2018 India Today Poll), Christ Junior College St. Joseph’s PU College, Loyola PU College, Loyola Degree College, Vijaya College, BES College, Srushti Degree College.

VIDYA gives preference to girl students for scholarships. Most of our girl students hail from a socio-economic segment where women have had poor access to education. According to the data gathered by us in the student survey, 87% of mothers of scholarship students had not completed schooling and 40% among them were totally uneducated. This financial support has helped break family resistance to their education, giving them the confidence to aspire to achieve, become financially independent, and support their families.

Sushmitha is a scholarship student from the VIDYA scholarship program for 8 years. She has completed her UG in BCA from BES degree college. Since her I PUC, Sushmitha is getting scholarship support from VIDYA. She is highly thankful for all the learning experiences and she owes it to VIDYA. She fondly remembers all the events and activities she has participated in. The job readiness sessions and the exposure to banking sessions have enriched her skills and have helped her gain confidence in pursuing her studies. Always a great achiever, Sushmitha is quite spontaneous and has received certificates in VIDYA and college.
Sushmitha
Student

Anjali is an exemplary student who has shown tremendous growth over the years in the scholarship program. Right through the course, Anjali has managed to retain the top positions in academics in a college. An active member in VIDYA, she has participated in all the events and activities arranged at VIDYA and the college. She also has got the privilege of securing the medal and shield for her exemplary performance in academics.
Anjali
Student

Nilanjan is a VIDYA scholarship student who has successfully completed his Engineering in Electronics and Communication from VTU University. Brought by a single parent (mother), Nilanjan had opted to pursue a science group from Loyola Degree College. With meticulous hard work and determination, he successfully completed II PUC and got the opportunity to join Engineering from Sri Shirdi Sai Engg College. Nilanjan feels that the VIDYA scholarship has helped him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an Engineering professional. He is grateful to VIDYA as it would not have been possible to become an Engineering graduate. Apart from the aid in scholarship he also attended the spoken English classes which have helped to improve his vocabulary and fluency skills through the VIDYA Beyond school program. His ambition is to start his own company which manufactures electronic components like microcontroller board, sensors, and motors.
Nilanjan
Student

“I take pride and responsibility in bringing about a positive impact and growth in my students. VIDYA has helped me achieve my passion and has nurtured and molded my career in teaching and management. In the same manner, it has also transformed many lives with many programs. Devaraj who is currently pursuing mechanical engineering had received a scholarship from VIDYA which had a great effect on setting his goals and achieve a successful career. Employability for all the scholarship students is the milestone that I would like to achieve during my tenure in VIDYA. I want all the youth I serve to be like Devraj, who received a scholarship for Mechanical Engineering and he’s doing so well. I love being a teacher and a manager in this social movement.
Nandini Natarajan
Scholarship Manager

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