Metropolis’ MedEngage Scholarship Program recognizes 250 medical students with Scholarship grants

Under Metropolis’ MedEngage Scholarship Program, a total of scholarships worth INR 1.7 crore were given to students across the country, and nearly 50% of Scholarship beneficiaries were female doctors. 2670 plus registrations received from 516 cities across 29 states in India. 

Metropolis Foundation, the CSR arm of Metropolis Healthcare, organized the 5th edition of the MedEngage Scholarship Summit 2023 today. The MedEngage Scholarship Programme, a flagship CSR initiative of Metropolis, awarded scholarship grants totalling INR 1.7 crore to 250 medical students (final year MBBS and MD/DNB). This is in recognition of their achievements towards academic scores, extra-curricular activities, and research papers/thesis presentations.

This year’s edition of the MedEngage Scholarship programme received over 2670 applications from 516 cities across 29 states in India. 

The programme covered more than 500 medical colleges, including government and private ones in the country. The participants had to go through a stringent selection process based on their academic performance and several other evaluation parameters. Ernst & Young LLP was appointed as the process advisor for this scholarship programme. 

Commenting on the MedEngage Scholarship Programme, Dr. Duru Shah, Chairperson, Metropolis Foundation said: “We are extremely happy to receive the overwhelmingly positive responses from the young medical doctors for this scholarship programme year after year. We firmly believe that education is essential to the holistic development of the nation’s youth. Through the MedEngage program, Metropolis Foundation hopes to improve the academic landscape in the country and “Empower and Encourage” our students - Our Future Healthcare warriors to contribute to the healthcare ecosystem.”

Dr. Kirti Chadha, Chief Scientific Officer and Group Head – CSR, Metropolis Healthcare commented: “MedEngage, a medical college outreach program conceptualized by our honorable Chairman and executed by the CSR arm of Metropolis embodies the true values of Metropolis Foundation – to nurture, educate, empower, and encourage young medical students in their undergraduate and post graduate critical formative years. We conducted numerous surveys and interviews of potential beneficiaries before launching this program and weaved in all areas where tomorrow’s doctors need hand holding, guidance, orientation, financial and academic research support. We opened our doors and our resources to budding medical minds to enable them to succeed nationally and internationally. This timely support serves as a steppingstone for them in their difficult pursuit of excellence journey spanning science & innovation. Digitization of the module scope and beneficiary application has further helped us reach remote corners of the country impacting across tier city boundaries. As medical colleges and DNB hospitals in the country increase, we have also been increasing our budget and number of beneficiaries to ensure a sizeable percentage of eligible population gets impacted with program benefits.”

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