2000+ Scholarships Announced at O.P. Jindal Global University in 2024 to Commemorate its 15th Anniversary

Hyderabad, fifth September 2023:In a momentous announcement, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has introduced the award of greater than 2,000 scholarships to deserving college students for the forthcoming tutorial yr 2024-25. This transformative initiative is geared in the direction of offering excellent younger expertise with equal alternatives to entry high-quality training. The choice to award greater than 2000+ scholarships for the incoming batch of 2024-25 is to commemorate the special day of the 15^thanniversary of JGU to be celebrated in 2024. This will empower greater than 60% of the brand new college students admitted in 2024 to obtain these scholarships to examine at JGU.

JGU has lengthy championed the values of pluralism, variety, and inclusivity. While making this historic announcement,Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, founding Vice Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University iterated that “We are most delighted to announce this transformative initiative to award over 2000+ scholarships to our incoming college students in 2024. JGU believes training to be a beacon of alternative for all, no matter their household background or financial standing. Ourfounding Chancellor and benefactor, Mr. Naveen Jindal has all the time recognised the significance of entry to training for deserving college students, no matter their monetary circumstances. The most tangible expression of this dedication is our beneficiant scholarship programme. During the final 14 years, JGU has awarded over INR 250 crores in scholarships and virtually half of the scholars learning at JGU have been recipients of those scholarships. It has been a life-changing expertise for our college students as they bought entry to a world-class training, which they could not have been in a position to afford.”

Professor Raj Kumar who was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and obtained full scholarships to examine at Harvard University and Oxford University in the late 90’s, defined the significance of instituting substantial scholarships at JGU this yr by emphasizing that “these are usually not simply monetary aids; they’re transformative alternatives. They open doorways to world-class increased training for people who would possibly in any other case have been denied entry due to monetary constraints.”He additional added, “Our dedication to offering scholarships isn’t just a coverage; it’s a mirrored image of our deep-seated perception that training is a robust instrument for social change.”

Embracing a complete array of disciplines throughout 12 colleges, together with Law, Business, International Affairs, Public Policy, Liberal Arts, Media Studies, Architecture, Banking and finance, Environment and sustainability, Psychology and counselling, Languages and literature, Public Health and Human Development, and two specialised analysis institutes specializing in behavioural sciences and training, JGU is devoted to shattering standard academic boundaries and nurturing interdisciplinary studying. With over 30 undergraduate programmes and greater than 15 postgraduate programmes, JGU’s tutorial choices are firmly grounded in interdisciplinary innovation, enabling college students to seamlessly transcend conventional disciplinary boundaries in their pursuit of information.

Professor Dabiru Sridhar Patnaik, Registrar, JGUnoticed, “The award of over 2000+ scholarships in 2024 will allow JGU to place the scholar expertise at its core, which is additional fuelled by dynamic academia-industry interface and partnerships with nationwide and worldwide establishments. With over 1,100 full-time college members from 51 international locations in the world, JGU offers a world-class training. For college students aspiring for worldwide publicity, JGU gives a variety of scholar mobility programmes in collaboration with 400+ worldwide increased training establishments in over 70 international locations.”

Professor (Dr.) Upasana Mahanta, Dean (Admissions and Outreach), JGUsaid, “JGU’s announcement of over 2000+ scholarships in 2024 will pave method for the democratization of upper training with robust emphasis on entry, variety and inclusion Our scholarships are usually not nearly supporting college students; they’re about fostering a various and inclusive studying atmosphere. We firmly consider that this variety is a supply of power, innovation, and progress. If you may have a robust need and fervour to be a changemaker in society, JGU offers the perfect platform for you to purchase and improve the mandatory expertise to your journey, with monetary constraints not being a hindrance”.

With this announcement of scholarships for two,000 college students, JGU continues to make sure that these invaluable assets are accessible to exceptionally gifted people, thereby enriching its tutorial neighborhood and fostering international excellence. The scholarships are to be awarded on merit-cum-means, following a clear and holistic admissions course of. The eligibility standards embrace annual household earnings, final qualifying examination rating, JSAT (Jindal Scholastic Aptitude Test) or another related standardized examination outcomes and college interview rating (the place relevant).

To be taught in regards to the extraordinary influence of JGU Scholarships on the life and journey of our college students, please learn the report:
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