4 IIM Indore students win Aditya Birla Scholarship, to get INR 1,75,000 per annum

160 applications from IIMs/XLRI/FMS and other B-schools were evaluated. Of these, 36 students were shortlisted by an apex board for the Aditya Birla Scholarship Programme.

Indian Institute of Technology added another feather to its hat after its four participants have been named the ‘Aditya Birla Scholar,’ Class of 2021-22. Abhinav Palaparthy, R. Gokul, Burhan Ashraf, and Shamayeta Chowdhury have been selected from among the 340 applications received from across the nation. All the participants are from PGP 2021-23 batch. Each Aditya Birla Scholar will receive a scholarship amount of INR 1,75,000 per annum, the official press note informed.

Scholars to get INR 1,75,000 per annum

Congratulating the scholarship awardees, Professor Himanshu Rai, Director, IIM Indore, said, “I am delighted to share that out of the 15 scholarships, four of the scholarships have been received by our participants. This is the first time four of our participants have been named the ‘Aditya Birla Scholars’ in the same year. This reflects our vision to offer a contextually relevant, robustly designed curriculum that imbibes in our participants the skills and capabilities to become socially conscious leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs.”

The professor further added, “After a rigorous selection process, our four participants have been awarded the scholarship this year. Since 2015, IIM Indore participants have been getting selected for the coveted Aditya Birla Scholarship. We look forward to providing world-class academics to our participants, that helps them grow both at a professional and personal level and develop them into skilled and efficient managers as they graduate.”

The top 20 students were invited to apply through the Deans of the respective institutes and were then taken through a two-way selection process. 160 applications from IIMs/XLRI/FMS and other B-schools were evaluated. Of these, 36 students were shortlisted by an apex board for the Aditya Birla Scholarship Programme comprising Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman; Rajashreeji Birla, Patron; Dr Santrupt Misra; Ashok Gupta; and Khozem Mirza. Out of the selected students, 15 have been awarded the scholarship, which covers a part of the academic fees of the first and second years.

Dr Pragnya Ram, Group Executive President – CSR, Legacy Documentation & Archives, mentioned in his email that the jury had selected the ‘best of the best.’ “Of the 340 applications received, our evaluation team found 105 students with potential.  In the management stream, in the final analyses, 35 students were shortlisted, of which 15 students have been named as Aditya Birla Scholars’, he said. ‘Heartiest congratulations to all of them,” he added.

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