Education

BIPF Felicitates 6 Recipients Of Prof. Ghanashyam Dash Scholarship

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF) felicitated the six recipients of Professor Ghanashyam Dash Scholarship (PGDS) for Higher Education.

The prestigious scholarship is awarded every year to six meritorious students pursuing professional degree in engineering, medicine and liberal arts.

For the academic year 2022-2023, three students qualified for the scholarship for pursuing engineering at IITs — Ankit Jha (IIT Mumbai), Aditya Narayan Rout (IIT Delhi) and Anisha Samantray-(IIT Roorkee).

The three other recipients pursuing degree courses are — Rohan Rupam (NIT Rourkela), Prakash Kumar Sahoo (VSSUT Burla) and Badal Kumar Sahu (MKCG Medical College, Berhampur).

The selected candidates get 90% of the academic fees and eligible expenses for 4-year course amounting up to Rs 6 lakh per recipient.

The scholarships were awarded by Shaifalika Panda, Trustee & Founder CEO, BIPF.

“PGDS scholarship is a highly inspiring support to meritorious students. We feel privileged to facilitate higher education for these brilliant minds. Our aim is to provide them a level playing field, which will allow them to follow their dreams and contribute significantly to national growth. This year onwards, Mentorship provided to our recipients will guide these young aspirants on a successful journey and enhance their leadership to excel in their chosen profession,” said Shaifalika.

Instituted in 2005 by IMFA, the scholarship is named after renowned historian Late Prof. Ghanashyam Dash, father of late Ila Panda.

BIPF took over the mantle of this scholarship in 2016 and has added a new dimension by introducing a meaningful segment for ‘Mentorship’ programme (Utshah). All recipients will be mentored by the executives from within IMFA’s Employee Volunteer Scheme.

Mentoring will provide students with counselling, moral support, strengthening academic focus, identify their inner potential, networking opportunity and unleash their capability for a well-planned trajectory.

OB Bureau

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