Bangalore student selected for study in UK

<p style="text-align: justify;">Neal Duggal, a student from Mallya Aditi International School, Bangalore is selected for the Manmohan Singh Undergraduate Scholarship, 2010.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />The scholarship will fund his undergraduate course in economics at the University of Cambridge. The programme was launched to provide <img style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px 4px; float: left;" src="https://images.shiksha.com/mediadata/images/1265263983php3a621z.jpeg" alt="" width="109" height="115">financial assistance to exceptional students in India who would not otherwise be able to afford to go to Cambridge.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />&ldquo;I am completely overwhelmed to receive this scholarship.This will help me pursue my passion for economics in a university of great repute and that too in the same college (St John&rsquo;s) where our prime minister had studied the subject. I am truly thankful to the university for this opportunity and plan to make the best of it,&rdquo; he said.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />The scholarship programme was established in 2009 in honour of theprime minister who had graduated from the university with a first in economics in the late 1950s. He was also awarded an Honourary Doctorate by the university in 2006.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />&ldquo;It will cover all my expenses. I can concentrate on my studies, now.During the selection interview, the professors did not ask me anything related to my syllabus. The 40-minute conversation tested my awareness about economic policies across the world,&rdquo; said Duggal.</p> <p><strong>Source: http://www.dnaindia.com</strong></p> <p><strong>Date: 4th Feb., 2010</strong></p> <hr /> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>For further details about related courses and colleges please click below:</strong></span></p> <p><a href="https://banking.shiksha.com/">Related courses and colleges</a></p>