Closer to their tech dreams: 276 students selected for Bharti Airtel scholarship

Published On : 2024-11-23T09:19:50+0530 [ IST ] | Author : Mayur_Tembhare
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After the death of his father Shikhar had to grow up fast. A physical disability and mounting agricultural loans only added to this pressure. He focused on his education and today has been admitted to a computer science degree at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka. Thanks to the newBharti Airtel Scholarship

Going beyond their original plan to award 250 students from across the country Bharti Airtel Foundation has given a full scholarship to 276 students pursuing technology courses at top 50NIRF engineering institutions in India.

The students are from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. Among them are Jharkhand-based Ashna Noor who aspires to start an NGO for girls in her village and Mohit Gangwar who hopes to support his homemaker mother and father who suffer from paralysis.

Rakesh Bharti Mittal, vice-chairman of Bharti Enterprises says the scholarship stemmed from a desire to expand the foundation's work in education.

As many as 22% of this year's Bharti scholars are girls. "We have been focused on bringing more girls into higher education because that is something that has been missing for a long time.

The foundation has long worked on education from launching 64 rural Satya Bharti schools to a Quality Support Programme that has helped 1,000 schools improve infrastructure and technology access.

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Source : Reporters From Sunrise Chronicles

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