10 girl students conferred Shodh Medha Scholarships by Lucknow University

Students were shortlisted after extensive scrutiny of over 150 forms received by the office of the Dean of Student Welfare.

10 girl students conferred Shodh Medha Scholarships by Lucknow University

Lucknow University has announced that it has conferred the Shodh Medha Scholarship award to 10 female students pursuing PhD from the institute. Students were shortlisted after extensive scrutiny of over 150 forms received by the office of the Dean of Student Welfare.

Vice-Chancellor Prof Alok Kumar Rai gave away the scholarship certificates and exclusively designed University hoodies to the selected students. The scholarship was initiated by the university as an endeavour to financially support and encourage young women to pursue higher education. It has the backing of the Student Welfare Fund (SWF), functional under the Dean of Student Welfare.

Speaking about the same, Prof Rai affirmatively said, “The scholarship programme is part of our continuous efforts towards empowering young girls through education, skilling and mentorship. We believe that an educated, confident, and independent young woman can lay the foundation of a stronger nation and a better society. Through this holistic scholarship programme, deserving students can overcome financial challenges and build their future by following their dream of pursuing higher education.”

Dean of Student Welfare, Prof Poonam Tandon said, the programme aims at providing opportunities to meritorious girls to attain higher education through financial aid, especially those hailing from financially weak backgrounds.

Students who got the scholarship include Priya Awasthi (Applied Economics), Karina Afzal and Samridhi Malviya (Botany), Kriti Chaurasia and Sadhana Vishwakarma (Chemistry), Priyanka Francis (English and Modern European Languages), Anjali Mishra (Social Work), Anjana Tiwari (Statistics), Nikhat Zahra (Urdu) and Hina Masroor (Zoology).

Prof Rakesh Chandra, Dean Academics, Prof Rajeev Pandey, Dean Research, Prof Piyush Bhargava along with others were present on the occasion.

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