Scholarship for Engineering Students

Making education accessible for all is always a top priority for the nation and its policy makers. Given the social intricacies of our country, it is a humungous task to ensure that everyone is getting a fair share of opportunity to grow and prosper in life.

Time and again schemes are implemented for different segments of population especially for the schedule castes, schedule tribes and physically challenged. Many such schemes where both the government and private institutions offer scholarships and financial assistance to bright (but needy) students are currently underway.

The idea behind providing scholarships to students who are meritorious and belong to the above mentioned segment of population is that they continue their education irrespective of the barriers created by their social and physical constraints and eventually be at par in life with the rest of the population.

The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) recently announced that it will be offering 35 scholarships to engineering students belonging to schedule castes/ schedule tribes and the physically challenged category.

The criterion is that the student belonging to this segment must be pursuing a full-time engineering course from a government-recognized institution. He/ she must be in the third session in year 2010-2011 after meritoriously clearing their first two years. It must be noted that this scholarship is only available for select streams of engineering.

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Developing new education avenues to build a strong nation

Investing in the human capital and retaining it to generate growth is focus of every government. Being a developing nation, India has a major interest in its human resource capital. As a nation, we cannot let go of a single opportunity to attract young minds and encourage them to contribute towards building the nation.

Every state has numerous government and private institutions dedicated to providing education in various streams. These institutes train a fair share of professionals for suitable public and private sector jobs and give them access to better life and career prospects.

For example: Himachal, one of the northern states known for its eternal beauty and tourism is fast becoming a hub of industry-oriented colleges. Baddi, a city in the foothills is an emerging pharmaceutical centre and has an Institute of Pharmacy and Engineering Sciences to provide specialized training to the youth of Himachal and its nearby states. Besides this Himachal government has announced that soon it will be opening two special colleges at Shimla and Dharamshala for providing programs in hydroelectric engineering- hydropower being one of the major assets of the state.

But then there are many factors that restrict the reach of the education system into the far corners of the country. Factors like inaccessible terrain, poverty, social apathy towards higher education in general are hurdles in imparting education. To maximize the reach of higher education and to open up vistas of opportunity for the youth of India more concerted efforts are needed.

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